Netflix fans urged to watch ‘deadly’ Spanish thriller that’s scored 6,800,000 views

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Netflix viewers have been urged to watch a dramatic new Spanish thriller that has already racked up 6,800,000 views in a week.

Medusa follows an assassination attempt made on a CEO who survives after an explosion her yacht off the coast of Colombia.

While everyone assumes she died, she washes up seemingly unscathed and determined to solve who was behind the crime.

Teaming up with a dogged detective, they attempt to discover the person who tried to have her murdered.

However, along the way, as their investigation unfolds, dark family secrets are uncovered.

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Juana Acosta stars in the leading role of Barbara Hidalgo, who is presumed dead after taking on the role of CEO of her family’s business, Medusa.

Fans are raving about Medusa on Netflix (Picture: Netflix)

Her onscreen husband Esteban is played by Sebestian Martinez, with Manolo Cardona as the lead investigator Danger Carmelo behind the case.

The 12-part series also includes Adriana Arango, Luis Fernando Hoyos and Juanita Molina.

The official synopsis reads: ‘Declared dead, Barbara resurfaces to uncover family treachery while in a love triangle with her deceitful husband and the detective investigating her case.’

Fans have been left hooked, sending it soaring to the number one spot on Netflix’s global top ten non-English shows this week.

The thrilling series has scored nearly seven million views (Picture: Netflix)

‘Such a thriller,’ Cindy wrote on X, while @infoAtX said: ‘Good suspense.’

Cristina said: ‘Watching Medusa on Netflix rn and it feels like going back to those summer evenings i used to spend with my grandma watching telenovelas it’s a 10/10.’

Cassandra added: ‘Just finished watching Medusa on Netflix, and I wasn’t expecting that ending. All I can say is it’s interesting.’

‘I don’t binge watch much but I’m on episode 2 of Medusa on Netflix & I’m definitely intrigued,’ Yen wrote.

Fans are begging for a second season (Picture: Netflix)

@CaadorC said: ‘Done watching Medusa on Netflix when is second season.’

Thizzney called it ‘hella good’, while @Lexii_Tookhute branded it ‘crazy’.

Colombian-Spanish actress Juana previously revealed in an interview she was attempting to distance herself from being told she was ‘too pretty’ to play certain roles.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, she said: ‘Several times they told me so. One of my obsessions has been to get away from the thing of “the beautiful Latin American actress”. I have come to make strong physical transformations.’

Caption: PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 29: Juana Acosta attends the Dior Womenswear Spring/Summer 2021 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 29, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Anthony Ghnassia/Getty Images for Dior) Photographer: Anthony Ghnassia Provider: Getty Images for Dior Source: Getty Images Europe

She added: ‘I have done real feats to try to get away from what you say. I must also say that this has stopped happening to me and that today I am in another phase of my career.’

She also revealed that her accent had been a problem for parts of her career, saying: ‘At the beginning of my career, yes. When I got pregnant with my daughter at the age of 30 I realised that either I worked on my accent or working here was going to be really complicated.

‘First because there were few Latin American characters and the few that were there were very stereotyped and on top of that I had already done them all.

‘I had to work on the accent to be able to ‘compete’ in the castings with the Spanish actresses.’

She added that after going to a speech therapist and working on her Spanish accent with her daughter, the course of her career ‘changed’.

‘Many more Spanish characters began to come to me. Now I feel very free with the accent,’ she said.

Medusa is available to watch on Netflix.

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