His latest work in our country has been in ‘4 estrellas’, the daily series on La 1 in ‘access prime time’
Antena 3 is betting heavily on foreign fiction for this summer. With the recent arrival of Maximumthe series about the current queen of Holland, Atresmedia’s main channel broadcast the first episode of The promised life. The private channel once again relies on an Italian series for its ‘prime time’ after the failed premiere of Violet like the sea last year. And it hasn’t gone so badly either, since scored a quite acceptable figure: 11.7% share and 896,000 viewers against the undisputed leader of Thursdays, Survivors All Stars (18.6% and 1,314,000).
The promised life It has all the necessary ingredients to conquer the audience with its seven episodes spread over two seasons. Drama, romance, a period story and a strong woman as the protagonist are its strong points. Being an Italian series, viewers expected to face an unknown cast. However, the reality has been very different. And it is that There is a face known to the Spanish public among the actors who form the main cast.
Francesco Arcawho plays Vincenzo Spanò in The promised life, has participated in several Spanish series. And not only that. She will also be familiar to you for having appeared in internationally successful films. She debuted in a Rai series in 2008, but her first big role was in the Italian version of Sorry but I want to marry youthe film that adapted Federico Moccia’s novel of the same name to the big screen.
With this internationally successful love story, Arca conquered viewers all over the world and became one of the most beloved actors by the Italian public. He began to expand his career in foreign projects such as Spectre, the James Bond saga film with Daniel Craig and directed by Sam Mendes. Furthermore, he has also been one of the last to star Rex, a different policeman.
His works in Spain
The beloved Italian actor has also made a name for himself in Spanish productions. In 2019 he participated in the second season of Ours, from Telecinco, participating in 3 episodes of the installment starring Rodolfo Sancho and Paula Echevarría. Additionally, she was also part of the cast of promises of sandon La 1, where he played Hayzam. However, his most important role in our country has been in 4 stars.
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Francisco Arca got into the skin of Andrea Mancini during the second season of the RTVE daily series for ‘access prime time’. His character was a carabinieri who was fleeing from the persecution of the Neapolitan mafia who, in their harassment of him, had already claimed a very beloved victim, his wife. Once in Vera del Rey, he joins the local Civil Guard, but the emotional weight of everything he has experienced leads him to enter therapy with Bea (Nuria Herrero).
The psychologist-patient relationship went much further and ended in a beautiful romance, which the gangsters were responsible for breaking up when they discovered where Mancini was hiding. Seeing that Bea’s life was in danger, Arca’s character decided to return to her country to fight the mafia. An intense but passionate romance that captivated fiction fans.
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