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* DisownedAdaptation: Sebastián Marroquín, Pablo Escobar's son, is very critical of the show for glorifying drug lords as he explains that his father did a lot of worse things in real life than what's shown in the series. After the show's location scout was gunned down in a town in Mexico, he warned Netflix to be careful of their portrayal of real-life drug personalities.
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* BetterExportForYou: Season 3 and ''Narcos: Mexico'' only received DVD sets in the US, with Mexico not even going beyond its first season. However, these series did receive Blu-ray releases in Canada, Europe, and Australia.

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* BetterExportForYou: Season 3 and ''Narcos: Mexico'' only received DVD sets in the US, with Mexico ''Mexico'' not even going beyond its first season. However, these series did receive Blu-ray releases in Canada, Europe, and Australia.
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** The pilot originally began with the Avianca exploding, until producer José Padilha admitted that he didn't learn much about Pablo Escobar while growing up in Brazil, necessitating multiple episodes covering his rise to infamy.
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* BadExportForYou: Inverted; season three and ''Narcos: Mexico'' received Blu-ray releases in Europe, but [=DVDs=] in America.

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* BadExportForYou: Inverted; season three BetterExportForYou: Season 3 and ''Narcos: Mexico'' only received DVD sets in the US, with Mexico not even going beyond its first season. However, these series did receive Blu-ray releases in Canada, Europe, but [=DVDs=] in America.and Australia.

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** On the other hand, this is still played painfully straight with the Latin American Spanish dubs with regards on the Colombian characters, as the dubs of both ''Narcos'' and ''Narcos: Mexico'' were done in Mexico with Mexican voice actors, despite Colombia having a voice acting industry, and Netflix also tend to dub their series in that country. The only odd exception is on the voice actor of the Mexican cartel boss, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, which is voiced by Jhonny Torres, since he hails from Venezuela.
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** On the other hand, this is still played painfully straight with the Latin American Spanish dubs with regards on the Colombian characters, as the dubs of both ''Narcos'' and ''Narcos: Mexico'' were done in Mexico with Mexican voice actors, despite Colombia having a voice acting industry, and Netflix also tend to dub their series in that country. The only odd exception is on the voice actor of the Mexican cartel boss, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, which is voiced by Jhonny Torres, since he hails from Venezuela.
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* ThrowItIn: Pedro Pascal [[https://joewright.tumblr.com/post/167238710430/in-the-scene-when-steve-asks-you-if-youve-ever improvised]] the capper of Peña's response to Murphy asking if he's ever gone duck hunting, specifically the inexperienced and embarrassed Peña calling Murphy, "...you fucking hillbilly."

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* ThrowItIn: Pedro Pascal [[https://joewright.[[https://rogerdeakinsdp.tumblr.com/post/167238710430/in-the-scene-when-steve-asks-you-if-youve-ever improvised]] the capper of Peña's response to Murphy asking if he's ever gone duck hunting, specifically the inexperienced and embarrassed Peña calling Murphy, "...you fucking hillbilly."

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** On the other hand, this is still played painfully straight with the Latin American Spanish with regards on the Colombian characters, as the dubs of both ''Narcos'' and ''Narcos: Mexico'' were done in Mexico with Mexican voice actors, despite Colombia having a voice acting industry, and Netflix also tend to dub their series in that country. The only odd exception is on the voice actor of the Mexican cartel boss, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, which is voiced by Jhonny Torres, since he hails from Venezuela.


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** On the other hand, this is still played painfully straight with the Latin American Spanish dubs with regards on the Colombian characters, as the dubs of both ''Narcos'' and ''Narcos: Mexico'' were done in Mexico with Mexican voice actors, despite Colombia having a voice acting industry, and Netflix also tend to dub their series in that country. The only odd exception is on the voice actor of the Mexican cartel boss, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, which is voiced by Jhonny Torres, since he hails from Venezuela.
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* MethodActing** On the other hand, this is still played painfully straight with the Latin American Spanish with regards on the Colombian characters, as the dubs of both ''Narcos'' and ''Narcos: Mexico'' were done in Mexico with Mexican voice actors, despite Colombia having a voice acting industry, and Netflix also tend to dub their series in that country. The only odd exception is on the voice actor of the Mexican cartel boss, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, which is voiced by Jhonny Torres, since he hails from Venezuela.


* RealLifeRelative: Pedro Pascal's youngest sibling, Lux Pascal, played Elias in season three (credited by her birth name "Lucas Balmaceda Pascal").

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* RealLifeRelative: Pedro Pascal's youngest sibling, Lux Pascal, played Elias in season three (credited by her birth name "Lucas three.[[note]]credited as Lucas Balmaceda Pascal").Pascal[[/note]]
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* RealLifeRelative: Pedro Pascal's youngest sibling, Lux Pascal, played Elias in season three (credited by her birth name "Lucas Balmaceda Pascal").

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After Pedro Pascal learned that Javier Peña wouldn't star in ''Narcos: Mexico'', the ChronicallyKilledActor apparently [[https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1190597/Narcos-Pedro-Pascal-leave-Narcos-Mexico-why-reason-return-Netflix-series-Javier-Pena alternated]] between asking the show runners to kill off Javi in season three, and suggesting them to leave open the chance that he'd return. Ultimately, Javi survives his fights against the Cali Cartel.

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** Even though Pedro Pascal's audition for Javier Peña marked one of the first shown to the casting director and show runners, they only [[https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/fangirlingcentral/652108181357641728 chose him]] after their first choice turned down ''Narcos'' to work on a Creator/WillSmith movie instead.
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After Pedro Pascal learned that Javier Peña wouldn't star in ''Narcos: Mexico'', the ChronicallyKilledActor apparently [[https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1190597/Narcos-Pedro-Pascal-leave-Narcos-Mexico-why-reason-return-Netflix-series-Javier-Pena alternated]] between asking the show runners to kill off Javi in season three, and suggesting them to leave open the chance that he'd return. Ultimately, Javi survives his fights against the Cali Cartel.
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* RealitySubtext: In 2017, [[https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/narcos-shot-murdered-location-scout-mexico-1202561257/ location scout Carlos Muñoz Portal]] was shot and killed while scouting in a particularly dangerous region of Mexico that he'd been to before and that had been used as a filming location on his advice in the past without incident. ''Narcos: Mexico'' is about the genesis of the ongoing US-Mexico drug wars, which led to Mexico being in the state that it's in today.
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** Medellín Cartel: Pablo Escobar is played by a Brazilian (he actually didn't speak a word of Spanish before getting the part, and he speaks it with a noticeable Brazilian accent according to Spanish-speaking viewers), Gacha is played by Puerto Rican Luis Guzmán, and Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez is played by the Brazilian André Mattos. The Lion is played by Brazilian-American Jon-Michael Ecker, and Carlos Lehder is played by Canadian Juan Riedinger.

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** Medellín Cartel: Pablo Escobar is played by a Brazilian (he (Wagner Moura actually didn't speak a word of Spanish before getting the part, and he speaks it with a noticeable Brazilian accent according to Spanish-speaking viewers), Gacha is played by Puerto Rican Luis Guzmán, and Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez is played by the Brazilian André Mattos. The Lion is played by Brazilian-American Jon-Michael Ecker, and Carlos Lehder is played by Canadian Juan Riedinger. Even Pablo's top sicarios are played by non-Colombians; Poison, La Quica and Limón were played by Mexicans Jorge A. Jimenez and Diego Cataño and Costa Rican Leynar Gómez respectively.

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