I often wonder when Vallarta’s destiny was written, says Sergio. Could that has been when Tennessee Williams wrote The Night of the Iguana imagining a magical place in Mexico? or when John Huston decided to film the movie at the port? Or when Elizabeth decided to accompany her husband during the filming? Anyone who has been the true detonator, the history of the port changed forever.

Of course, don’t forget the unique geography of this place. It’s one of the most beautiful bays in the world. The water is temperate, the sierra – which ends at the sea – is majestic and its inhabitants are extremely friendly, Sergio describes with great pride. In the end I think that everything contributed to create the myth of Puerto Vallarta.

My relationship with her was very special and unique, explains Sergio. How did she become my godmother? In a very natural and innocent way. One day, my uncle showed me a picture of her and commented: Look Sergio, your godmother. I just smiled and answered: Yes, I want Elizabeth to accompany me on my First Holy Communion. He replied: Very well, the next time you see her, ask her if she wants you to be her godson. And so it was. The desire of the little boy became a reality in a mass officiated in the Parish of Guadalupe, in front of a few assistants. She asked me to call her “madrinita” which is little godmother. No one else call her that, just me, Sergio remembers.

My uncle Xavier was of the zodiacal sign Leo, so all his friends always gave him figures of lions. That’s why he named his house “Villa Leonarda”. And although it has undergone some transformations, now it is the oldest one that exists in Vallarta. The house was abandoned some time after his death. I came from time to time, but on one of those occasions the house wouldn’t let me go. Elizabeth used to visit his house regularly. I remember returning from school and there they were all gathered talking. They could be Richard, Elizabeth, Xavier and Burt Lancaster, for example.

In addition to being an extraordinary designer; he had an outstanding talent to create friendly atmospheres, to cook and to decorate, -the reason why the meetings were always made in Villa Leonarda-. He was a splendid host. There is even a very interesting anecdote about the property. According to my uncle, one day Richard offered to buy it because, apparently, he always liked it more than the one he inhabited, to which Xavier responded in a friendly but definitive manner: Look Richard, you have fame, private plane an extraordinary career and, especially Elizabeth Taylor, but this house will never be yours.

At first, Elizabeth and Richard rented ‘House Kimberly’ – named after an old owner – but they fell in love with it in no time. It was a huge, (10 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and three kitchens) but traditional Mexican house made of brick and tile. Later they joined it to another property with a rose bridge (replica of The Bridge of Sighs, in Venice), where they built the pool and the rooms for the guests. ‘I could live here’, Elizabeth said the first time she saw it. It was not long before Richard offered $40,000 for the house, to give it to Elizabeth for her 32nd birthday, just a month before they got married. It was their home for the next decade. Elizabeth spent the afternoons puzzling, while Richard devoured book after book, lying on a hammock. He was passionate about literature, Sergio says. For Graham Jenkins, brother of Richard Burton: House Kimberly was the place where their true love was born. Before Vallarta it was just a tumultuous romance. There, the two became one. The residence was its first property as a couple, its operations center and home for the next decade. For many, the story ended in February 1974, just 10 years later, when Elizabeth celebrated her 42nd birthday at Kimberly House. Only a few months later the woman with the violet eyes announced to the world her separation from Richard. After the divorce, the property was in hands of Taylor, who finally ended up selling it in 1990.

The photograph of my First Communion went around the world, says Sergio. The chronicle of the event, celebrated the May 13th of 1969, appeared in the LIFE magazine with the header ‘The Mexican son of Elizabeth Taylor’, which shocked to the whole planet. At that time the press invented a lot things about my origin and supposed adoption.

They even went so far as to say, from the photograph in which I appear with dark glasses, that I was a blind child, the son of some fishermen who had died in an automobile accident. It was one of the most important couples in the history of cinema, so now I’m not surprised the gossip was like that.