Susan Sarandon He is such a star that every time he appears on the small screen (is this expression still valid?) It is an event. That Sarandon participates in a series is news, as if we still consider that television is the little sister of cinema. His ugly cousin and the town. Theoretically, making series has been as prestigious as making movies for a long time, but I’ll be the first to write the headline The first series of Fulano o Mengana stars in her first series when one of these names appears on the, ahem, small screen: Brad, Angelina, Scarlett, Natalie, Nicholas, Tom, ¡Tom!
Susan Sarandon has already appeared in a few television productions. In some she has given her all (her hers Bette Davis from Feud it is still one of his best works) and in others he has simply contributed light of superstar to help sell a product that was already doing well before she came along. My theory is that the Louise of Thelma & Louise has done Monarch because they have paid him divinely in exchange for very few hours of work.
One cannot but feel a little cheated when seeing that the presence of Sarandon Sarandon in this series It is a pure publicity claim. And that she, a gifted actress when she wants, she knows it and offers a flat and painful performance.
In MonarchSarandon is a diva of the country concerned both with her own stardom and the survival of her family empire. But only with an attractive premise and a well-known face a series cannot rise. And even less one that reminds us of another that, with a second-rate cast, managed to have a long run and enormous charisma: Nashville. Also focused on the world of country, Nashville He knew how to elevate his protagonists, some almost trashConnie Britton y Hayden Panettiereto the icon category.
Monarch, who already has one on his payroll, believes that with that alone he already has the series done. Forgetting even that the rest of her cast is most usable. Susan Sarandon’s reluctance in this dramatic soap opera contrasts with the waste of two actresses as interesting as Anna Friel or Beth Ditto, who need to beg for proper plots and scenes. Susan Sarandon doesn’t seem to mind that. Your work in Monarch is to be Susan Sarandon and promote the series as if it were goodas if she went out more and as if any of the above mattered to someone.