Hotel Cocaine is the story of Roman Compte, a Cuban exile and general manager of the Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of Miami's cocaine scene in the late '70s and early '80s. The Mutiny Hotel was Casablanca on cocaine; a glitzy nightclub, restaurant and hotel frequented by Florida businessmen and politicians, international narcos, CIA and FBI agents, models, sports stars and musicians. At the center of it all was Compte, who did his best to keep everything going and fulfill his own American dream.
Tania Watson (pictured left), Corina Bradley (pictured center) and Laura Gordon (pictured right) join Danny Pino (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Yul Vazquez (Godfather of Harlem), Michael Chiklis (The Shield) and Mark Feuerstein (Power Book II: Ghost) as regular actors.
Production on Chris Brancato and Guillermo Navarro's series resumes this month in the Dominican Republic after a hiatus during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
The eight-part series from MGM+ Studios, in association with MGM Television, premieres this summer.
Watson (The Head (2020)) portrays Marisol, the girlfriend of Roman (Pino) and de facto stepmother of his daughter Valeria. She watches with growing fear as he becomes entangled in the life of his drug-dealing brother.
Bradley plays Valeria, Roman's sixteen-year-old daughter who watches her father become involved in Miami's drug wars. Later, she begins an investigation into the activities of her father and uncle.
Gordon (Reckoning) plays Janice Nichols, the head of the Mutiny Girls, the fun, charming and lively women who populate the Mutiny Club.
New returning actors and guest stars include Mayra Hermosillo (Narcos: Mexico), Juan Pablo Raba (Six), Erniel Baez, Nick Barkla, Cale Ambrozic, Camila Valero (Pacto de silencio), Maggie Lacey, John Ventimiglia (Jessica Jones) and Larry Powell.
Hermosillo plays Yolanda, a ruthless Colombian drug smuggler and girlfriend of Gilberto Henao. Raba plays Gilberto 'La Cobra' Henao, a powerful Colombian drug lord who comes to take over the cocaine market in Miami.
Baez plays Ray Dorado, an unreliable banker with criminal ties. Barkla plays Congressman Landon, a corrupt official who collaborates with criminals to further his political agenda. Ambrozic plays Andrew Landon, the son of Congressman Landon and a potential love interest for Roman's daughter Valeria.
Valero plays Alejandra, the fourth wife of Nestor (Vazquez). Lacey plays Constance, the uptight sister of Burton Greenberg (Feuerstein).
Ventimiglia plays Hunter Thompson, the prolific writer who comes to publish a piece about Burton's family. Powell plays Rick James, the famous singer who comes to the Mutiny looking for inspiration for his new album.
Chris Brancato created the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Guillermo Navarro directed the pilot and is producing the series with Brancato. Michael Panes and Alfredo Barrios Jr. are also executive producers. Carla Hool was the casting director.