# Untameable

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{{Short description|Spanish biopic miniseries}}
{{Infobox television
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Cristo y Rey|nolink=yes}}
| image = Cristo y Rey poster.jpg
| caption = Release poster
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [Biographical](/source/Biopic)
* [Drama](/source/Drama)
}}
| num_episodes         = 8
| creator              = [Daniel Écija](/source/Daniel_%C3%89cija)
| director             = {{Plainlist|
* David Molina
* Manu Gómez
}}
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [Jaime Lorente](/source/Jaime_Lorente)
* [Belén Cuesta](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_Cuesta)
}}
| executive_producer   = {{ubl|Montse García|Daniel Écija}}
| country              = Spain
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [Atresmedia TV](/source/Atresmedia)
* Good Mood
}}
| network              = [Atresplayer Premium](/source/Atresplayer_Premium)
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2023|01|15|df=yes}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2023|02|26|df=yes}}
| language = Spanish
}}
'''''Untameable'''''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/series/noticias/serie-espanola-netflix-cuenta-famosa-historia-basada-20231114054049-nt.html|website=[ABC](/source/ABC_(Spain))|date=14 November 2023|first=Óscar|last=Rus|title=La serie española que aborda uno de los divorcios más polémicos de la prensa rosa ya está disponible en Netflix}}</ref> ({{langx|es|'''Cristo y Rey'''|links=no|translation=Cristo and Rey}}) is a Spanish biopic miniseries created by [Daniel Écija](/source/Daniel_%C3%89cija) starring [Jaime Lorente](/source/Jaime_Lorente) and [Belén Cuesta](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_Cuesta) respectively as circus tamer [Ángel Cristo](/source/%C3%81ngel_Cristo) and actress [Bárbara Rey](/source/B%C3%A1rbara_Rey). It is produced by Good Mood for [Atresmedia](/source/Atresmedia).

