Who Kidnapped Marfil? Stars and Mercedes Ron Explain (Exclusive)

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Drawn Together offers just as many action-packed twists as romantic moments. The latest addition to Prime Video’s House of Ron follows Marfil Cortés (Ester Expósito), the daughter of a wealthy businessman, after she’s kidnapped and wakes days later with no memory of what happened. Her father, Alejandro (Pablo Molinero), hires bodyguard Sebastián (Hugo Diego Garcia) to watch over her.

As the tension between Marfil and Sebastián grows, the mystery remains: Who kidnapped Marfil? And why? (Warning: Spoilers ahead for Drawn Together!)

All is revealed in the final act of the film: Sebastián isn’t who he says he is, and neither is Marfil’s father. Despite learning to protect herself and hold her own in a fight, Marfil finds herself kidnapped once again, this time by her father’s rival. Keep reading for the full breakdown of where Marfil and Sebastián stand and what’s next for them, courtesy of Expósito, Garcia, and Drawn Together author Mercedes Ron.

Who kidnapped Marfil in Drawn Together?

If you thought Sebastián was hiding something from the get-go — what with him spying on Marfil via surveillance cameras — your hunch was correct. Sebastián and his surveillance partner, Ray (Joaquín Ferreira), are actually FBI agents, not private security hired by Marfil’s dad. They’re also responsible for kidnapping Marfil at the beginning of the movie.

In the midst of escaping from Kozel’s men — Kozel is the Russian mobster who has beef with Marfil’s dad — Marfil’s memory of her kidnapping returns. She recognizes Ray’s voice as he yells at her and Sebastián to get in his van to escape their pursuers. Sebastián and Ray orchestrated Marfil’s initial kidnapping so that her father, who Marfil discovers is a mobster rather than a businessman, would ask the FBI for help. They cut a deal: He would give the FBI information in return for his family’s protection from the Russian mob.

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Do Marfil and Sebastián end up together in Drawn Together?

Though Marfil and Sebastián admit their feelings to each other, that’s before the revelation that Sebastián kidnapped her and was working undercover the entire time.

Regarding whether Marfil has forgiven Sebastián by the end of the first film, Exposito told Swooon, “No, I think she hasn’t. But her love for him is above everything. It’s always gonna have more weight [and] be heavier than everything else.”

In the film’s final act, Marfil and Sebastián return to New York City from Spain, where they’re pursued by Kozel’s men and the aforementioned FBI reveal occurs. While hiding out with Sebastián and Ray, Marfil gets a text from her dad to meet in Times Square. From there, the Cortés family is going into witness protection in Buenos Aires, so she assumes she’ll never see Sebastián again.

Sebastián thinks the set-up is suspicious, so he arms Marfil with a tiny microphone that she can speak a code word into if she’s in danger. He waits nearby to intervene. The family’s butler meets Marfil to take her from Times Square to a nearby parking garage. Sebastián loses track of them. The butler ends up betraying the Cortés family by delivering Marfil to Kozel, who kidnaps her before Sebastián can save her.

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What’s next for Marfil and Sebastián?

Marfil and Sebastián’s journey will continue in Drawn Apart, the second part of Ron’s Enfrentados duology. Prime Video hasn’t announced a release date for the sequel yet, but it’s currently in development.

“It’s more about saving her, trying to get together again, than to win her back,” Garcia said of where Marfil and Sebastian go from here. “It’s about survival now. It’s not about… love comes behind because, well, you need to be alive to be able to love.”

Ron promised that Marfil goes through a lot in the “darker” second movie. “She’s gonna have mixed feelings about Sebastián,” the author teased. “But I don’t want to make a spoiler. She loves him so much. So at the end, love always wins.”

Exposito added that the sequel is more action-heavy, as Marfil puts all the fighting skills she learned to use. “And Sebastián, he wakes up also, and he’s like, ‘All right, let me show you what I’m made of,’” Garcia chimed in. “So it’s a mix of John Wick and Rambo and Taken, but with the heart of The Notebook.”

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