In the show, he says that he doesn’t see something for what it is, but for what it could be. Jeff Wright’s Split Personalities Won Late Night This Week, The Rage of Idles Is Just Another Empty Gesture, At Soho Rep, a Revolutionary Idea: Put the Creative People on Salary. by the Godfather) as he unifies a confederation of pot growers and dealers, corrupting law enforcement, politicians, businessmen, and the army along the way. I like that gesture that the writers had to remind people how relevant the story is. “It’s been an intense process to reflect on that time from this perspective that, clearly, I wasn’t seeing.”. I don't know," Luna tells THR about whether or not his two-season starring role has officially come to an end. Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” Season 2 comes back to continue the story of enigmatic drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and the subsequent rise and fall of the Guadalajara cartel he founded in the 1970s, with Diego Luna reprising his role as the mysterious Félix Gallardo. But what happened to him wasn’t related to the making of the series. What this tells you at the end is that somehow all of these characters are victims of the system and it’s bigger than them. Why a cameo? Though he won't rule out the possibility of returning in some capacity (the real Gallardo, who is currently serving a 37-year sentence for the murder of Camarena, continued trafficking from prison for some time), Luna, who is set to star in Disney+'s forthcoming Rogue One prequel series, says he views the final scene as a fitting way to wrap Felix's story: "I like that call to the audience to remind them that, yes, [Narcos] is fictionalized, but it’s based on a reality and a reality that needs your attention.". This is the violence of a strategy that is not working around the world on the war on drugs. How did you research him for season two? After playing him for two seasons, and humanizing him as you do when portraying a character, how do you feel about him now? We’re taking some liberties. Log in or link your magazine subscription, https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/3af/83f/18d3c1f7cc4d3f503c1b9a225dcc090821-16-diego-luna-chatroom-silo.png, Demi Lovato and Fiancé Max Ehrich Split After 2 Months Ending Their Quar Romance, For the Love of God, Do Not Listen to Tory Lanez’s New Album, Uh Oh, Now You’re Crying at Drew Barrymore’s Reunion With Tom Green. Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, Narcos: Mexico’s Diego Luna has admitted his reluctance to join the Netflix drug thriller after making a major personal sacrifice, The 40-year-old actor plays Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, an infamous leader of the 1980s Guadalajara drug cartel, In 1989, Miguel was arrested for kidnapping and murdering DEA Agent Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena, Diego used to suffer from nightly panic attacks when he was younger, Netflix releases a trailer for season two of Narcos: Mexico, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).