New video shows Sofia Vergara's transformation into Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco using wigs, prosthetics and 'bent teeth'
Netflix has released a new featurette 'Becoming Griselda'.
The four-minute YouTube video showcases Sofia Vergara's incredible transformation into Griselda Blanco for the upcoming series.
Viewers gain insight into what it took to mask actress and executive producer Sofia's beauty and turn her into “the Godmother.”
The process included five wigs, prosthetic eyebrow coverings, glued-on eyebrows, a prosthetic nose and a plate with “slightly curved teeth.”
51-year-old Sofia's lower teeth were also further 'yellowed', turning discolored to indicate that Griselda was a chain smoker.
Netflix has released a new featurette 'Becoming Griselda', a four-minute YouTube video showcasing Sofia Vergara's incredible transformation into Griselda Blanco
Viewers get insight into what it took to mask actress and executive producer Sofia's beauty and turn her into 'the Godmother' for the upcoming series
Blanco is considered co-director of one of the most profitable cartels in history
Sofía said of her transformation, “I had an amazing hair and makeup design team who did a great job creating this character that was set in the world of Miami in the '70s and '80s.
'It was very important for me to get the look right, because I had to disappear. I didn't want anyone to think about me or my last role as Gloria Pritchett.
“I wanted to get inside Griselda's head and really understand her mentality, where she came from.”
Director Andrés Baiz said, “Sofía and I decided that we had to find a physical look that made Sofía look different from Sofía Vergara, but without trying to imitate the real Griselda Blanco.
'So any difference that would give Sofía confidence became important: in the eyebrows, the nose, the hair.
'She wanted to feel like a different person, but not so much that the prosthetics or make-up took over her performance. It had to be subtle.
'This transformation is also achieved through behavior: the way she walks, the way she moves, the way she stares or smiles. Sofía had never smoked in her life, Griselda smokes all the time.”
Sofia's transformation process included five wigs, prosthetic brow coverings, glued-on eyebrows, a prosthetic nose and a plate of 'slightly bent teeth'
51-year-old Sofia's lower teeth were also further 'yellowed', discoloring to indicate that Griselda was a chain smoker
Sofia said: 'It was very important for me to look correct, because I had to disappear. “I didn't want anyone to think about me or my last role.”
“I wanted to get into Griselda's head and really understand her mentality, where she came from,” the actress added
Director Andrés Baiz said, “Sofía and I decided that we had to find a physical look that made Sofía look different from Sofía Vergara, but without trying to imitate the real Griselda Blanco.
Netflix's Griselda is a fictionalized dramatization inspired by the life of the smart and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who founded one of the most powerful cartels in history.
Set in 1970s and 1980s Miami, Blanco's deadly mix of unsuspected cruelty and charm helps her expertly navigate between business and family, becoming widely known as “the Godmother.”
In this story, Griselda Blanco was the mastermind behind her husband Alberto's drug trade in Medellín and New York for ten years.
When she flees to Florida with her three sons, she uses that knowledge to build a new life for her family with a ferocity that doesn't always serve her well.
Griselda launches worldwide on Netflix on January 25.