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Clarke Peters, Stanley Tucci in high-stakes AMC+ drama ‘La Fortuna’

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Stanley Tucci play adversaries who share a tragic past in “La Fortuna,” a six-episode series premiering Thursday (Jan. 20) on AMC+.The international production, co-written and directed by Oscar winner Alejandro Amenabar (“The Sea Inside”), follows rookie Spanish diplomat Alex Ventura (Alvaro Mel) and his fiery civil-servant ally, Lucia Vallarts (Ana Polvorosa), as they lock horns with maverick underwater explorer Frank Wild (Tucci).

He’s recovered an estimated $500 million worth of gold coins near Gibraltar from a Spanish galleon sunk by the British Navy in 1804 and brought it back to Atlanta — refusing to return it to Spain, which considers itself the bounty’s rightful territorial owner.Alex and Lucia turn to internationally acclaimed maritime law attorney Jonas Pierce (Peters) to face off in court with Wild on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

But it’s tricky; Pierce and Wild were best friends and treasure hunters in their younger days along with Pierce’s brother — whose death on one of their expeditions drove a wedge between the two men.“I like their history very much,” Peters, 69, told The Post. “I like the sense of adventure that kids have and the desire to explore and find treasure.

I think that’s something that goes along with youth.“The unfortunate demise of [Pierce’s] brother set him on a completely different course and we’ll never know what really did happen,” he said.

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