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Literary adaptations to films or series are the order of the day, some with greater fidelity than others, they conquer readers who are fans of the sagas or disappoint them.
But the authors of these books also face some fears when they are asked to make the leap from the pages to the screens.
That was what happened to
Juan Gómez-Jurado
with his
Red Queen
: «I have had to face one of my greatest fears, reaching places where the novel had not reached, portraying the inside of the head of
Antonia Scott
, the protagonist. .
And if I didn't do it in the novel it was for a reason... », he admits with a laugh.
The great demands to which
Prime Video
subjected the author and the team of the series has achieved an adaptation of the universe of the very successful trilogy that premieres today and that has found the agreement of critics, even from its own author.
"It's spectacular," he admits.
One of the toughest viewers has been, precisely, one of
Gómez-Jurado
's sons , who at the end of the viewing told his father that it was very strange to be inside his head: «He realized that it was my interior and he "It was very strange to see it reflected on the screen."
Those in charge of giving voice and flesh to the protagonists of
Reina Roja
,
Victoria Luengo
and
Hovik Keuchkerian
, were very clear about the roles their characters played in the plot of the series, one of the most anticipated of the season.
Antonia Scott
is 34 years old and has an IQ of 242: she is considered the most intelligent person on earth and that is why she works for the secret police organization
Red Queen
, where she helps solve especially complicated crimes.
At the same time, she faces extreme pain in her daily life, she feels a lot of guilt for something that happened three years ago but, in addition, she is a woman with tremendous sensitivity and a great need for love who has suffered a lot.
"During the series we are going to see how she forgives herself," explains
Luengo
.
Keuchkerian
, for his part, considers
Jon Gutiérrez
"a Sancho Panza 2.0", a quixotic character.
"He ends up feeling, for the first time, a real need to protect and care for someone," says the actor.
Jon believes in unconditional love, in truth, in justice and his main goal in life is to meet people who, in some way, make him feel useful.
Throughout the seven chapters a great friendship will be forged between the two protagonists, so much so that "she realizes that he would be capable of dying to protect her and then an exchange of roles occurs.
Antonia
thinks: 'He protects me, but I'm going to protect him too in my own way because he, really, is the only guy I trust,' "says
Keuchkerian
.
Antonia Scott and Jon Gutiérrez form a professional couple in Reina Roja.ANDRÉ PADUANOPRIME VIDEO
Another of the characters that takes center stage during the plot is
the city of Madrid
, where viewers will recognize a multitude of enclaves that the protagonists of
Red Queen
pass through .
But for the actor, filming has been a personal discovery.
He lives in the mountains, prefers to retreat into nature, although he admits that he has liked to delve into the nooks and crannies of the capital: «I don't like big cities, but I have discovered streets that I didn't even know existed;
Also the subway, I didn't remember what it was like;
and we got to know the guts of the city when we entered Chamartín," he says.
Luengo
, for his part, was very surprised that the base of operations of the secret organization was in the unfinished pools that began to be built for the Madrid Olympic Games: «It is a spectacular place, an immense thing of half-finished concrete
.
that stayed there.
A futuristic place », he says.
Red Queen
is the first work of a trilogy in which
Black Wolf
and
White King
follow : Will
Juan Gómez-Jurado
's work continue on
Prime Video
?
The author is clear that it is essential that viewers see this batch of chapters so that more can be made: "We depend on everyone being encouraged to watch the series, and the best way for there to be more installments is for them to follow it." , he confesses in the form of an invitation.
«From my perspective as a spectator it would be a shame if it did not continue.
I have seen it in its entirety three times.
It wouldn't make any sense to leave it hanging, but we live in a world without logic, so I don't know," adds
Keuchkerian
.
María José Rodríguez
, content director of
Prime Video
, suggests that the future may be promising: "Everything we start we do with the intention of the future," she says.
So much literary adaptation on platforms or open television raises a question: are the scriptwriters running out of ideas, or are the stories in some books so powerful that they deserve to be on screen?
Rodríguez does not get wet: "We draw on stories, some are born from books and others that come directly from the heads of the scriptwriters for fiction, we seek a balance."
Keuchkerian
emphasizes, for his part, that most of the stories are based on the same themes: love, suffering, heartbreak, betrayal, loyalty, company... «The rest depends on the quality you can give it. give,” he says.
What is happening, in his opinion, is that there are many writers who, intentionally or naturally, write in a very audiovisual language: «You read a novel, you finish it and you think: this is a movie!
"Anyone who has a little bit of audiovisual knowledge puts together a small team and makes a script out of it," he says.
Both
Luengo
and
Keuchkerian
have indelible memories of filming
Red Queen
and agree that they will always remember the good work environment they enjoyed during the months they were making the series.
Although the actress affirms that she has not kept any props from fiction, she does claim to take "human relationships and new bonds."
"They make me very happy, in the end that seems the most important thing to me," she says.
But the actor, in addition to the emotional aspect, has taken home a physical souvenir: "How can I not keep something!
I never wear suits, but I asked for the gray one that my character wears and I wore it to accompany Victoria Luengo at the premiere of the series, to be elegant and on par with my partner and sister," he says, and launches into the anecdotal: «When I asked for it, they told me that of course, I could keep it for my personal use, but they also gave me a new one exactly as a gift, which is the one I took to the Goya
gala
.
From not having any costume I have gone on to have three, if we add the one I bought for the
Red
Queen
casting
.