Elsa Pataky on SkyShowtime Series 'The Tribute,' Chris Hemsworth Cameo
Elsa Pataky in SkyShowtime series 'The Tribute'
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An 80th birthday sounds like a happy occasion. But things are much more complicated in the case of the powerful Spanish Novak family at the center of The Tribute (El Homenaje), the new SkyShowtime Spanish original series premiering today, Thursday.
The family thriller, from the creative minds behind Shades (Matices), which was a hit for the European streaming joint venture of Paramount and Comcast that is available in more than 20 markets, will debut four episodes, followed by the remaining four episodes a week later, on April 30. The Tribute stars Eusebio Poncela, in his final fiction role before his death, Miriam Giovanelli, Juana Acosta, Enrique Arce, Raúl Prieto, Luis Tosar, Luisa Mayol, and Elsa Pataky. They also featured in Shades, which told a different story with different characters. In The Tribute, they are joined by the likes of Manu Ríos, Álvaro Rico, Ángela Molina, Georgina Amorós and Óscar de la Fuente.
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Pataky also serves as an executive producer on the series, which was directed by Sergio Cánovas, who is also an executive producer. The series was written by Javier Naya and Martín Suárez and created by them together with Cánovas.
The Tribute tells the story of Adolfo Novak, portrayed by Poncela, the “patriarch of one of the most powerful families in the country, who gathers his family and close friends to celebrate his 80th birthday,” reads a show synopsis. “Behind the toasts and smiles lie decades of secrets, betrayals, blind loyalties and a strong desire for revenge. The evening will end up blowing up and revealing a truth that, when it finally comes to light, will be much more unexpected and surprising than any previous suspicion.”
SkyShowtime chief content officer Kai Finke has touted the original series’ “magnificent cast and gripping storyline.” The Tribute was produced by Secuoya Studios and Stellarmedia in association with SkyShowtime and in collaboration with Prime Video, which has second-window rights to the show.
Pataky, known for her role as Elena Neves in the Fast & Furious franchise and her work in such movies as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, talked to THR, in a video call from Madrid, about The Tribute, her roles on and off screen and how a surprising cameo of her real-life family came about.
Thank you for the wild ride of a show! I feel that everybody who thinks that their family is difficult may come out of watching the series with a slightly different view. Can you tell me a bit about what was so appealing to you about The Tribute?
Yeah, what an amazing family! What attracted me to this project was the psychology of every character and how [it shows that] we are basically victims of our circumstances, of what happened, especially in our childhood, all those experiences that you have with your parents and with your brothers and sisters. What is interesting about this family is that they are all competing.
I don’t think it’s really about power and how much money they have. It’s about love. They’re competing for that love that they never had. [That also] influences your mental health … and your relationships. So it was really, really complicated, and interesting at the same time, to tell a story that involves so many feelings and sensations.
Tell us a bit about your character, Stella Novak. She is very intelligent, very focused, very driven, but also has all sorts of issues with her mother. It is quite a different character from your role in Shades. How was it for you to dive into this new character with a lot of the same members of the creative team that you worked with on Shades?
It was great because the team felt like a family. We love working together. We wanted to do something together again when [Shades] was done. [Sergio Cánovas] came up with the idea for a series with the same actors, but with a different story. The difficulty was to create a story that would attract all of us. They put us all together again, and they imagined something so that everyone would be happy and say, “Oh, I love my character.” Instead of saying: “Oh, I want his character. Her character is so much better!” But I think the creator knew us so well that he could develop a story that each of us was happy with.
Eusebio Poncela and Elsa P