science | January 08, 2026

Where Was Daddies on Request Filmed? Disney + Brings Mexican-American Comedy For Teens And Adolescents

Disney + movie Daddies on request filmed in Mexican cities like Zacatecas, Patzcuaro, and others, is releasing on November 23, 2022.

Daddies on Request, known as Papás Por Encargo in Spanish, is a Mexican comedy television series made for children and adolescents. 

IMDb describes the series as a girl named California and her three dads going on a journey to Mexico to find her mother. The show is produced by BTF Media for the Walt Disney Company. The shoe is written by Ana Sofia Clerici and Tom Wortley and directed by Pato Safa and Javier Colinas. Season one of the series has ten episodes in total and each episode has its own unique title. 

The storyline begins on the thirteenth birthday of California played by Farah Justiniani. She receives an unexpected gift for her mother who disappeared years ago and now sees her again. Three of her adoptive dads go on a road trip through Mexico with their daughter to find her mother. The trip has unforgettable memories with different landscapes and cultures. The journey is set in beautiful locations in Mexico. 

Where Was Daddies On Request Filmed?

The series, Daddy on Request was filmed in various locations in Mexico including Zacatecas, Patzcuaro, Mazatlan, La Paz, Pachuca, and Durango among other cities. 

Zacatecas is one of the thirty-one states in Mexico. It is located in North-Central Mexico. It covers an area of over 75,000 km2 and is the tenth-largest state in the country. Another city in which the series is filmed is Patzcuaro. It is located in the state of Michoacan. The town has a population of over 79,000 with a territory of 435.96 km2

Mazatlan is a city that is in the state of Sinaloa. It is located on the Pacific coast across the tip of the Baja California Peninsula. It covers a land area of 3,068.48 km2 which is 5.3% of the total area of the state. La Paz is the capital city of Baja California Sur and is the commercial center. The city has over 200,000 people according to the 2020 census. The city has a beach, named after its city La Paz Beach. 

The city of Pachuca formerly known as Pachuca de Soto is the capital city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. The city is surrounded by large hills and covered with colorful housing. The city’s attraction is based on the mining industry. The show is also located in the city of Durango. The population of the city is more than 1,500,000. It is a rural state and agriculture is one of the main economic activities. 

All the locations of the series are filled with culture and help portray the beauty of all the states they travel to while looking for California’s mother. 

Daddies on Request Cast

The major cast of the series Daddies on Request, the Mexican comedy TV series are:

1. Farah Justiniani as California

Farah Justiniani plays the role of California in the show Daddies on Request. She is a 13-year-old girl who is on a journey to find her mother after she gets an unexpected gift from her with her three adoptive fathers throughout Mexico. 

Other than her roles in the show, she has also worked in La Herencia as Dulce Perez released in 2022, and Sin Miedo a la Verdad as Violeta in 2019. 

2. Jorge Blanco as Miguel

In the series, Jorge Blanco portrays Miguel one of the adoptive fathers of California. He first does not like the idea of finding her mother but later complies with her daughter to make her happy and plans to bring the mother and daughter back together. 

The Mexican actor and musician began his television career in 2007 in the reality show High School Musical: La Seleccion, a spinoff movie of the actual High School Musical. His other works are Violetta, Tini: The Movie, and Cuando Toca la Campana. 

3. Michael Ronda as Morgan

The 26-year-old Mexican actor plays the role of Morgan. He is also one of the fathers of California. He and two other men adopted her when her mother left her. She wants to find her birth mother after she disappeared years ago. He gives in and all of them go to different states to find her mother. 

Except for his role in Daddy on Request, he has also worked on Bacalar as Santiago, Champs as David, Control Z as Javier Williams, Bronco as Eduardo, and many more. 

4. Fatima Molina as Itzel

Fatima Molina portrays California’s mother Itzel who leaves her when she was a child. She again wants to reappear in her life after she sends a gift on her thirteenth birthday. 

The actress is well-known for her role as Lidya Corona in La Dona. She debuted in Sony Pictures Television’s series Tres Milagros in 2018. Other than that she has also worked in I Dream in Another Language, Who Killed Sara, Natural Born Narco, Torn from Her Arms, and many more.

Other casts of Daddies on Request are:

  • Lalo Brito as Diego
  • Valerie Camarena Ibarra a young California
  • Itati Cantoral as Marixarmen
  • Mauricio Isaac as Patricio Sandoval
  • Karla Farfan as Paulina
  • Daniel Haddad as Gamboa

Daddies On Request Release Date and Trailer

The Mexican comedy series Daddies On Request first released on July 13, 2022, on a Wednesday on Disney+. 

It will release in the United States of America and international viewers on November 23, 2022, Wednesday on Disney+.

The ten episodes of the series were released on the same date July 13 in Latin America, so there is a high possibility that the episodes will be released on the same date in the US.

The trailer of the series starts with California attempting to persuade her fathers to go find her mother. At first, they do not like the idea of traveling to find her but later, the three of them give in to their daughter’s happiness. Then they travel throughout Mexico to the beaches and other beautiful locations. The trailer was released on August 10, 2022, on Disney Entertainment Studios.