Listen: Diego Luna on Why It Took ‘Months’ to Sign Onto ‘Narcos: Mexico’

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Diego Luna explains what finally convinced him to take on the role of an infamous cartel leader in NarcosMexico: “I realized [the showrunner] wanted to talk about the system and not a character, about a system that allows these characters to exist”

“Getting into the shoes of this character, having to portray him was demanding and it’s something I’m glad I did, because as an actor it pushed me to do stuff I’ve never done,” Luna says. “But I’m also really happy it came to me at this time, when I’m 40, when I have a family, when I know what life is about, when I know how to disconnect. I just go to my kids and get reminded of what life is about.

It wasn’t always like that. “Probably at 20, I would be having panic attacks at night,” Luna says. “Not anymore. I know this is a job, and even though I dedicate a lot to my job, and I give a lot of my time and energy to my job, it’s never more important than my life. That’s not happening again. That happened already that I went through those years where I sacrificed everything for my job. Not anymore. And so it’s the right time for me to be doing something like this.

However, Luna did not reach out to Gallardo to help prepare for his work. “There is a very long interview he gives that I read, but then I realized it was more useful for me to read what people said about him,” he explains. “I think if I ask you who you are, you might say half-truths, but if I ask the people around you what stamp you left in their lives, I might understand who you were.

 

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It is dope. And lest we forger one of the location scout was murdered!

He diegoluna_ campaigned for the current leftist and anarchist president. So, according this, for him NarcosMexico its not a fiction. MondayMotivation MondayMood MondayThoughts

Been watching him since his days on “El Premio Mayor,” the Mexican novela back in ‘95. Was always super talented, and I could tell then he would be a star.

He does a fantastic job playing the character, you cant take your eyes off of him

I've got a few years on him. I'll still sacrifice for a role. Sign me up.

D10SZz_ It took dollars!!! The kid comes with a price!

It’s amazing! as a Mexican I must say it makes me wish it was only pure fiction. It depicts the painful situation in a perfect way. I almost feel guilty by watching it, always wondering if by doing so I am passively promoting the humanization and even idolization of thugs.

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