Ernesto de la Cruz/Gallery

2D model of Ernesto de la Cruz.

Promotional poster of Ernesto de la Cruz.

A painting of Ernesto de la Cruz at his own tomb.

Ernesto de la Cruz.

Ernesto stealing Héctor's song book after poisoning him.

Ernesto looking into Héctor's song book.

Ernesto entertains people in Santa Cecilia's plaza.

Ernesto winks at the camera, in one of his films.

Ernesto singing his final song before his death.

Ernesto crushed by a bell

Ernesto watches Miguel singing to gain his attention.

"I have a great-great-grandson!"

Ernesto speaking off with Miguel.

"Ooh-hoo! Ooh! The fireworks have begun!"

Ernesto getting attacked by Héctor, who discovers the truth behind his death.

"Security! Security!"

Ernesto watches as his security take Héctor to the pit.

"Security!"

"Take care of Miguel. He'll be..."

"...extending his stay."

(Miguel: "What? But I'm your family!") "And Héctor was my best friend."

"Success doesn't come for free, Miguel."

"You have to be willing to do whatever it takes to..."

"...seize your moment."

Ernesto's evil smile.

"Yes?"

Ernesto getting slapped in the face by Imelda for murdering Héctor.

Ernesto is shocked to see that Héctor has escaped the pit.

"Héctor?! How did you...?"

Ernesto gets hit by Imelda a second time, for trying to murder Miguel.

"You!"- Ernesto is furious to see that Miguel has escaped the pit.

"Wait."- Ernesto realizes that Miguel is actually Héctor's great-great-grandson.

"You're related to Héctor?"

Ernesto is confronted by Miguel & the deceased Riveras to retrieve Héctor's photo.

Ernesto calling the guards to stop the Riveras.

Ernesto pushing away a staff member in his desperate attempt to escape from the Riveras.

Ernesto and Imelda fight over Héctor's photo.

"Get her off the stage!" Ernesto ordering his security to get Imelda off the stage and to retrieve Héctor's photo.

Ernesto watching as the security guards enter the stage to steal Héctor's photo from Imelda...

...but suddenly being furious to see Imelda stealing the spotlight as she sings "La Llorona" to the audience.

Ernesto smirking as he grabs Imelda's hand to prevent her from leaving the stage.

Ernesto getting his foot stomped by Imelda at the end of the song after the latter successfully retrieved Héctor's photo.

"AAAAAAHAIHAAAI!!" Ernesto screaming in pain (and in a classical Mariachi style) after being given a foot stomp by Imelda.

Ernesto angrily grabbing Miguel to prevent him from returning to the Land of the Living.

"You're not going anywhere!"

Ernesto grabbing Miguel, despite Dante's attempt to save the latter.

(Héctor: "Leave the boy alone!") "I've worked too hard, Héctor! Too hard to let him destroy everything!"

(Héctor: "He's a living child, Ernesto!") "He's a threat!"

A live footage of Ernesto ranting out against Miguel and the Rivera family, thus exposing his true colors to the audience which resulted in the audience turning turn against him.

"You think I'd let him go back to the Land of the Living with your photo? To keep your memory alive? No!"

(Miguel: "You're a coward!") "I am Ernesto de la Cruz, the greatest musician of all time!"

(Miguel: "Hector's the real musician! You're Just the guy who murdered him and stole his songs!") "I'm the one who's willing to do what it takes to seize my moment!"

"Whatever it takes!"

Ernesto throws Miguel over the edge.

"Apologies, old friend, but the show must go on."

Ernesto about to begin the show.

"Ha-ha!"- Ernesto returns to the stage...

...and is jeered and booed by the audience, who watched the live broadcast revealing his true colors.

(laughs nervously) "Please, please, mi familia!"

Ernesto's smile disappears, as the audience jeer him.

"Orchestra! A one, a two, a one..."- Ernesto begs the orchestra to strike a tune...

...until the conductor snaps his baton in two without a word.

Ernesto pelted with a tomato.

Ernesto pelted with more food the audience throws at him.

Ernesto being confronted by Pepita for his actions after she saved Miguel from certain death.

"Nice kitty!"

Ernesto being grabbed on the waist by Pepita away from the arena before Pepita hurls him up into the skyline to his doom.

Pepita knocks Ernesto into the air, sending him flying.

Ernesto screaming in fear as he is about to hit the bell.

Ernesto gets hit by the bell.

Ernesto noticing the bell about to fall on him.

Ernesto crushed by the bell again.

Ernesto's tomb with a "forget you" sign for his crimes against the Rivera family, therefore tarnishing Ernesto's legacy, permanently.

Ernesto de la Cruz Funko Pop figure.

Ernesto de la Cruz next to Pedro Infante, the real life Mexican singer and actor he was based on.

"Remember Me/Recuérdame" - by Marco Antonio Solís

"Remember Me" by Benjamin Bratt

Ernesto reveals his true nature.