== Plot ==
The plot follows the [toxic relationship](/source/toxic_relationship) between circus tamer [Ángel Cristo](/source/%C3%81ngel_Cristo) and actress and ''{{ill|destape|es|Cine de destape}}'' icon [Bárbara Rey](/source/B%C3%A1rbara_Rey), which was very popular during the [Transition](/source/Spanish_Transition) and was mired behind the scenes by instances of [drug use](/source/Recreational_drug_use), [infidelity](/source/infidelity), [ludomania](/source/Problem_gambling) and [domestic violence](/source/domestic_violence), while also covering the alleged affair of Rey with ["a powerful statesman"](/source/Juan_Carlos_I).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/series-tv-noticias/a39184740/cristo-rey-jaime-lorente-belen-cuesta-serie-fecha/|website=[Fotogramas](/source/Fotogramas)|title='Cristo y Rey': primera imagen de la serie con Belén Cuesta y Jaime Lorente|first=Ricardo|last=Rosado|date=11 May 2022}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [Jaime Lorente](/source/Jaime_Lorente) as [Ángel Cristo](/source/%C3%81ngel_Cristo)<ref name="a451">{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/comienza-el-rodaje-de-cristo-y-rey-la-nueva-serie-de-atresmedia-creada-por-daniel-ecija/|website=Audiovisual451|title=Comienza el rodaje de 'Cristo y Rey', la nueva serie de Atresmedia creada por Daniel Écija|date=11 May 2022}}</ref>
* [Belén Cuesta](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_Cuesta) as [Bárbara Rey](/source/B%C3%A1rbara_Rey)<ref name="a451" />
* [Adriana Torrebejano](/source/Adriana_Torrebejano) as [Chelo García Cortés](/source/Chelo_Garc%C3%ADa-Cort%C3%A9s)<ref name="a451" />
* {{ill|Cristóbal Suárez|es}} as [Rey Juan Carlos](/source/Juan_Carlos_I)<ref name="a451" />
* Artur Busquets as Payasito<ref name="a451" />
* José Milán as Blasco<ref name="a451" />
* Chema Adeva as Cristóforo<ref name="a451" />
* Belén Ponce de León as Margarita<ref name="a451" />
* Vicente Vergara as Andrés<ref name="a451" />
* [Diana Peñalver](/source/Diana_Pe%C3%B1alver) as Salvadora<ref name="a451" />
* [Secun de la Rosa](/source/Secun_de_la_Rosa) as Richardi<ref name="a451" />
* {{ill|Salomé Jiménez|es}} as [Reina Sofía](/source/Queen_Sofia_of_Spain)<ref name="a451" />
* David Lorente as Paco Ostos<ref name="a451" />
* Ana Carrasco as Hortensia<ref name="a451" />
* [Mirela Balić](/source/Mirela_Bali%C4%87) as Cata<ref name="a451" />
* Antonio Buil as Mancuso<ref name="a451" />
* Elvira Cuadrupani as Patri Veracruz<ref name="a451" />
* [Jesús Castro](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Castro_(actor)) as [Paquirri](/source/Paquirri)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/amor-violencia-sexo-drogas-rey-antena-3-presenta-serie-cristo-rey_1_9295480.html|website=Vertele!|via=[eldiario.es](/source/eldiario.es)|title="Amor, violencia, sexo, drogas... y el rey": Antena 3 presenta su serie 'Cristo y Rey'|date=7 September 2022|first=Marcos|last=Méndez}}</ref>
* {{ill|Clara Alvarado|es}} as [Rocío Dúrcal](/source/Roc%C3%ADo_D%C3%BArcal)<ref name="barranco" />
* {{ill|Denis Gómez|gl|Denís Gómez}} as [José María Íñigo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_%C3%8D%C3%B1igo)<ref name="barranco" />
* [Dani Muriel](/source/Daniel_Muriel) as [Manolo Escobar](/source/Manolo_Escobar)<ref name="barranco" />
* Julio Arnau as [Matías Prats padre](/source/Mat%C3%ADas_Prats_Ca%C3%B1ete)<ref name="barranco" />
* Julián Ortega as [Jesús Mariñas](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Mari%C3%B1as)<ref name="barranco">{{Cite web|first=Alberto|last=Barranco|date=15 January 2023|title=Esta serie es más que un circo: Por qué no te puedes perder 'Cristo y Rey' (Atresplayer Premium)|website=[El Confidencial](/source/El_Confidencial)|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/series-tv/2023-01-15/cristo-y-rey-nueva-serie-atresplayer-barbara-rey-angel-cristo_3557345/}}</ref>
* Miriam Serrano as [Betty Missiego](/source/Betty_Missiego)<ref name="abc" />
* [Francis Lorenzo](/source/Francis_Lorenzo) as {{ill|Fernando Arias-Salgado|es}}<ref name="abc" />
}}

== Production and release ==
[Jaime Lorente](/source/Jaime_Lorente) was disclosed to have been cast as Ángel Cristo in December 2021 while [Belén Cuesta](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_Cuesta) was disclosed to have been cast as Bárbara Rey in February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/series/jaime-lorente-nueva-serie-casa-papel-sera-angel-cristo-antena-3_1_8601422.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=[eldiario.es](/source/eldiario.es)|date=22 December 2021|title=Jaime Lorente tiene nueva serie tras 'La casa de papel': será Ángel Cristo en Antena 3|first=Laura|last=Pérez}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/series/series-espanolas/20220223/8077188/cristo-y-rey-jaime-lorente-belen-cuesta-seran-angel-cristo-barbara-rey.html|website=[La Vanguardia](/source/La_Vanguardia)|date=23 February 2022|title='Cristo y Rey': Jaime Lorente y Belén Cuesta serán Ángel Cristo y Bárbara Rey en Antena 3}}</ref> On 11 May 2022, [Atresmedia](/source/Atresmedia) reported the beginning of shooting and disclosed a number of additional cast members (including the actors set to portray [Juan Carlos](/source/Juan_Carlos_I) and [Sofia](/source/Queen_Sofia_of_Spain)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/yotele/20220511/cristo-rey-completa-reparto-rey-juan-carlos-reina-sofia-13643924|website=[El Periódico de Catalunya](/source/El_Peri%C3%B3dico_de_Catalunya)|title='Cristo y Rey' completa su reparto y desvela quiénes serán el rey Juan Carlos y la reina Sofía|date=11 May 2022}}</ref> The series will air both on [Antena 3](/source/Antena_3_(Spanish_TV_channel)) and [Atresplayer Premium](/source/Atresplayer_Premium).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/series/cristo-rey-completa-reparto-pone-cara-rey-juan-carlos-antena-3_1_8984475.html|website=Vertele!|via=[eldiario.es](/source/eldiario.es)|date=11 May 2022|title='Cristo y Rey' completa su reparto y pone cara a su rey Juan Carlos en Antena 3}}</ref> The writing team, coordinated by Andrés Martín Soto and Patricia Trueba, also featured, Daniel Écija, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román, and Ángel Gasco-Coloma.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/series/cristo-y-rey/noticias/nueva-serie-antena-3-completa-reparto-inicia-rodaje_20220511627b9fa12632cd00018b53b2.html|website=[Antena 3](/source/Antena_3_(Spanish_TV_channel))|date=11 May 2022|title='Cristo y Rey', nueva serie de Antena 3}}</ref> A 15 January 2023 premiere on Atresplayer Premium was scheduled.<ref name="abc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/television/noticias/abci-quien-quien-cristo-y-actores-frente-personajes-reales-202301150935_noticia.html|website=[ABC](/source/ABC_(Spain))|date=15 January 2023|title=¿Quién es quién en 'Cristo y Rey'? Los actores frente a los personajes reales}}</ref>

