Toy BoyGenreCreated byDirected byStarringOpening theme”Set You Free” by ReykoCountry of originSpainOriginal languageSpanishNo. of seasons2No. of episodes21ProductionProduction locationCosta del SolProduction companyOriginal releaseNetworkAtresplayer PremiumRelease8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) -21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)
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]
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.
- 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 [es] as Borja Medina de Solís
- Álex Gadea [es] as Mateo Medina de Solís
- Javier Mora [es] as Ángel Altamira
- Pedro Casablanc as Inspector Mario Zapata
- Elisa Matilla [es] 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 [it] as Rania[5]
No.overallNo. inseasonTitle Original release date11″Piloto””Pilot”8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) 22″De entre los muertos””Among the Dead”15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 33″El juicio final””The Final Judgement”22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 44″Casilla de salida””Square One”29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 55″El pulso del asesino””The Murderer’s Pulse”6 October 2019 (2019-10-06) 66″El final del túnel””End of the Tunnel”13 October 2019 (2019-10-13) 77″Juego de máscaras””Masquerade”20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 88″El último testigo””Sole Witness”27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 99″Amor de madre””Mother’s Love”3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 1010″Polaroids””Polaroids”10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) 1111″Cachorro””Young Pup”17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) 1212″Redención””Redemption”24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) 1313″Ángeles caídos””Fallen Angels”1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) No.overallNo. inseasonTitleOriginal release date141″La persona a la que más quieres”26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 152″Qué es el sexo para ti?”3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) 163″El precio de los dioses”10 October 2021 (2021-10-10) 174″Cielo e infierno”24 October 2021 (2021-10-24) 185″Templos profanos”31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 196″Un gesto de amor”7 November 2021 (2021-11-07) 207″Por qué me llaman el turco?”14 November 2021 (2021-11-14) 218″Puertas que se abren”21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)
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.
- Toy Boy at IMDb
