Did you know, the gold vault in The Bank Of Spain is actually real? Did you know thieves were inspired by the show and attempted similar robberies? Did you know the show had flopped before Netflix picked it up and released it globally??
If you call yourself a Money Heist fan, here are 13 must-known facts for you. Get ready to have your minds blown after reading them.?
The show, before it was streamed on Netflix, was released in Spain on Antena 3 in May 2017. The first episode was a hit with 4.5 million views. Gradually, the viewership dropped. So much so, that it had to be cancelled. The cast and crew accepted that it was a flop until Netlix acquired its rights. After Netflix, picked the show, it became a rage worldwide. The 15-episode show was cut into shorter 22 episodes for Netflix. Such was the frenzy of the show that the makers had to take the story forward and create more seasons.?
Not just in Europe but robbers in North America have been spotted wearing Dali masks and singing Bella Ciao while robbing millions of dollars.
For instance, in Dec 2020, a group of robbers wore Dali masks and exploded cash on the streets of?Criciuma, Brazil. It was a two-hour-long burglary in which the robbers used a scattering of cash on the streets as a way to escape, and they succeeded.
The gold vault shown in the series is actually real. It floods with water in case there's a breach. It's actually a part of the real-life security system in the Bank of Spain. To keep it as real as possible, the makers of the show hired a marine engineer to help them design an antechamber that can address the defense mechanism. Of course, breaking into the real vault in the Bank of Spain is even more challenging than what was shown in the series.
When the character died, many people sobbed. Many of us even demanded her return as if she was Mihir from Ekta Kapoor's show. Can you imagine the entire show without the fearless, strong and motivational woman? Nairobi was part of the initial stages of the script. Alex Pina realised that there was only one female character which was Tokyo. So, he called Alba Flores, with whom he had worked in a series called Locked Up. She liked the script of the two-season show, and hence, Nairobi was born.?
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Neymar made a cameo as a monk in Season 3. He is such a huge fan of the show that he reportedly contacted the production and told them that he wanted to be a part of the show.
The tweets below are proof.?
Just like others, even the mastermind had his name after a city. In an interview with?Rappler, Alvaro Morte revealed, "The concept of what it fits him, but we have to remove the religious components. This would be Vatican City. It's a state city. A very small one. But like The Professor, it's always shielded, and at the same time, it has a great power all over the world."
The show was originally called Desachuciados, which translates to hopeless. For the unversed, La Casa de Papel means 'house of money.
There's a reason why thieves wear them, apart from just using them to hide their identities.?The red colour was chosen because it relates to passion, alertness, love and death. The Dali masks are inspired by Salvador?Dal¨ª, a Spanish artist who rejected modern capitalist society. The fact that the robbers distribute their stolen wealth in the show represents his ideology by upending the capitalist system.
In several protests in Lebanon, Iraq, France as well as Chile, people took to the streets wearing the Money Heist costumes on several occasions.??
?The song is popular across the world.?The 75-year-old historical song is a symbol of freedom for many.
When the show's creator Alex Pina walked in the room donning a T-shirt that read Tokyo,?Jesus Colmenar thought it would make the perfect name for the lead character. And in the next 15 minutes, they decided the names of all the characters after different cities.
In countries -- France, Italy, Chile, Portugal, Brazil and Argentina -- Money Heist is the most-watched show of 2019.?