''Toy Boy'' is a Spanish

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

produced by

Atresmedia Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A., previously Grupo Antena 3, is a Spanish media group, present in the television, radio and filmmaking industries. Significant shareholders include Grupo Planeta and Bertelsmann. On 6 Marc ...

and Plano a Plano. The show stars

Jesús Mosquera Jesús Mosquera Bernal (; born 23 February 1993) is a Spanish ex-footballer turned actor, best known for his portrayal of Hugo Beltrán in ''Toy Boy''. Career as footballer Born in the southern coastal town of Fuengirola in the province of M� ...

Cristina Castaño Cristina Castaño Gómez (born 30 October 1978) is a Spanish actress best known for her role as Judith Becker in hit series La que se avecina. Biography Castaño was born on 30 October 1978 in Vilalba ( Lugo). She made a name for herself in ...

and

María Pedraza María Pedraza Morillo (born 26 January 1996) is a Spanish actress, dancer and model who gained international recognition for her roles in the series ''Money Heist'' and ''Elite (TV series), Elite''. Career Pedraza was discovered through her I ...

. It premiered first on

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and

Atresplayer Premium Atresplayer Premium (often stylized as ATRESplayer Premium) is a Spanish paid subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service of Atresmedia. History and description It was launched in Spain on 8 September 2019. The first original ...

in September 2019 before its premiere on Antena 3 on 25 September 2019.

Plot

The fiction is set in the

Costa del Sol The Costa del Sol (literally "Coast of the Sun" or "Sun Coast") is a region in the south of Spain in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga and the easte ...

. Hugo Beltrán (

) is a young, handsome and carefree

stripper A stripper or exotic dancer is a person whose occupation involves performing striptease in a public adult entertainment venue such as a strip club. At times, a stripper may be hired to perform at a bachelor party or other private event. M ...

. One morning he wakes up on a sailboat, after a night of partying and excesses, next to the burned corpse of a man, allegedly the husband of his lover, Macarena Medina (

), a mature and powerful woman with whom he maintained a steamy high-voltage sexual relationship. Hugo does not remember anything that happened the night of the crime, but he is sure that he is not the murderer, but the victim of a set-up to accuse him. After a quick trial, he is sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Seven years later, he is visited in prison by Triana Marín (

), a young lawyer who, representing a major law firm, offers to help him reopen the case and try to prove his innocence in a new trial. Although Hugo distrusts the offer, Triana gets the conviction annulled and Hugo is released from prison, on probation and pending the holding of a new trial in which they will have to be able to prove their innocence. Triana and Hugo work together to try to unravel a complex plot that took an innocent person to prison. A relationship that will not be easy, since they belong to diametrically opposite worlds; She is a lawyer with a hard-working, responsible and bright future. He, a master of the night, former prisoner and considered a murderer by everyone except himself.

Cast

as Hugo Beltrán González *

as Macarena Medina de Solís *

as Triana Marín * José de la Torre as Iván * Carlo Costanzia as Jairo Soto * Raudel Raúl Martiato as Germán * Juanjo Almeida as Andrea Norman Medina * as Borja Medina de Solís * as Mateo Medina de Solís * as Ángel Altamira *

Pedro Casablanc Pedro Manuel Ortiz Domínguez (born 1963), best known by his stage name of Pedro Casablanc, is a Moroccan-born actor known for his many stage, film and television performances in Spain. Biography Pedro Manuel Ortiz Domínguez was born in Casabl ...

as Inspector Mario Zapata * as María Teresa Rojas *

María Pujalte María Pujalte Vidal (born December 22, 1966 in A Coruña) is a Spanish actress. She studied singing, drama and self-expression through movement in Santiago de Compostela and at the Scuola Internazionale dell'Attore Comico from Reggio Emilia w ...

as Carmen de Andrés *

Adelfa Calvo Adelfa Calvo Soto (born 5 April 1962) is a Spanish actress. Biography Born on 5 April 1962 in Melilla, Adelfa Calvo Soto moved when she was barely months old to Málaga, where she was largely raised, together with Seville. She is the daugh ...

as Doña Benigna Rojas Romero * Carlos Scholz as Óscar * Nía Castro as Claudia *

Miriam Díaz-Aroca Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The ...

as Luisa García * Cinta Ramírez as Lucía * Virgil Mathet as Philip Norman ;Introduced in season 2 * Álex González as El Turco * as Rania

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2

Production and release

Created by César Benítez, Juan Carlos Cueto and Rocío Martínez, ''Toy Boy'' was produced by

Atresmedia Televisión Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A., previously Grupo Antena 3, is a Spanish media group, present in the television, radio and filmmaking industries. Significant shareholders include Grupo Planeta and Bertelsmann. On 6 Mar ...

in collaboration with Plano a Plano. Iñaki Mercero and Javier Quintas directed the episodes of the first season. The first season was shot on natural locations of the

: shooting locations included

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

Fuengirola Fuengirola (), in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located on the central coast of the pr ...

Torremolinos Torremolinos () is a municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain, west of Málaga. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism began in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to be developed and is still t ...

Mijas Mijas ( ; ) is a municipality in the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located on the southeastern coast of Spain, Mijas belongs to the region of Costa del Sol Occidental. Its center is a typical Andalusian white ...

Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...

and

Estepona Estepona () is a town and municipality in the comarca of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is located in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its district covers an area of 137 square kilometers in a fertile ...

. Filming was wrapped in May 2019. The series premiered on

on 8 September 2019, later starting its free-to-air broadcasting run on Antena 3 on 25 September 2019. Despite mediocre viewership figures in the domestic run on linear television, the series enjoyed a better international reception in

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

. Thus, in July 2020,

and Netflix decided to bring back the series for a second season. Filming started by March 2021 in

Vélez-Málaga Vélez-Málaga () is a municipality and the capital of the Axarquía comarca in the province of Málaga, in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the most important city in the comarca. Locally it is referred to as Vélez. Vélez- ...

. In April 2021 Álex González, Federica Sabatini,

Enrique Arce Enrique Javier Arce Temple (born October 8, 1972) is a Spanish television and film actor. Biography Arce was born in Valencia, Spain on 8 October 1972. He originally went to university to study law, but during his fourth year, he decided to mo ...

, Paco Marín, Ibrahim Al-Shami, Toni Zenet and Juan Betancourt were announced as additions to the cast, with Javier Quintas and Laura M. Campos as directors. Atresplayer Premium set the season 2 premiere date for 26 September 2021. Season 2 aired on

on 11 February 2022.

References

External links

* {{Atresplayer Premium original series 2019 Spanish television series debuts Atresplayer Premium original programming Spanish-language television shows Spanish LGBT-related television shows Television shows set in Andalusia 2010s Spanish drama television series Television shows filmed in Spain Spanish thriller television series 2020s Spanish drama television series Television series by Plano a Plano