‘Berlin’, the spin-off of ‘La casa de papel’, reveals the cast and the keys: “It’s a comeback with a more comic vocation”

A success of the stature of “La casa de papel” would not have put the conclusion so lightly, so, as already announced after the conclusion of the original series, this Netflix fiction will soon return to our screens with a first turn-off centered on the character of Berlin. With everything ready to start filming, the streaming platform has organized an event in Madrid to unveil the first details of this new series, including the new faces that will join Pedro Alonso and some other nuances on how this new story that comes as a prequel will develop.

Starting with the important The lucky ones to form a new band in “Berlin” are Michelle Jenner, Tristán Ulloa, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña and Joel Sánchez, faces that, for the most part, have been seen in other successful Netflix products such as “The Heirs of the Earth”, “Fariña”, “The Laws of the Border” or “Through My Window”. Although this time her role will be very different, as they explained in detail with the explanation of each of her roles.

Michelle Jenner plays Keyla, who in her words is one “IT, engineer and programmer” that’s like “the brains of the band”although the actress jokes that, although in the intellectual part everything goes very well, it is a lot “less experienced in the emotional part”. Julio Peña will give life to Roy, which we will see how “The squire of Berlin in this story”. “He has full faith in him and trusts everything he does because it has pulled him out of a not so good past”detailed the “Through My Window” star.

For his part, Tristan Ulloa will play Damián, an old friend of the protagonist. “I am a bit of Jiminy Cricket, I have a more classic view of love, more conventional, but it is the backbone of friendship with Berlin”. Begoña Vargas will arrive in the Netflix series in the role of Cameron, a woman “with incredible power, an incredible roller coaster and that I came to this band to have fun”according to the actress.

The latest signing is Joel Sánchez, who joins the family of “La casa de papel” in the role of Bruce, “the brainless of the group”. “His philosophy of life is carpe diem, he always lives in the present and is very dynamic”, briefly commented on the character. And about Pedro Alonso and his Berlin, there was little to add to what the audience knows, despite the actor acknowledges that getting under this character’s skin is always “like having the keys to a theme park”seeing this spin-off as “a pretext to continue the search for haute cuisine”.

But this journey into the past of Berlin will not have the same approach as “The paper house”because, according to Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, who are responsible for the series, they intend to do something “brighter” which prioritizes the spectator’s enjoyment.

“We have come from doing things with certain dark things and with violence, not just in ‘La casa de papel’, and we wanted to do something brighter. Especially after having experienced a pandemic, having written something quite shabby like ‘Sky Rojo’ and having experienced a budding war in Europe and with an economic crisis around the corner. “Pina began to explain. “And we believed our entertainment work had something to do with light, with some bright characters to have fun with.”.

For this reason, they chose to take the series to a more comical and romantic grounda point that will undoubtedly mark a clear difference from the original series. “We really chose to work on robberies, but to work on another pinnacle with romance and comedy. It’s been a long time since we last did a comedy with a commitment to making people laugh like this show. we have never left comedy aside, not even in ‘Vis a vis’, but this is a return with a more comic vocation “the showrunner went on to explain.

Pedro Alonso admits that he is happy with this new approachespecially considering that from Vancouver, the producer of the series, they always end up subverting genres and taking viewers to unexpected terrains.

“As an actor I love it, it seems to me that it is a philonaco. Where is the possible return? From my point of view, romantic comedy is a wonderful genre, but many times I see it and I don’t care. Sometimes it’s full of clichés, but these gentlemen will take care of overturning all the cliches and getting them into trouble, because when you think it will go in one direction they do a triple somersault and everything turns. And for me this is what has me in effervescence “told the protagonist of ‘Berlin’.

A controversial character?

Although he was one of the most beloved characters in “The House of Paper”, Berlin has always aroused adversity in some viewers for his questionable acts. However, given the question raised at the press conference whether this less obscure touch could lead to a change in the character’s attitudes, its creators have come out to defend the many qualities that a role of these characteristics hides.

“If it is true that the Berlin character is obscure, we would not like to have him as a neighbor. But it is true that he is very rich, because, despite saying all the nonsense he says and how he behaves, many times, if you get on a plane which is not humanitarian, it is not without reason “stressed Esther Martínez Lobato. “The boy is intelligent and with a very powerful emotionality. He is powerfully emotional, so if this privileged mind is in the service of evil, he will remain alone in the evil lane. But if you put this person in such a way that their goals are positive, like falling in love, even if they do it in their own way, things will come out with other less obscure characteristics.”.

“In the end, that he is a controversial character is his greatness “continued Alex Pina. “He’s an unpredictable character and that’s wonderful for a writer, because he’s amazing, inspiring and funny. He may or may not be a villain. He gives you all the opportunities. And that works for the viewer because, as I said, he’s indecipherable. because he has that psychopathic brain shorting point that works really well. “

The spin-off of “Berlin” filming will begin on October 3 in locations in Paris and Madrid, and for the time being, the rest of the details, such as the release date or the detailed plot, remain under lock and key, waiting for the project to continue to advance and be closer to reaching our screens.