Yul Vázquez
Carlos Ruiz (l) and Esai Morales (c)
It was (and is) a promising premise: a dark drama set in 1950’s Miami, when things between Cuba and U.S. were at their craziest, and the mob was struggling to establish its own power base. And Magic City has some powerful players in the mix, including Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danny Huston and Yul Vázquez. It appeared just about a year ago on the Starz network with considerable fanfare…
…and pretty much faded from the front page almost immediately.
Shalim Ortiz
Dominik Garcia-Lorido
It didn’t make quite the Mad Men/Dexter splash they had hoped for when it appeared, but no matter: Yul, Dominik Garcia-Lorido and a small Florida tidal wave of international talent is flowing back to Miami for a second round, beginning at 9P on Starz this Friday June 14. And they’re upping the ante this season, with two new Latino cast members: Esai Morales as Carlos “El Tiburon” Ruiz, a Cuban exile, and Shalim Ortiz, son of Spanish television personality Charytin as a Cuban sugar heir who falls for Garcia-Lorido. Better watch himself: Yul Vázquez plays her father.
It’s as stylish, violent, and foul-mouthed as ever–don’t you love cable?–and it begins this Friday at 9P. Check out the new season’s trailer from earlier this year, click on image below:
Yul Vázquez (l), Esai Morales (c) in Magic City
