nomoregoldfish:

Ringer: The thing is different this year (Narcos: Mexico) is certainly the characters and there’s something about the performance of Diego Luna that I think a lot of people are gonna be talking about for a while. Because unlike… You just think about that guy, you think he’s sort of baby face, innocence and energy, he’s basically already The Godfather: Part II by episode three. Can you talk about identifying Gallardo as a character you guys want to build a show around but also matching that with Diego?

Eric Newman: With Gallardo, just as with, more Pablo than the Cali guys, we needed to humanize him. When Diego Luna is your actor, you’re half way there. You have a guy that is just so endearing, great and empathetic (Ringer: you’re starting with a guy who’s gonna score 20 points.) Yeah, he’s coming off the bench and you can count on him. But in terms of how we construct the character, we were hoping, I think we’d pulled it off, you’ll be the judge, by the time you realize that he’s a sociopath, an approximation of a human being, you’ve already been falling in love with him. (x)