![]() If a bribe was not accepted, violence was the inevitable alternative. When confronted by the forces of law and order Escobar offered a choice of “plato o plomo” - silver or lead. So powerful was Escobar’s “Medellín cartel” it threatened the legitimacy of the Colombian state. At its height, his drugs empire was estimated to generate $60m per day. He was preposterously wealthy - once named seventh richest man in the world by Forbes magazine, with a network of mansions across Latin America, the US and Europe. Born into lower-middle class respectability in Colombia’s second city of Medellín, by the mid-80s Escobar controlled some 80% of the cocaine supply to America. The true life story of Escobar is even more extraordinary than the formerly slender Moura’s transformation into the pudgy walrus he resembles on screen. You realise that, actually, it’s not much fun at all.” And at first it was enjoyable - ‘oh, all this ice-cream’. To me that was not acting - it was eating. You read all this stuff about actors putting on weight for a part. ![]()
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