If Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi announce a series, the expectation is maximum to find out who they will convince to get in front of the cameras or what talents they can discover. Paquita Salas, Veneno and La Mesías are three good examples to understand the commotion around actors and performances. Although Superestar is only produced by them and the creator is Nacho Vigalondo, there was curiosity to know who will play characters from the television fauna such as Yurena (formerly known as Tamara), Leonardo Dantés or Paco Porras. Now we know.
As Netflix has announced, Ingrid García-Jonsson, known for films such as Venicephrenia and Exploit, Exploit, will be Tamara. “In Superestar we have wanted to understand, humanize and respect a series of normally mistreated characters, and along the way we have made a dump of fantasy, magic and madness that is unlike anything we have ever seen,” explained Nacho Vigalondo, Colossal cars. , when presenting the project in January.
In the role of Margarita Seisdedos, their mother, they have Rocío Ibáñez, who debuted as a film actress in 2021 with Holy Spirit.
What other actors will give life to these characters who, just two decades ago, would have been described as geeks? Natalia de Molina (Easy), Secun de la Rosa (Twelfth Night), Pepón Nieto (Smiley), Carlos Areces (LQSA) and Julián Villagrán (Arde Madrid) as Loly Álvarez, Leonardo Dantés, Tony Genil, Paco Porras and Arlequín.
And, despite Superestar being described as a series about the No Cambié singer who became popular thanks to Crónicas marcianas, the project has always been suggested as broader. Let’s remember what its synopsis is, for now:
“At the turn of the century, a comet crossed the sky of Spain, dismantling the laws of fame and success, disintegrating the border between the popular and the underground. For a couple of years the covers and prime time hours were conquered by celebrities from another dimension. Creatures that until then seemed condemned to ridicule and contempt and that captured our attention without adapting to any normality. A magical story where there is room for esoteric conspiracies, eternal nights, quantum bricks, multicolored supervillains and an improbability made a star: Tamara.”
