New Netflix Featurette Showcases Sofia Vergara’s Transformation Into Griselda Blanco. GRISELDA Launches Globally on Netflix January 25
GRISELDA is co-created by NARCOS and NARCOS: MEXICO showrunner Eric Newman, and Directed by Andrés Baiz (NARCOS), who directs all six episodes.
QUOTES FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/STAR SOFÍA VERGARA & DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDRÉS BAIZ
“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.”
- Executive Producer and Star, Sofía Vergara
“Sofía and I decided we needed to find a physical look that made Sofía look different from Sofía Vergara, but without trying to imitate the real Griselda Blanco. So any difference that would give Sofía confidence was what became important – in the eyebrows, the nose, hair. She wanted to feel like a different person, but not to the point in which the prosthetics or make-up took over her performance. It had to be subtle. This transformation is achieved also through behavior: the way she walks, the way she moves, the way she stares or laughs.
Sofía had never smoked in her life, Griselda smokes all the time.”
- Director and Executive Producer Andrés Baiz
Sofia Vergara stars as the title character. In this telling, Griselda Blanco (Vergara) spent ten years as the brains behind her husband Alberto’s drug trafficking operation in Medellín and New York. When she escapes to Florida with her three sons, she uses that know-how to build a new life for her family with a ferocity that doesn’t always serve her well.
About GRISELDA:
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.”
Starring and executive produced by Sofia Vergara, the dramatic limited series GRISELDA is co-created by NARCOS and NARCOS: MEXICO showrunner Eric Newman, who comes to the title alongside NARCOS director Andrés Baiz, who directs all six episodes.
Executive Producer and Star: Sofía Vergara
Created by: Eric Newman & Doug Miro & Ingrid Escajeda & Carlo Bernard
Director: Andrés Baiz (all episodes)
Co-Showrunners: Ingrid Escajeda & Doug Miro
Starring: Sofía Vergara (Griselda Blanco), Alberto Guerra (Dario Sepúlveda), Christian Tappan (Arturo Mesa), Martín Rodríguez (Rivi Ayala), Juliana Aidén Martinez (June Hawkins), Vanessa Ferlito (Carmen Gutiérrez)
Guest Stars Include: Carolina Giraldo (a.k.a Karol G) (Carla), Fredy Yate (Chucho Castro), Paulina Dávila (Isabel), José Zúñiga (Amilcar), Camilo Jiménez Varón (Rafa Salazar), Julieth Restrepo (Marta Ochoa), Gabriel Sloyer (Raul Diaz), Diego Trujillo (German Panesso), Alberto Ammann (Alberto Bravo)
Writers: Ingrid Escajeda, Doug Miro, Eric Newman, Brenna Kouf, Cassie Pappas, Turi Meyer, Alfredo Septién, Gina Lucita Monreal, Giovanna Sarquis, Carlo Bernard
