Characters
editMain
edit- Margot Robbie as Pia Newman – The young mother of Hector López, Valentina Newman and Karina Newman.
- Dove Cameron as Jem Newman – Pia's sister.
- Juliet Godwin as Valentina Newman.
- Miguel Julanatá as Hector López, the half brother of Karina and Valentina.
- Milly Bobby Brown as Karina Newman.
- Mahesh Jadu as Wayde Newman, Pia and Jem's older cousin.
- Shawn Mendes as James Rivero, Valentina's crush.
- Julie Walters as Manzia Swallow, the cleaner.
The Newmans and Buenos Lopez Aires cast overview
editCharacters by series
edit| Character | Actor | Series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Special | ||
| Pia Newman | Margot Robbie | Main | ||
| Pedro Jothwick | Ryan Gosling | Main | ||
| Jem Newman | Dove Cameron | Main | ||
| Valentina Newman | Juliet Godwin | Main | ||
| Hector López | Miguel Julanatá | Main | ||
| Karina Newman | Millie Bobby Brown | Main | ||
| Leo Newman | Thomas Ashby † | Main | ||
| Wayde Newman | Mahesh Jadu | Main | ||
| Elisha | Herself | Main | ||
| Joey | Himself | Main | ||
| Manzia Swallow | Julie Walters | Main | ||
| James Rivero | Shawn Mendes | Main | ||
| Beau Manga | Yessin Karim | Main | ||
| Lisa Ottors | Amrita Ramona Shabla | Main | ||
| Ezra Weston | Jamie Flatters | Main | ||
| Ruby Pinia | Jade Alleyne | Main | ||
| Pearla Miller | Khosi Ngema | Main | ||
| Rodrigo Luza | Sergi Roiij | Main | ||
| Harry Leafer | Mitsy Cowood | Recurring | ||
| Emi Spickles | Gema Clarkson | Recurring | ||
| Juliette Pedraza | Joséphine Jobert | Main | ||
| Karla Joven | Evin Ahmad | Main | ||
| Sissy Pinia | Carla Mendonça | Main | ||
| Devon Panyard | Idris Elba | Main | ||
| Louise Templeton | Joanne Froggatt | Main | ||
| Robert Hanks | Burkely Duffield | Main | ||
| Mia Petywidle | Lillian Cook | Recurring | ||
| Zara Malia | Mina El Hammani | Main | ||
| Sydney Sloper | Liz Guwana | Recurring | ||
| Portrayed by | Character | Seasons | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| The Newman Family | |||||||||
| Margot Robbie | Pia Newman | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Ryan Gosling | Pedro Jothwick | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Dove Cameron | Jem Newman | 10 | 6 | 16 | |||||
| Juliet Godwin | Valentina Newman | 11 | 6 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Miguel Julanatá | Hector López | 11 | 6 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Millie Bobby Brown | Karina Newman | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Thomas Ashby | Leo Newman | 10 | 4 | 14 | |||||
| Mahesh Jadu | Wayde Newman | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Elisha (cat) | Herself | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Joey (dog) | Himself | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Neighbours and Others | |||||||||
| Julie Walters | Manzia Swallow | 9 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| Shawn Mendes | James Rivero | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||||
| Yessin Karim | Beau Manga | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Amrita Ramona Shabla | Lisa Ottors | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Jamie Flatters | Ezra Weston | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Jade Alleyne | Ruby Pinia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Khosi Ngema | Pearla Miller | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Rodrigo Luza | Sergi Roij | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Mitsy Cowood | Harry Leafer | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Gema Clarkson | Emi Spickles | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Mina El Hammani | Zara Malia | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| Liz Guwana | Sydney Sloper | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Piney (tortoise) | Himself | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Elliot Maka | Elijah Dominguez | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Mandy Tu-Pan | Yasmine Tai | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Arron Rodríguez | Santiago | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Elena Tangeri | Cassie | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Anya Manhattan | Livvie | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Fret Gonalez | Luis Dominguez | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Ann Lacanta | |||||||||
| Josephine Jobert | Juliette Pedraza | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Evin Ahmad | Karla Joven | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| Idris Elba | Devon Panyard | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Carla Mendonça | Sissy Pinia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Lillian Cook | Mia Petywidle | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Joanne Froggatt | Louise Templeton | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Burkely Duffield | Robert Hanks | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||
Cancellation, special and future
editThe Newmans was the best TV series from the BBC ranked in 2017 and second in 2018. In 2018, there was accusations of the series being accused as a copy show from a German series very similar with the exact same music. However, the accusations were dropped and the show started filming for its second season when halfway through Thomas Ashby, the 3-year old who played Leo Newman, died from a heatstroke, along with other unrelated weather conditions complications. Instead of the usual twelve episodes, season 2 only aired six episodes at the time of his passing. In August 2018, Dove Cameron announced she may not return for a third series. In September, the BBC cancelled the series after there was ongoing feuds from producers and directors off screen. This, Cameron's potential exit and Ashby's death, was the reason for its axe.
Fans were furious as the show was something very different from other programmes and people even reported BBC to off com. However, the BBC did confirm a 30-minute special would air later in the year to have some sort of conclusion to the series. The special released on 1st October 2018 without Dove Cameron as Jem Newman and other characters not returning. Fans stated it only made things even more complicated but in January 2019 it was confirmed on an Instagram post by Miguel Julanatá, who played Hector Lopez, that everything would soon make sense in April. And in April 2019, a new movie franchise, One Million Dollars, released its first movie worldwide. Miguel Julanatá features as Hector Lopez after the chaotic finale of the special the year before.