Hot off of his role on HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Pedro Pascal has been set to star opposite Wagner Moura on Netflix’s drama series Narcos. Written by Chris Brancato and directed by Jose Padilha, Narcos is 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. It centers on notorious Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar (Moura) and Javier Pena (Pascal), a Mexican DEA agent sent to Colombia on a U.S. mission to capture and ultimately kill him. Produced by Gaumont and executive produced by Padilha and Eric Newman, Narcos will premiere on Netflix in 2015. Pascal, repped by Innovative and Untitled, just wrapped a major recurring role on HBO’s blockbuster fantasy series Game Of Thrones and also recently recurred on USA’s Graceland and CBS’ The Mentalist.
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nowhere near excited about Wagner Moura but very excited about Pedro Pascal....
ReplyDeleteWonder how his character will be killed this time.
ReplyDeleteI'm more excited about Padilha's action set pieces in this than anything else. Elite Squad anyone? But yeah. Totally on board with Moura too.
ReplyDeletePascal and Moura =), the series will be in english?
ReplyDeleteConsidering his popularity on Game of Thrones I bet Netflix was ready to sign a blank check to assure he'd be on board.
ReplyDeleteSo happy for Wagner Moura, hope it'll be the first of many roles for him on american tv shows, he's one of the best actors we have here in Brazil.
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