“It is a common practice and it should be known. Only if you write can you be a creator. Only if you write can you be a screenwriter.” This is one of the four tweets that have unleashed the controversy around the new RTVE series for its access time, 4 stars. Borja González Santaolalla, one of the scriptwriters of the series, denounced last night at the same time as the multi-channel premiere -La 1, La 2, Clan and RTVE Play- that the executive producer of the series, the showrunner, the creator, Daniel Écija, he is listed in the credits as one of the writers, but “hasn’t written a single line of dialogue.”

González Santaolalla published a tweet with an image of the credits of the two episodes broadcast last night in which Daniel Écija, Ángel Turlán, Aitor Santos and Tirso Conde appear, accompanied by the following sentence: “Guess which of these names has not written a single single line of dialogue”.

A tweet that has been shared and responded to by the largest scriptwriters union in Spain with more than 800 members, ALMA: “We remind you that writing is writing. The rest can be talking, conversing, conversing, debating, arguing, disagreeing, uttering , analyze, deliberate, study, reason, refute, refute, contradict, propose, suggest, demand, request, order, impose, lead, question…”.

Next, the scriptwriter published another tweet: “Not to mention that the two chapters broadcast today were written by Ángel Turlán and me.” And another one: “That on the other hand, we are the ones who wrote the bible and the pilot.” And he finished off with his last tweet in which irony disappears to give way to a complaint and his consequent anger: “It is a common practice and it should be known. Only if you write can you be a creator. Only if you write can you be a screenwriter.”

A complaint and anger that have overshadowed the joy of the premiere of 4 Estrellas, which on La 1 had an audience of 10.5% of the screen share, being the second option chosen by viewers on Sunday night and which gives hope so that it can improve the battered access time of RTVE.

Indeed, 4 stars will start at 10:00 p.m. and will compete directly with El Hormiguero, the black beast of access for RTVE and for all linear television channels in Spain. And it does so with a formula full of well-known names: Antonio Resines, Toni Acosta, Dafne Fernández, Ana Gracia… And, of course, Daniel Écija, the executive producer of the series, now accused of not being a 4-star scriptwriter and of not having written “not a single line” despite appearing in the credits as such.

RTVE programmed the special premiere of ‘4 stars’ last night, one day before the series is installed in the prime time access of La 1. From today, the audience will be able to follow the plots on Monday through Thursday at 9:50 p.m. around the Lasierra family in the town of Vera del Rey.

A family, modern and romantic series, with hints of comedy and drama, co-produced by RTVE and The Good Mood and executive produced by Daniel Écija, which also includes David Lorente, Antonio Molero, Raúl Prieto, Ana Jara, Martí in its cast Cordero, Alejandro Albarracín, Marina Baeza, Rosario Pardo, Francesca Piñón, Luisa Martín, Gonzalo Caps, Álvaro Fontalba, Belén Écija, Edgar Vittorino and Carolina Rubio.

The last few months, the 4-star cast has been a family, also behind the scenes. The rhythm of a daily fiction imposes marathon 12-hour days, 42 chapters open to time, six directors sometimes with three parallel units, 14 scriptwriters and scenes shot in a single take, as if it were a false direct. “You have to be very healthy, physically and psychologically,” jokes Gracia.

The result is a mix of genres between romanticism, thriller and traditional comedy that, according to the actresses, goes great to accompany dinner. “It’s a good time to sit on the sofa, there are 45 minutes without ads and it allows you to disconnect,” says Dafne Fernández

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