Toy Boy (TV series)
Spanish television series
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Toy Boy is a Spanish drama produced by Atresmedia and Plano a Plano. The show stars Jesús Mosquera, Cristina Castaño and María Pedraza.[1] It premiered first on FesTVal and Atresplayer Premium in September 2019 before its premiere on Antena 3 on 25 September 2019.[2]
- César Benítez
- Juan Carlos Cueto
- Rocío Martínez
- Iñaki Mercero
- Javier Quintas
- Laura M. Campos
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| Opening theme | "Set You Free" by Reyko |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
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| Production location | Costa del Sol |
| Production company | Atresmedia Televisión
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| Network | Atresplayer Premium |
| Release | 8 September 2019 – 21 November 2021 |
Plot
The fiction is set in the Costa del Sol.[3] Hugo Beltrán (Jesús Mosquera) is a young, handsome and carefree stripper. 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 (Cristina Castaño), a mature and powerful woman with whom he maintained a steamy high-voltage sexual relationship. Hugo does not remember anything from the night of the crime, but is sure that he is not the murderer, but the victim of a set-up to frame him. After a quick trial, he is sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
Seven years later, he is visited in prison by Triana Marín (María Pedraza), 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
- Jesús Mosquera as Hugo Beltrán González
- Cristina Castaño as Macarena Medina de Solís
- María Pedraza 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
- José Manuel Seda as Borja Medina de Solís
- Álex Gadea as Mateo Medina de Solís
- Javier Mora as Ángel Altamira
- Pedro Casablanc as Inspector Mario Zapata
- Elisa Matilla as María Teresa Rojas
- María Pujalte as Carmen de Andrés
- Adelfa Calvo as Doña Benigna Rojas Romero
- Carlos Scholz as Óscar
- Nía Castro as Claudia
- Miriam Díaz-Aroca as Luisa García[4]
- Cinta Ramírez as Lucía
- Virgil Mathet as Philip Norman
- Introduced in season 2
- Álex González as Leonardo Giallo, alias "El Turco"[5]
- Federica Sabatini as Rania[5]
Episodes
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | Ref. | |||
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| 1 | 13 | 8 September 2019 | 1 December 2019 | ATRESplayer Premium | [6] | |
| 2 | 8 | 26 September 2021 | 21 November 2021 | [7] | ||
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Piloto" "Pilot" | 8 September 2019 |
| 2 | 2 | "De entre los muertos" "Among the Dead" | 15 September 2019 |
| 3 | 3 | "El juicio final" "The Final Judgement" | 22 September 2019 |
| 4 | 4 | "Casilla de salida" "Square One" | 29 September 2019 |
| 5 | 5 | "El pulso del asesino" "The Murderer's Pulse" | 6 October 2019 |
| 6 | 6 | "El final del túnel" "End of the Tunnel" | 13 October 2019 |
| 7 | 7 | "Juego de máscaras" "Masquerade" | 20 October 2019 |
| 8 | 8 | "El último testigo" "Sole Witness" | 27 October 2019 |
| 9 | 9 | "Amor de madre" "Mother's Love" | 3 November 2019 |
| 10 | 10 | "Polaroids" "Polaroids" | 10 November 2019 |
| 11 | 11 | "Cachorro" "Young Pup" | 17 November 2019 |
| 12 | 12 | "Redención" "Redemption" | 24 November 2019 |
| 13 | 13 | "Ángeles caídos" "Fallen Angels" | 1 December 2019 |
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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| 14 | 1 | "La persona a la que más quieres" | 26 September 2021 |
| 15 | 2 | "Qué es el sexo para ti?" | 3 October 2021 |
| 16 | 3 | "El precio de los dioses" | 10 October 2021 |
| 17 | 4 | "Cielo e infierno" | 24 October 2021 |
| 18 | 5 | "Templos profanos" | 31 October 2021 |
| 19 | 6 | "Un gesto de amor" | 7 November 2021 |
| 20 | 7 | "Por qué me llaman el turco?" | 14 November 2021 |
| 21 | 8 | "Puertas que se abren" | 21 November 2021 |
Production and release
Created by César Benítez, Juan Carlos Cueto and Rocío Martínez, Toy Boy was produced by Atresmedia Televisión in collaboration with Plano a Plano.[8] Iñaki Mercero and Javier Quintas directed the episodes of the first season.[3] The first season was shot on natural locations of the Costa del Sol: shooting locations included Málaga, Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Mijas, Marbella and Estepona.[9] Filming was wrapped in May 2019.[9] The series premiered on Atresplayer Premium on 8 September 2019, later starting its free-to-air broadcasting run on Antena 3 on 25 September 2019.[10]
Despite mediocre viewership figures in the domestic run on linear television, the series enjoyed a better international reception in Netflix.[11] Thus, in July 2020, Atresmedia and Netflix decided to bring back the series for a second season.[11] Filming started by March 2021 in Vélez-Málaga.[12] In April 2021 Álex González, Federica Sabatini, Enrique Arce, Paco Marín, Ibrahim Al-Shami, Toni Zenet and Juan Betancourt were announced as additions to the cast,[13] with Javier Quintas and Laura M. Campos as directors.[13] Atresplayer Premium set the season 2 premiere date for 26 September 2021.[7]
Season 2 aired on Netflix on 11 February 2022.