The new Netflix biopic series is out: we tell you everything you need to know, from its casting to the origins of the very real character of Griselda Blanco.
Actress Sofia Vergara has made a name for herself in comedy, to the point of becoming an essential figure by playing Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family, then appearing in films like #Chef or Double Agents.
But with Griselda, it is a much more dramatic role that the actress of Colombian origin is tackling: she plays the role of a real crime boss, Griselda Blanco, who has become the “godmother” of an empire of crime.
While the series was released on January 25, 2024 on Netflix, we give you a few things to know before you start binge-watching.
How many episodes does the Griselda series have?
The biopic series Griselda has been broadcast on Netflix since January 25, 2024 in France. This is a mini-series: it has “only” six episodes, each about an hour long.
All were directed by Andrés Baiz, who was already showrunner for the series Narcos alongside his collaborator Eric Newman.
“From the first days of my research for what became Narcos, [Griselda] stood out to me as a fascinating character,” Newman recounted on Tudum, Netflix’s site. “I have always sought to humanize complicated people, many of whom have been considered evil, and Griselda offered both a great challenge and an opportunity.”
Griselda Trailer
The full Griselda trailer can be viewed below:
Regarding the time frame, director Andrés Baiz explained to Tudum: “The Miami of the 1970s and 1980s gave us the opportunity to be really bold and have fun with the world-building. The music, the architecture, the wardrobe, the sets really inspired me to create a unique tone, which is a bit surreal, joyful, sexy, but also transgressive and unconventional.”
Griselda Plot – What is the Netflix series about?
Here’s how the broadcaster describes the series: “Griselda is a fictionalized adaptation inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco, the ambitious and skillful Colombian woman behind one of the most powerful cartels in history. In the Miami of the 70s and 80s, an unimaginable wildness and a certain charm allowed Blanco to expertly carve her path between business and family, to the point of being nicknamed ‘the godmother’.”
For his part, Eric Newman describes Griselda’s story in his own way: “Never has a woman come so close to power, wealth and respect as Griselda. And no trafficker, female or male, has ever aroused the same level of fear. Griselda is a story of rise and fall like we’ve never seen before. It’s exciting, moving, funny, scary and tragic. It is the highest level of the antihero, and a series of contradictions and conflicts with oneself.”
Griselda Cast – Who is in the biopic?
The cast of Griselda is shown below, along with the actors and the characters they play:
- Sofia Vergara as Griselda Blanco
- Alberto Guerra as Dario
- Vanessa Ferlito as Isabel
- Alberto Ammann as Alberto Bravo
- Christian Tappan as Arturo
- Diego Trujillo as German Panesso
- Paulina Davila as Carmen
- Gabriel Sloyer as Diaz
- Juliana Aidén Martinez as June
- Martin Rodriguez as Rivi
- José Zúñiga as Amilcar
- Maximiliano Hernández as Papo Mejia
- Julieth Restrepo as Marta Ochoa
For her interpretation of Griselda Blanco, Sofia Vergara gave herself body and soul, and is now paying the consequences: she explained during a press conference that certain positions held for long hours had impacted her health, alarming by the way the doctors.
Griselda has been available on Netflix since January 25, 2024.
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