Pablo Escobar is the better known of the two, played by Wagner Moura in Narcos, with the Colombian drug lord being one of the wealthiest criminals of all time prior to his downfall.<\/p>\n
However, Escobar once described<\/a> Griselda Blanco as \u201cthe only man I was ever afraid of\u201d, which offers some insight into her own thoroughly warranted reputation as a dangerous individual.<\/p>\n Her life story is explored in Netflix\u2019s Griselda, starring Modern Family\u2019s Sof\u00eda Vergara<\/a>, which comes from Narcos and Narcos: Mexico<\/a> producer Eric Newman.<\/p> Contrasting Blanco and Escobar at a press conference, he said: \u201c[Her womanhood] was at the centre of everything. It\u2019s what makes her different\u2026 Men take credit for things, men want people to know what they\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so, when we were doing Escobar, Gallardo and all of the Colombian and Mexican drug lords, there was no shortage of \u2013 often in their own words \u2013 them describing the things that they did. And it was all about conquering.\u201d<\/p>\n Newman continued: \u201cGriselda, largely because she was the one who actually had the courage to be based in the United States, [was] very different.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s nothing more terrifying to a narco than being extradited to America, [but] she was already there during the job. She wasn\u2019t taking credit for things. As a woman, I think she knew it would be dangerous for her.\u201d<\/p>\n The producer, whose other credits include mega-hit thriller The Watcher<\/a>, went on to describe Griselda as \u201crelatable\u201d in that her initial forays into crime were to build a life for her children. However, he concedes that she eventually \u201clost her way\u201d.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cUnlike Escobar, who really just sought his own power and glory, in the beginning\u2026 she did it for her children. She did it because she was a single mother coming out of an incredibly abusive relationship, an outsider in this country, an immigrant.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it was a completely different motive for us, and it allowed us to tell a much more intimate story, that takes her from an incredibly sympathetic place to a place where it\u2019s very hard to root for her.\u201d<\/p>\n Newman said that, for him, Griselda episode 5 (of six) is the point where the title character has gone \u201ctoo far\u201d, while he told RadioTimes.com<\/a> that the devastating consequences for the character prevent the show from being any kind of glorification.<\/p>\n![\"Griselda](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/griselda-cast-1b8df80.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Griselda\\"\/")
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