Inma Cuesta, Alejandro García and Ana Wagener star in ‘If it’s Tuesday, it’s murder’, a “Cluedo” with a Spanish “seal”

Next March 31st it arrives on Disney+ ‘If it’s Tuesday, it’s murder’a ‘whodonuit’ in a comedy style starring Inma Cuesta, Alejandro García and Ana Wagener. The series, created by Carlos Vila (‘The Mysteries of Laura’), follows a group of Spanish tourists who, In the style of “Cluedo”, they come together to investigate a murder committed during their vacation in Lisbon.

“‘Only murders in the building’ was reference“explains García in an interview with Europa Press although, he clarifies, the “charisma” and the “way of seeing life” of “the Spaniards” mark the identity of the series. “It has our stamp, with a lot of distance and, however, it is presented in a universal way“, he says, describing the fiction as a “Cluedo” starring “characters who are each from their own house.”

The actor, who plays Fabio in the series, recognizes similarities with the series starring Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short, since “the way in which the characters approach crime” is “very similar” although, he emphasizes, in other aspects “it has nothing to do with it.” “Luckily, when you see someone you love, you want them to do well.”points out the protagonist of ‘The Immortal’ or ‘If I Were Rich’, highlighting the endearing character of its protagonists as one of the great virtues of fiction.

In ‘If it’s Tuesday, it’s murder’, García completes, along with Cuesta, Wagener and Biel Montoro, an unlikely team of investigators who, against all odds, fit together “naturally.” “That happens in life too. Sometimes opposites attract and there is no logical cause.“, adds Cuesta, protagonist of ‘The Bride’ or ‘The Disorder You Leave’ and who plays Alice in fiction.

Wagener, who in ‘If It’s Tuesday, It’s Murder’ plays Pura, explains that the series takes as reference fictions such as ‘Colombo’ or ‘The Mysteries of Laura’, starring detectives who seem to arrive at the clues “by chance, but in the end they hit the nail on the head.” The actress from ‘I’m loving you madly’ or ‘Contratiempo’ tells how The series combines “intrigue” with “a great x-ray of society”, highlighting the “brutal generational range” that it covers with its characters..

‘IF IT’S TUESDAY, IT’S MURDER’, A VISUAL CLUEDO

Salvador Calvodirector of the fiction along with Vila and Abigail Schaaff, points out that “in all Spanish comedy there is always a social criticism underneath“. “I am a big fan of Berlanga’s cinema,” acknowledges the filmmaker, highlighting the presence in the series of “petty characters who try to pretend that they are from a social class that they are not.” “They are not flat characters, but rather they have a lot of nooks and crannies, just like human beings are.”“he explains.

“There is a very playful approach, in which the viewer wants to participate in this discovery and search for the murderer.“explains the director of ‘La fiera’ or ‘1898. The last of the Philippines’. Thus, fiction plays with the breaking of the fourth wall, the use of overhead shots in which “you see the game board on which you see the characters moving” and associating a color with each one, just as happens in Cluedo.