William Levy, Netflix’s leading man for Café con aroma de mujer, will be Count of Monte Cristo in the new Secuoya series | TV | entertainment

Cuban-American actor William Levi (Cogimar, Cuba, 1980) will star in the series “Monte Cristo”A contemporary adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas It takes place in Havana, Miami and Madrid, which will be filmed this year produced by Sequoia Studios s Equal.

Popular as an actor in dramas and the protagonist of the new version of “perfumed coffee for women which succeeded on Netflix, Levy has also participated in Hollywood productions such as “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” the “Single mothers club“.

In this amendment toCount Cristo Dumas became the founder and CEO of a revenge-seeking technology company, a different perspective and an unprecedented way to tell the story, according to the actor and co-producer. “I have been drawn to the story of the Count of Monte Cristo since my youth, he is an enigmatic figure in his quest for justice and revenge, and powerful themes of universal significance,” said Levy.

“Monte Cristo”, a six-episode thriller, and the alliance with Levi “an integral part” of Secuoya’s expansion plans in America, confirmed to David Martinez and Sergio Bezulant, director of the novel and actor in Latin America and the United States to study Spanish content. Pantaya, an American audiovisual platform aimed at the Spanish-speaking audience, will be showing it for the first time in the United States and Puerto Rico.

The director will be Alberto Ruiz-Rojo, with extensive television experience (‘Sharon’s moderation) and winner of the Goya Award for Best Short Narrative Film for ‘flashScreenwriters Lydia Fraga and Jacobo Diaz (“criminal way”In the series, Alejandro Montecristo is a mysterious character who has caught the public eye and raises alarm among the global elite because the origin of his fortune and his past are unknown. His company is the envy and interest of many, including Fernando Alvarez Mondego, a businessman associated with the Spanish aristocracy who wants to acquire it. What Fernando doesn’t know is that Montecristo is someone he met decades ago and that the reason for his rise is only revenge. (And)