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Cristo y Rey (2022)

@asongofstarkandtargaryen there's a new upcoming series with Belén Cuesta and Jaime Lorente, and they play the leading couple, Bárbara Rey and Ángel Cristo.

Synopsis

Madrid, 1979. Ángel Cristo is the most famous circus tamer of the county. Bárbara Rey, actress and muse of uncovering, the most desired woman in Spain. From the time they meet until they announce their marriage, only a few weeks pass. It is the wedding of the year and the news covers the covers of all the magazines. The Circus of Bárbara Rey and Ángel Cristo becomes the fashion show; a million dollar business money, fame, luxury…

Nine years of relationship in which Spain witnessed the happiness of the couple: the birth of Angelito and Sofía, the purchase of sports cars, jewelry, an ostentatious villa in La Moraleja… Far from the flashes, however, there is an escalation of drug addiction, gambling, infidelity and abuse...

And, in the background, the shadow of Barbara's relationship with Juan Carlos I (she was the king's lover between 1976 and 1994)

Cast

Belén Cuesta as Bárbara Rey (Totana, Murcia, 2th February 1950-), artistic name of María García García, daughter of Andrés García Valenzuela and Salvadora García Molina. She firstly started her career as a dancer, but then she became an actress, vedette & tv presenter on theatres, cinema and tv shows, and during her marriage with Ángel Cristo she became an elephant tamer.

Jaime Lorente as Ángel Cristo (Huelva, Andalucía, 17th October 1944- Alcorcón, Madrid, 4th May 2010), artistic name of Ángel Papadopoulos Dordid, son of Christoforo Papadopoulos Stanovich a Greek of Romani descent trapeze artist and the Spanish contortionist Margarita Dordid. They were a family of famous circus performers. Christoforo's brother, Miro who owned the Circus Florida, married also a woman from Málaga called Canela Remedios Vaquero and has 8 children together, some of them became very famous, like their eldest daughter, María del Pino Papadopoulos Vázquez known as "Miss Mara" who became an internationally famous trapeze artist and some of her brothers formed a group of phonanbulists called "Tonitos".

Ángel he received the Gold Medal of the International Circus Festival in 1982 and founded his own circus, the Russian Circus.

Adriana Torrebejano as Chelo García Cortés, a queer journalist and tv presenter who had a brief love affair with Bárbara Rey in the 80's. Chelo was in a relationship with the tv journalist José Manuel Parada Rodríguez during those years but it's said that she came out of the closet because of Bárbara and then she ended up broking up with her partner.

Artur Busquets as Francisco Javier García-Ontiveros "Payasito" (Little Clown), Ángel's best friend and a member of the Russian Circus.

Chema Adeva as Christoforo "Cristo" Papadopoulos Stanovich

Belén Ponce de León as Margarita Dordid "the little Carolina"

Vicente Vergará as Andrés García Valenzuela

Diana Peñalver as Salvadora García Molina

José Milan as Blasco

Cristóbal Suárez as Juan Carlos I

Salomé Jiménez as Queen Sofía

Secun de la Rosa as Richardi

David Lorente as Paco Ostos

Ana Carrasco as Hortensia

Mirela Balic as Cata