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 1
 |Title           = The Tamer's Skin
 |NativeTitle     = La piel del domador
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román, Ángel Gasco-Coloma
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|1|15}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 2
 |Title           = They Don't Love Me
 |NativeTitle     = No me quieren
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas, Manu Gómez
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|1|15}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 3
 |Title           = You Don't Dump a King
 |NativeTitle     = A un rey no se le deja
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas, Manu Gómez
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|1|22}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 4
 |Title           = For Life
 |NativeTitle     = Para toda la vida
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas, Manu Gómez
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|1|29}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 5
 |Title           = A Lioness in the Cage
 |NativeTitle     = Una leona en la jaula
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas, Manu Gómez
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|2|5}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 6
 |Title           = The King's Whore
 |NativeTitle     = La puta del rey
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas, Manu Gómez
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|2|12}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 7
 |Title           = A Night with Bárbara
 |NativeTitle     = Una noche bárbara
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|2|19}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 8
 |Title           = The Only Creature I Couldn't Tame
 |NativeTitle     = La única fiera que no pude domar
 |DirectedBy      = David Molina Encinas
 |WrittenBy       = Daniel Écija, Andrés Martín Soto, Patricia Trueba, César Mendizábal, Iñaki San Román
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|2|26}}
 |ShortSummary    = 
 |LineColor       = #FF5F5F
}}
}}

== Accolades ==
{{Awards table|5}}
|-
| rowspan = "3" | {{center|2024}} || rowspan = "1" | [25th Iris Awards](/source/25th_Iris_Awards_(Spain)) || Best Actress || Belén Cuesta || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eltelevisero.huffingtonpost.es/2024/01/premios-iris-2024-todos-los-ganadores-con-la-unidad-kabul-como-gran-triunfadora/|website=El televisero|via=[HuffPost](/source/HuffPost)|title=Premios Iris 2024: Todos los ganadores con 'La Unidad Kabul' como gran triunfadora|date=17 January 2024}}</ref>}}
|-
| rowspan = "2" | [32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards](/source/32nd_Actors_and_Actresses_Union_Awards)
| Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role 
| Cristóbal Suárez
| {{won}}
| rowspan = "2" | {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2024/02/05/17023-todos-los-nominados-de-la-32-edicion-de-los-premios-union-de-actores-y-actrices-de-espana|website=Escribiendo Cine|title=Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España|date=4 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-malena-alterio-maribel-verdu-lola-duenas-quim-gutierrez-protagonistas-32-premios-ua-20240312042138.html|website=[Europa Press](/source/Europa_Press_(news_agency))|title=Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Lola Dueñas y Quim Gutiérrez, entre los protagonistas de los 32 Premios UA|date=12 March 2024}}</ref>}}
|-
| Best Television Actor in a Minor Role 
| Dani Muriel
| {{nom}}
|}

== References ==
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Category:2020s Spanish drama television series
Category:Spanish biographical television series
Category:2023 Spanish television series debuts
Category:Atresplayer Premium original programming
Category:Spanish-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in Spain

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