30 May, 2017 @ 15:54
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Paz Vega’s new TV series set among drug dealers on the Costa de la Luz

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Paz Vega at Cannes
Paz Vega at Cannes
Paz Vega at Cannes

SHE’S best known for her sultry roles as a temptress in a string of Hollywood films.

But Paz Vega’s latest roll couldn’t be further from that of hit movies, including Sex and Lucia and Other side of the Bed.

In her latest role she plays the part of a nun based on the Costa de la Luz.

Returning to Spain after 20 years in Rome, she discovers her old boyfriend Bruno has become a local drug lord.

In the TV programme, out this week, Perdoname, Senor, she tackles a subject close to home for many Gibraltarians and Andalucians.

Filmed in many local locations, including Zahara de los Atunes, Barbate, Canos de Meca and Zahora, the drama starts on Telecinco tonight.

Stany Coppet plays the part of the drug dealer, who meets Lucia (Vega), by the famous Trafalgar lighthouse.

Vega, 41, was born to a bullfighting father and housewife mother in Sevilla and won her first and only Goya in 2001, for Best Breakthrough Performance in Lucia y el Sexo.

The L’Oreal model – who is married to Venezuelan Orson Salazar – is currently starring in Netflix hit The OA.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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