'Narcos' Producers Address the Show's Future Without Pablo Escobar
With season 2 of Narcos, we'll be seeing the last of Wagner Moura's portrayal of Pablo Escobar. The series' producers, however, are adamant that the show won't end with Escobar's departure.
“The show is not about Pablo Escobar,” executive producer Jose Padilha said at the Television Critics Association press tour Wednesday. “The show is about cocaine. It’s about drug dealers that sell cocaine. The show is still going to be the show it is.”
Moura revealed in June that the second season will cover the period that lead up to Escobar''s death, which took place in 1993 in Medellin, Colombia.
“The first season is an epic in that it covers 15 years of the drug trade. The second season is less epic, more dramatic. It covers one year, 18 months, so it focuses more on the characters … it’s more character driven, more dramatic," Moura said.
“This is definitely the last season for me.”
“We’re not really at liberty to say what next season is yet, but we have a joke that we plan on stopping when cocaine stops,” executive producer Eric Newman said. “There are other drug dealers that are forming alliances against Pablo, so there are multiple stories that we could tackle if we want to.”
Source: Variety
