Grasa (TV series)

Grasa is a Spanish dramedy streaming television series written and directed by David Sainz which stars Kike Pérez in the leading role. Produced by RTVE and Diffferent Entertainment, it premiered on Playz in 2020.

Premise
Set in Seville, the fiction follows the life of Pedro Marrero, aka "El Grasa", an overweight criminal with an unhealthy lifestyle who suffers from a heart attack and then decides to radically change his life in order to improve on his health condition and stay alive.

Production and release
Produced by RTVE in collaboration with Diffferent Entertainment, shooting of the first season took place in Seville in 2019. Grasa was written and directed by David Sainz. Consisting of 6 episodes featuring a running time of around 25 minutes, the series debuted on Playz on 12 May 2020. With around 2,600,000 reproductions of season 1, filming of season 2 had already started in March 2021. It took place in between Dos Hermanas and Matalascañas. RTVE set the release date of the full 6-episode season 2 for 27 September 2021.