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In the increasingly vast planet of streaming, there are series that can go unnoticed despite being good stories and having important and up-to-the-minute actors.
Maybe so Only murders in the building, the original comedy Star + which premieres the first two episodes of its second season this Tuesday (June 28). Its premiere, at the end of August 2021, was perhaps diluted among the many new titles that Disney’s adult platform has chosen to begin its operations in Argentina and Latin America.
The truth is only killerswhose first season has ten episodes, it has an immediate connection: the discordant -a priori- head trio that unites the seventy-year-olds comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short, with millennium star and fellow singer Selena Gomez.
Two generations: the experience of Steve Martin and Martin Short, together with the youthful freshness of Selena Gomez.
They embody three strangers with dissimilar personalities who, in addition to being neighbors of the same building -the Acornia, a very exclusive apartment complex in New York-share an obsession with true crime and podcasts about these topics.
The first installment received excellent reviews and showed how after the death of one of the inhabitants of Acornia, the three decide to investigate the case and break the news through a podcast – titled as the series – which becomes very popular.
Signed, Steve Martin
Created by the same Steve Martin and John Hoffman (manufacturer of Grace and Frankieby Netflix) and produced by Dan Fogelman, creator of This is usOMITB is a classic thriller with lots of humor and twists around whoever committed the murder.
Detective story and lots of humor, key ingredients of “Only Murders in the Building”.
Martin and Short play Charles and Oliver, an actor and theater director who lost his boat. friends in real lifeboth appeal to that stainless humor imprint in which they have shown Live Saturday night and many films.
Gomez joins them naturally and doesn’t hesitate to take the reins of the series with Mabel, a character he plays solidly. -reveals her maturity as an actress- and that somehow updates the history.
There is chemistry between the three
In dialogue in videoconference with Clarionethe trio talks about the strong chemistry that is seen on the screen and which is undoubtedly one of the secrets of the success of the series.
“The success of a series depends on many potential elements. Obviously we start from the script, and from who directs and edits it. But as for the distribution, we have this great chemistry from the start and that helps the show a lot, it always helps, “says Short.
“For starters, we have this great chemistry,” explains Martin of the recording process with Selena Gomez and Martin Short.
“Also, you can’t plan for that chemistry to exist. It happens or it doesn’t, ”says Martin. “I’ve seen married couples with no chemistry on screen. And suddenly there are actors who hated each other and had an incredible connection to work with“adds the co-creator.
“So it’s always a mystery. We love the chemistry we have. And if we keep talking about it so much it will probably go away …”, he concludes. Martin, who turns out to be a cabuler.
The short is reminiscent of the shooting three friendsthe hilarious 1986 film starring Martin himself and Chevy Chase: “When we made Three Amigos … I hated Steve and Chevy. And this wasn’t evident when you saw the movie“, He jokes.
What happens in the second season of Only Murders …?
“This series is going to be an unforgettable journey,” defines Selena Gomez.
In the first episode, amateur detectives they end up discovering the killer and solving the half-case that not even the police can understand. But in the end, another dead man appears on the Acornia: none other than Bunny Folger, the president of the consortium.
Charles, Oliver and Mabel work vigorously to expose the killer. But three (unfortunate) complications occur: the trio is publicly implicated in Bunny’s murderthey become the topic of the competing podcast and deal with a group of New Yorkers who think they are the killers.
“It will be an unforgettable journey. It will be a lot of fun, amazing and hopefully leave people wanting more, ”says Selena.
“One of the things I like most about the story is the way we meet,” emphasizes Steve Martin.
“I think the same. I feel like it’s going to be another good detective story, with more twists and lots of interesting characters in the plot. There is a very solid story with many accompanying funny scenesMartin promises.
-What attracted you to the story?
-Short: Well, we didn’t have all the scripts written in the beginning, so we didn’t know the whole time frame of where we were going. But I’d say both the script and the premise were very strong.
-Gomez: I felt very attracted to Mabel because I feel that my character is almost an intermediary. And I have a lot of similarities to her: I can be quite lonely at times. And I love how she makes friends with these two weird and different people just because they all have something in common. I find it very funny.
“Both the script and the premise of the series are very strong,” thinks Martin Short.
-Martin: As a co-writer, I was thrilled with how we met. I love the way we meetcoincidentally to hear that same podcast on real crime, and when the power fails, we have to go to the restaurant because we are fascinated by it and there we discover that we have a mutual bond. So I like the introduction and the way the characters get to know each other.
MacClaine, Delevigne and Schumer, the new faces
It is already known that in addition to Tina Fey – who has a special participation in the series – in the second season of OMITB they join three other well-known faces of the Hollywood world: Shirley McClaine, Cara Delevigne and Amy Schumer.
Cara Delevingne is one of the new faces we can enjoy in the second season of “Only Murders in the Building”.
“We can’t reveal much about it at the moment,” warns Short. “Just to say that they are guest stars, that they are all wonderful and that add enormously to the show,” adds Gómez. “Yes, they not only join but they are an important part of the storyMartino confesses.
Police comedies seem to have a moment. Besides “Only Murders …” there are series like “The Flight Attendant”, “White Lotus”, “The Afterparty”.
-Short: Well, the mysteries have intrigued people for a hundred years, since Sherlock Holmes. You always want to try and figure out who did it.
In addition to starring in it, Steve Martin is co-writer of “Only Murders in the Building”, for Star +.
-Martin: I wouldn’t call it a moment but a continuum of interesting detective stories. The other day I saw again The big sleep (On the edge of the abyssfrom 1946), it’s so fabulous even if it’s hard to understand what the story is about.
It comes to mind for how it’s played, and even if you don’t understand the plot, it’s fascinating. In case of only killersDespite being a comedy, there is also a lot of seriousness. And there must be to keep the interest and the truth of the story.
-As executive producers and Steve as one of the creators, do you think the series can go on for many more seasons without losing the spark?
-Martin: Well, that’s every screenwriter’s question. I think so. Because I remember the series Murder he wrote (1984-1996), who had a new crime every week. In our case, there would be one crime per season, and with a creative script, we could find a way around it. But he would be comfortable with another four or a hundred years. If the public likes it.
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Giovanni Tommaso Erbi
Source: Clarin
