Netflix has released a new featurette for its upcoming crime drama, Griselda. It stars Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara as the real-life Colombian drug lord, Griselda Blanco. The series, which will hit the streamer on January 25, sees the actress transform into a woman “who created one of the most profitable cartels in history.”
The newly released featurette goes behind-the-scenes on what went down during Vergara’s Griselda transformation. You can check out the clip below:
“I had an incredible hair and makeup design team that did an amazing job creating this character who was in the world of Miami in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Getting the look correct was very important to me because I needed to disappear. I wanted no one to think of me or my last role as Gloria Pritchett. I wanted to get inside Griselda’s head and really understand her mentality, where she was coming from,” said Vergara, who also serves as the upcoming show’s executive producer.
What is Griselda about?
Co-created by Narcos and Narcos: Mexico showrunner Eric Newman, Griselda follows the title character and the years she spent as one of the brains of a drug trafficking operation in Medellín and New York. She then uses her knowledge to create what was described as “one of the most powerful cartels in history.”
The official synopsis reads: “[Griselda] is a fictionalized dramatization inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most powerful cartels in history. Set in 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helps her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as “the Godmother.”
All six episodes of Griselda are directed by Andrés Baiz. The rest of the Griselda cast members include Alberto Guerra as Dario Sepúlveda, Christian Tappan as Arturo Mesa, Martín Rodríguez as Rivi Ayala, Juliana Aidén Martinez as June Hawkins, and Vanessa Ferlito as Carmen Gutiérrez.
