Narcos: Mexico Diego Luna & Michael Pena on the complexities and modern parallels in Season 1

 

Diego Luna & Michael Pena are interviewed for the Netflix American drug crime TV series Narcos Mexico, created by Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro. It was originally set to be series 4 of Narcos, but has been set up as a companion/sister show focusing on an undercover investigation into the illegal drug trade in Mexico rather than the Pablo Escobar cartel in Columbia. The series stars Ant-Man’s Michael Peña and Star Wars Rogue One’s Diego Luna, Matt Letscher, Tenoch Huerta, Joaquín Cosío, Teresa Ruiz, Alyssa Diaz, and José María Yazpik. They talk about binge-watching, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things and how they establish the world of Narcos. They also talk about this being a new beginning and how this new series fits in the Narcos timeline. Deigo Luna talks about the complexities of the situation - the politicians, the police and the military on both sides of the border - affect the world we're living in today. Pena talks about the legacy of 'the mob' and how we're seeing a return to that in the modern world - notably Donald Trump's wall. The series goes into depth about the nuances of the problems concerning the drugs trade and the health issues. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iEk7w9sf78