'Narcos' Star Pedro Pascal Show Can't Continue If Cast and Crew Aren't Protected
'Narcos' Star Pedro Pascal Says Show Can't Continue if Cast and Crew Aren't Protected
"Narcos" star Pedro Pascal is riding the wave of popularity, yet he says the Netflix show can't go on unless there's a way of protecting cast and crew.
We got Pedro -- who plays DEA agent Javier Peña -- out at LAX Sunday and asked about the respected location scout who was murdered in an area near Hidalgo.
As we reported ... Carlos Muñoz Portal's body was found earlier this month riddled with bullets. Muñoz was scouting in Mexico for season 4 ... where Peña zeroes in on the Mexican drug cartels.
The way Pedro sees it, everyone's a target now, so something has to be done.
moeburn on September 25th, 2017 at 21:04 UTC »
They are creeping ever closer into more recent territory with this show.
Escobar was the 80s, ancient history by now, no real risk.
Cali Cartel was the 90s, risky enough that one of the main characters is still in Witness Protection, but not so risky they cant go snooping around Cali.
But Juarez, the Mexican drug cartels, that shit is peaking right now. They aren't making a show about how a past cartel died anymore, now they're making one about how a current cartel was born. And it is one of the most dangerous cartels out there. This is a different ballgame.
If their crews, all of them, are not constantly supervised by enough armed guards to at least scare off a small cartel patrol, they are endangering the lives of not just the cast and stars we love, but the crew that makes this show so awesome.
Picard2331 on September 25th, 2017 at 19:04 UTC »
Absolutely agree It's just a TV show. Not something worth dying over. I hope they film somewhere in New Mexico or Nevada or something as I really want to see a season 4. But for all the shows I enjoyed that have been cancelled, making sure your cast and crew aren't murdered by cartels is up there with good reason to not continue.
IamHumanAndINeed on September 25th, 2017 at 18:33 UTC »
I would not mind if the show was not film in Mexico for this reason.
They can easily build a few sets in Texas/New mexico that just looks like some place in Mexico.