“Death is a part of their daily life”: Óscar Jaenada, Ricardo Gómez, Paco Plaza and Pablo Guerrero on La Suerte

Shot on textured 16mm film, Fate (La Suerte) follows David (Ricardo Gómez), a reserved taxi driver whose life changes when he’s hired to drive El Maestro (Óscar Jaenada), a retired master bullfighter determined to reclaim his former glory. Travelling through Spain’s iconic bullrings, from Madrid’s Las Ventas to Zaragoza’s Plaza de Toros, the six-part series combines realism, humour and melancholy into a vivid portrait of tradition and upheaval. Under the direction of Paco Plaza and Pablo Guerrero, the Disney+ original finds its rhythm in the chaos of chance and human connection.

Ahead of the show’s premiere on the platform, Plaza and Guerrero revealed to The Upcoming that the idea first struck them over three decades ago, during a party in a bullfighter’s hotel room – an encounter that sparked their lasting fascination with the bullfighting world. 

Ricardo Gómez and Óscar Jaenada reflected on the physical and technical challenges of the shoot and shared the best advice they received from professional bullfighters.

Christina Yang

La Suerte is released on Disney+ on 8^th October 2025.

Watch the trailer for La Suerte here: