Latin entertainment icons Shakira and Sofia Vergara brought a wave of warmth and nostalgia to social media this week as the Colombian singer sent a special message to her friend and fellow Latina powerhouse ahead of the premiere of Vergara’s new Netflix series, Griselda.
The Colombian actress’s new series Griselda, in which she plays Griselda Blanco, is expected to become as popular on Netflix as Narcos did nine years prior.
The actress was passionately enthralled with the true story of the Colombian drug trafficker who oversaw the sales of cocaine in Miami during the 1970s and 1980s.
After a career as a character actor in lighthearted sitcoms, Vergara herself confesses that becoming the head of the Medellin cartel and mentor to Pablo Escobar was a “surprise” to her.
“You always think someone who is not an actress is going to arrive and be a little lost or out of tune, but she [Griselda] is super professional, very beautiful,” Vergara said in an interview with journalist Carlos Ochoa.
Before the premiere, singer Shakira, another well-known Colombian, reached out to Vergara with a kind letter.
“Hi Sofi, congratulations on your new show ‘Griselda’, I’ll be seeing you this Thursday, a kiss,” she said in a video clip on social media.
In the Netflix thriller, Vergara will play Griselda Blanco, the infamous “Godmother of Cocaine,” and she is sure to enthrall fans. The show follows Blanco’s ascent from modest beginnings to rank among the most formidable and feared players in the Miami cocaine trade.
