Reel VS Real: Griselda's Cast Compared To Their Real-Life Counterparts & All Characters That Were Fictional
Netflix show Griselda has taken the internet by storm. After watching the series, everyone is interested in knowing the?Colombian cocaine trafficker's real life story. Were all the characters shown in the series real, or were some of them fictional? People have a lot of questions. Here's side by side comparison of reel characters and their real-life counterparts and a list of characters that were fictional.
Reel VS Real: Griselda's Cast Compared To Their Real Life Counterparts
Sof¨ªa Vergara as Griselda Blanco
Griselda Blanco?is the central character of the Netflix show. Here's her real-life story. Do you know she was murdered? Here's why Netflix didn't show who killed Griselda.?
Mart¨ªn Rodr¨ªguez as?Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala
Actor Mart¨ªn Rodr¨ªguez played the role of ?Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala, who was a lieutenant for one of Griselda's rivals. However, he was so impressed by her tactics that he switched sides and ended up becoming her right-hand man. Where is?Jorge "Rivi" Ayala now? He is currently in Florida jail serving life sentences for his involvement in multiple murders.?
Juliana Aiden Martinez as?June Hawkins
Juliana Aiden Martinez played the role of June Hawkins who tracked down Griselda. In a BBC Podcast, she said, "I speak Spanish and in those days, there weren't that many Spanish speakers on the department and they used me as kind of like an intelligence analyst to filter through all the names of all the people and make out who they were. And then I'd talk to informants and I'd write all these memos. I prepared a big report that wound up going to Washington with about 40 cases connected to it."?
Alberto Guerra as Dar¨ªo Sep¨²lveda
Alberto Guerra plays the role of Dar¨ªo Sep¨²lveda, who shows up in Maimi to kill Griselda. However, he switches sides and eventually becomes her third husband.
Griselda Blanco's Yonger Son Michael Corleone
The only remaining son of the Godmother of Cocaine, Michael Corleone recently revealed that he isn't happy with the way her mother has been portrayed in the Netflix show. He said she was a beautiful lady. "People see the mug shots and just go from that. But when you read my book, you¡¯ll see that my mother was called the porcelain doll in her youth. Mayors, governors and politicians in different countries would try to court my mother... even here in the United States. She was the cr¨¨me de la cr¨¨me."
Furthermore, he agreed she wasn't a saint but still he loved her. "She was always a beautiful woman. Now, of course, 26 years of jail will age a person. And my mother was so used to pampering and she was so used to her maintenance... She wasn¡¯t a saint but I¡¯ll tell you something... my mother was a star and a queen."??
Fredy Yate as?Chucho Castro
Fredy Yate plays the role of Chucho Castro, an immigrant from Columbia who first turns her bodyguard but ends up working for her for many years.? In the show, his two-year-old son is shot at by Ayala on Griselda's orders.? ??
What is Chucho Castro doing now? As per reports, Chucho has already been released from jail and is perhaps living as a free man, if he is not already dead.
Fictional Characters in Netflix's Griselda
Vanessa Ferlito as?Carmen Gutierrez ?
Vanessa Ferlito played the role of Carmen Gutierrez, Griselda's friend with whom she stays after arriving in Maimi. After getting to know about her cocaine business she is hesitant to be involved with her. This isn't a real-life character. However, as per the makers, this character is loosely inspired by real-life figures.?
Christian Tappan as Arturo Mesa
Christian Tappan essays the role of Arturo Mesa, who is Blanco's accountant. He is one of her connections from?Colombia, where he worked as an accountant for her former husband. He later helps her set up shop in Miami. This was also a fictional character, an?amalgamation of all the genuine friends Griselda had in her life.
Karol G as Carla
While there's no real woman named Carla, who was a sex worker who joined hands with Griselda in the US, she is also an amalgamation of other women who helped Blanco smuggle in drugs.??
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