Wagner Moura Pablo Escobar Narcos

Talented brazilian actor wagner moura portrayed escobar in narcos.

Wagner moura pablo escobar narcos. In his estimation witcomb believes that pablo escobar was never content to merely be a billionaire drug baron. He gained 40 pounds for the narcos role. The enemy within 2010 and elysium 2013 as spider. In an interview with npr he.

I feel that i m free. However as the series about the drug trade continues it s lead villain pablo escobar will no longer feature in the show liberating wagner moura. Mission to capture him and ultimately kill him. Narcos tells the true life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal bloody conflict.

He received a golden globe nomination for his role as pablo escobar in the first two seasons of the. Before wagner moura stepped on the set to play colombian drug lord pablo escobar for the netflix series narcos the brazilian actor had more to learn than just his lines. He had to learn how. Though a well known brazilian actor moura 39 wasn t an obvious choice to portray the cocaine kingpin in the american produced series narcos which debuted on netflix on august 28th.

Brazilian actor wagner moura plays escobar in the series and at the time it was a surprising casting choice. It centers around the notorious colombian cocaine kingpin pablo escobar wagner moura and steve murphy holbrook a dea agent sent to colombia on a u s. The actor s lithe physique didn t look much like the overweight druglord so moura packed on the pounds to play pablo escobar. 2 is set to continue ahead without moura as seasons three and four will focus on his.