Jaime Camil Gets Starring Role Opposite Gina Rodriguez In CW's Pilot 'Jane The Virgin'

Jaime Camil has landed the leading role in The CW pilot, "Jane The Virgin," based on the hit Venezuelan telenovela "Juana La Virgen." The 40-year-old actor will co-star opposite Gina Rodriguez in this adaptation, Deadline reports. The story by Perla Farias revolves around a young and hard working girl who gets pregnant by artificial insemination due to a hospital error. Camil will take on the role of Rubio who is a telenovela star with a connection to Jane.

Camil is currently starring in the Univision romantic comedy "Que Pobres Tan Ricos" opposite Zuria Vega, which is doing well audience-wise in his native Mexico. The premise of this comedic soap centers on a wealthy family that loses it all and is forced to move in with a family that is completely opposite to them. Jaime's character is an arrogant and snooty man that learns to accept his condition and works to regain back the family fortune that is now in the hands of an evil cousin. Previously, he starred as Eva on "Por Ella Soy Eva," a man running away from the law after being falsely accused. He is forced to hid his identity and dresses as a woman to infiltrate the company he was fired from to unmasks the culprits.

Jaime Camil had been looking to break into the Hollywood market for a while. Last year he starred in the successful film "Pulling Strings," a bilingual movie from Pantelion, Lionsgate and Televisa. The movie became the third highest-grossing foreign language film in 2013, helped by the momentum of Eugenio Derbez's "Instructions Not Included." Prior to that he made a guest appearance on the Lifetime series "Devious Maids." On the show he portrayed violent man who was married to Roselyn Sanchez's character and is thrown back in jail when he attacks her. Congratulations to Jaime Camil on this new project and we are keeping our fingers crossed The CW orders it to series!