EDUARDO ON THE CONQUEST OF MIAMI !!!

Eduardo Verástegui is opening windows of opportunity at US television

by starring in the series CSI Miami

13the of januar 2003,

By Nora Alicia Estrada Los Angeles

With the taping of an episode of the US series CSI Miami Eduardo Verástegui demonstrates 2003 is an excellent year in his career.

And too it was announced that in march he will receive a music award from the music industry in Monte Carlo. immediately followed by his return to the USA to promote his upcoming movie ""Chasing Papi"". The premiere is scheduled at May the 23th, and Eduardo is continuing his work by taping his second movie ""My Gardener"", to be taped in New Zealand instead of Italy, as previously was programmed.

""We kick off the new year with a lot of work, thanks God"", We were taping, I was invited as actor in the successful series CSI Miami and this fitted most perfectly in my time-schedule"" he enthuses.

He got just a 15 day hiatus before leaving to New Zealand. Verástegui explained that the episode ""Forced Entry"" is to be aired the first or second week of february. Verástegui playing the owner of a record shop in the city of Miami.

As always the series attempts to solve criminal cases, and in this episode of CSI Miami, the protagonists are investigating the murder on 2 employees of the record shop. The two murdered were involved in drugs-related crimes. The criminal investigators were thinking the owner of the record shop was the prime suspect, but in the end they proved to be false, the record shop owner proved to be innocent, so only adding to the confusion.

The native from Cd Mante, (raised in Xicotencatl) Tamaulipas demonstrated to be happy with his invitation to do acting on the American small screen. He never could have imagined this from being happening. ""The experience I got by doing acting on the mexican small screen helped me a lot, and the experience with CBS is fantastic, and however it's small screen, they use there 35 millimetres, the same size as on the big screen"".

Setting a goal

However, Verástegui commented, the small screen is not his priority, because he is 100% focussed on the big screen, both in the US, Mexico and Spain.

""Television is not my first priority. This being said, I rejected a pilot offered by CBS for a 5 year-contract. This because I like most to do the big screen, movies. Here in the US, when you sign a deal with a company like CBS, you only have a -one month a year hiatus- to try to succeed on the big screen. So my priority is to be available all around the year in order to pursue acting on the big screen.

So I am setting my cards entirely on a career of the big screen. I have some other projects under my belt to support both my career and personal level, in order to achieve my goals""

In less than 10 months Verástegui landed the big contracts in Hollywood for both ""Chasing Papi"", and the second contract for ""My Gardener""

Other goals being set by the actor this year to become successful is planned to be materialized by a Mexican movie.

""I am studying the script of a Mexican movie, to be made in Mexico, with a Mexican director, I hope so much this will happen, because this is one of my dreams coming true.

Later on this month, soon after januar the 15th I will be able to explain how this will have been evolved. This will be during my stay in New Zealand""

Verástegui told, he'll be travelling to Monte Carlo in march, to receive a music award, a statue handed out by the music industry.

""When I finish the taping of ""My Gardener"" in New Zealand, I'll go to Monte Carlo, by having realized my objectives.

At this place the best people of the music industry are being awarded'"