“The Great Leap”, the new original series from Atresplayer, has already finished filming. The five-episode production tells one of the most exciting stories in Spanish sports: the life of Olympic champion Gervasio Deferr; his path to Olympic success and his fall from grace. Actor Óscar Casas will star in “The Great Leap”, stepping into the shoes of the iconic gymnast. Atresplayer will premiere “The Great Leap” in 2024. “The Great Leap” is a series created by José Rodríguez, based on the biography that Deferr himself tells in his eponymous book.

The five episodes that make up the series will each be 50 minutes long and filming has taken place in various locations in the province of Barcelona. This new original fiction from Atresplayer will be available to premium users on the Atresmedia platform. Óscar Casas embodies Olympic champion Gervasio Deferr, a brilliant and perfectionist athlete in his sports career. Deferr won two Olympic gold medals in vaulting in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, as well as a silver medal in floor in Beijing 2008. With a complex and demanding personality, he had to struggle to maintain the delicate balance between success and failure, which led him on a path of self-destruction and excesses that distanced him from his family and friends, and ultimately led to his withdrawal from competitive sports.

The cast of “The Great Leap” is completed by Olivia Baglivi, Pau Roca, Greta Fernández, Alfons Nieto, Joaquín Daniel, Carolina Román, Bea Segura, Beka Lemonjawa, Christian Checa, Fran Berenguer, Lucía Juárez, Carlus Fàbrega, Pep Ambròs, Nausicaa Bonnin, Carla Linares and Salim Daprincee, among others. “The Great Leap” is a production of Atresmedia Television in collaboration with Diagonal (Banijay Iberia). Montse García, Jordi Frades and Ignasi Serra are the executive producers; Jaume Banacolocha is the producer. José Rodríguez is the creator and screenwriter of the series. “The Great Leap” will be directed by Roger Gual, with Marta Creus and David Masllorens in charge of production.

This is what “The Great Leap” is about:

In “The Great Leap” we will delve into the story of the Olympic champion through a double narrative: the past, starring the different Olympic Games that Gervasio won (Sydney, Athens and Beijing), and the present, focused on the days it takes him to visit his mother, who suffered a heart attack while hospitalized. This crucial event will undoubtedly mark the athlete’s destiny and lead him to set a vital goal that can save him from himself.