The Rise and Fall of ‘Griselda’

New adaptation in production Netflixwill bring to the small screen the story of the rise and fall of the intelligent and ambitious Griselda Blancoa devoted mother who created one of the most profitable cartels in history.

“Griselda”, a series of six episodes, was created by Eric Newmanresponsible person for “Narcos” and “Narcos: Mexico”In addition, it was directed by Andrés Baiz, who also participated in the aforementioned productions.

During Newman’s research for what would become “Narcos,” Griselda Blanco caught his eye, and since then has been a major challenge for him, but also an opportunity.

For Netflix’s Tudum, Newman stated that he always liked to humanize complicated people, many of whom were considered evil. “There has never been a woman who came close to the power, wealth and respect that Griselda achieved. And no human traffickerfemale or male, they never evoked the same level of fear,” he said.

Newman assured that the series was acting Sofia Vergarafrom productions like “Modern Family” and “Safe”is “thrilling, emotional, funny, terrifying and tragic. Griselda is an anti-hero of the highest order and a series of self-conflicting contradictions.”

He public You will be able to see Vergara as you have never seen her before, showing that she is much more than an actress who only plays roles in productions comedy.

“She was perfect for the role not only because, like Griselda, she is a single mother who has come to her senses NOW from Colombia with nothing and built an empire, but because it was unexpected that he did,” Newman said of Vergara’s interpretation.

Performer, also executive producer “Griselda”he brings Blanco to life with great power and in his dialogues he switches languages ​​without problems, from Spanish to English.

Setting and costumes

“Griselda” is set in Miami in the 1970s and 1980s, in the midst of the city’s fierce war on drugs. “Godmother”as Blanco is also known.

“Miami in the 1970s and 1980s gave us opportunity be really daring and have fun building the world. Music, architecture, costumes, scenography really inspired me to create a unique tone, which is a bit surreal, happy, sexy, but also wrongdoer and unconventional,” Baiz said.

It is worth mentioning that in this series, which is available from January 25, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, known as Karol, plays her first role.