the business of stealing images, according to Santi Acosta and the representative of Ángel Cristo

Santi Acosta change to Julian Muñoz y Angel Christ by Fran Rivera, Ana Obregón, Marta Sánchez or Norma Duval. The presenter of ¡De Viernes! He has directed the docuseries Paparazzi, which premieres this Sunday on Movistar Plus+

Santi Acosta triumphs in prime time and this last Friday the show he presents with Beatriz Archidona was the program that managed to win with a magnificent 16,7%, your maximum quota. Acosta has denied that he whitewashed the corrupt former mayor of Marbella. But the driver of Friday! It is also in the news for the premiere of another project, the docuseries Paparazzi. The first chapter of the three-episode documentary series lands this Sunday on Movistar Plus+, which maintains its commitment to documentaries.

Telefónica’s platform delves into the world of celebrity photographers with the help of testimonies from professionals in the sector such as Antonio Montero, well-known figures such as Ana Obregon, Marta Sánchez, Francisco Rivera or Norma Duval, and journalists such as Jaime Peñafiel, Ángeles Caballero, Sandra Aladro, Ángela Portero, Martín Bianchi or Rosa Villacastín. Magazine directors such as Vicente Sánchez (Diez Minutos), Jorge Borrajo (Semana), Luis Pliego (Lecturas), or Mamen Sánchez (Hello!) also contribute their vision.

Frantic pace

Kometa Producciones signs this series directed by Acosta together with Nuria López Escribano, who was in charge of the successful Save the King (HBO). The production is carried out by one of the protagonists of the project, Álvaro García-Pelayo. The former director of the Korpa agency, in addition to producing, acts as a commentator and even moderator of debate tables with the paparazzi who remember the golden times of Marbella or Palma de Mallorca. Álvaro, one of the most important businessmen linked to the social chronicle, is the husband of Sandra Aladro (Let’s see), ex-husband of the also television Angela Portero (DeViernes) and intimate by Fran Rivera. In addition, Álvaro García Pelayo acts as a representative of characters such as Angel Christ o Mayte Zaldivar. Bárbara Rey’s son is in the eye of the hurricane (lucrative eye of the hurricane) after the photographs published in Holland of Juan Carlos I kissing his mother. And the late Julián Muñoz gave his posthumous interview on DeViernes, the program that Santi Acosta, García Pelayo’s partner, presents along with Beatriz Archidona.

Equipped with an electric montage, the docuseries lacks rest, context and a little more criticism for the paparazzi. García-Pelayo is committed to dusting off memories such as the famous photographs taken at Isabel Preysler, Miguel Boyer and family on a remote island. Or the difficulties in accessing the then Prince Philip when, the press say, he ruined his courtship with Eva Sannum. The difficulties of creating new characters, the change of interest from Hollywood to soccer stars and the transition from pink jewelry to costume jewelry, with the entry of reality television, are seen in this work.

Fran Rivera (close friend of the producer), along a Lourdes Montes, He lends himself to embellishing the story by giving his version and telling how the tabloid press followed his footsteps at the beginning of their relationship. Or how the laws have changed to prevent photos from being stolen in topless or for celebrities to be persecuted by leaving their children at school. The historic head of purchasing at Interviú, Miguel Ángel Gordillo (whose daughter has worked at Hola for many years), provides some keys to the change in the world of paparazzi.

In the premiere chapter

Movistar Plus+ advances that in the first episode of Paparazzi that premieres this Sunday, the birth of the profession will be seen until the 1980s, where a change in the business paradigm takes place. During the golden years, the relationship between the paparazzi and celebrities was excellent, even friendly. The photographers’ images featured big stars, mainly women.

At this time, the role of women was crucial: both for being the target audience to whom these exclusives are directed, and for being the protagonists of the covers. With the arrival of democracy, artists, singers and actresses embrace the new freedoms and nudes break out (Marisol, Lola Flores or Carmina Ordóñez, among others).

The relationship between paparazzi and celebrities intensifies in the eighties, but the operation of the business changes: the first stolen or publications without consent emerge, as well as pacts with the press, where celebrities begin to use the media to their advantage; but also blackmail.

“The power of a photograph is so strong that even the world of politics and economics is shaken by the publication of an image. This is what happened with Marta Chávarri and Alberto Cortina, or Isabel Preysler and Miguel Boyer,” explains the platform. On the other hand, the members of the Spanish Royal House never fail to arouse interest among society: the Movistar Plus+ docuseries also addresses Felipe VI’s romance with Isabel Sartorius or the paparazzi’s fixation on Doña Letizia.