How Diego Boneta became icon Luis Miguel for Netflix series
Print The first time Mexican star Diego Boneta performed live on television, in 2003, he was 12 and a participant in the talent show “Código F.A.M.A.,” an “American Idol”-style competition for kids in his home country. “La Chica del Bikini Azul,” a lively pop track by internationally renowned singer Luis Miguel, whose full name is Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri, was the song the production assigned Boneta for his debut. It was a good omen: Fifteen years later, in a career-redefining stroke of fate, Boneta transformed into the singer, often dubbed “El Sol de Mexico” (the Sun of...