 Fernández also notes how both León and Almodóvar are influenced by the women in their lives, that they both often work with a sibling, and celebrate their mothers in their films.In 2018, he created "Arde Madrid" with wife Anna R. Costa, a black and white miniseries about Ava Gardner, in which he also played Gardner's chauffeur.From 2018 to 2020, he portrayed trans woman María José Riquelme on "The House of Flowers".