Narcos

Wagner Moura is Brazilian and had to learn Spanish to take on the role. His mother tongue is Portuguese. Incidentally, the opening theme is also sung in Spanish by a Brazilian musician, Rodrigo Amarante.

When Pablo Escobar first met Fernando Duque in his house, he said "I'm not rich, I'm a poor man with money" this is a famous quote of Colombian Nobel prize writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

In Episode 7, after Pablo and Primo Gustavo meet with their lawyer (22:50), Pablo explains his reasoning behind committing terrorist acts against the general public with the exact words used by Pablo Escobar himself in a phone-tapped conversation. The recording has been featured in several documentaries about his life.