MGM+‘s new crime drama series Hotel Cocaine premiered on Sunday, June 16 and tells the story of Roman Compte, a Cuban exile and general manager of the Mutiny Hotel. The glamorous Mutiny Hotel was the epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As MGM+ describe it, “the Mutiny Hotel was Casablanca on cocaine.”
The series is created and executive produced by showrunner Chris Brancato (Godfather of Harlem, Narcos). Guillermo Navarro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Cocaine Godmother) directed the pilot and executive produces the series alongside Brancato, with Michael Panes (Godfather of Harlem) and Alfredo Barrios Jr. (Burn Notice, Harlan Coben’s Shelter) also serving as executive producers.
The hotel served as 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 was doing his best to keep it all going and fulfill his own American Dream.
Hotel Cocaine stars Danny Pino (Cold Case, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Michael Chiklis (The Shield, Winning Time), Mark Feuerstein (Power, The Baby-Sitters Club), Yul Vazquez (Severance, Godfather of Harlem), Tania Watson (The Head, The Minions of Midas), Corina Bradley (Star-Crossed Romance), and Laura Gordon (Late Night with the Devil).
We were joined on the Popternative show by cast members Danny Pino, Yul Vazquez, Laura Gordon, Corina Bradley, and Tania Watson where they discuss the glamorous sets and wardrobe, in addition to telling a story based on a real person and place.
Watch the full conversations below.
New episodes of Hotel Cocaine drop Sundays on MGM+ until August 4.
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