In the interest of historical accuracy, Narcos has never been afraid to eliminate its archrivals. Fans will certainly remember Season 2, which ended with Pablo Escobar's death, even though he had been the driving force of the show. The second season of spin-off Narcos: Mexico took a similar route - ending not with death but with the arrest of drug lord Felix Gallardo.
After a season chronicling DEA agent Walter Breslin (Scott McNairy) as he attempts to track down Gallardo, the Guadalajara cartel founder is in police custody for a series of crimes, including Drug smuggling, racketeering, violent crime and the murder of DEA agent Kiki. Camarena (played by Michael Pena). When the third and final season airs on November 5, Gallardo will still be behind bars and will not appear on the show. Instead, the season will revolve around a new generation of Mexican kingpins who emerged after his capture.
In real life, Gallardo was arrested in 1989 and sentenced to 37 years in prison. He continued to lead the Guadalajara cartel initially from a jail cell, arranging drug transactions via cell phone and fax machine. However, after being transferred to the Altiplano maximum security prison in 1992, he could no longer contact his associates.
Diego Luna, who plays Gallardo, mentioned this history in an interview with Refinery29 in February 2020. "'Going to jail' doesn't necessarily mean you're going to quit the industry," he said, seemingly teasing the possibility of his return to "Narcos: Mexico." However, eight months later, it was confirmed that Luna would not be reprising his role in season three. He told Indiewire in April 2020 that after several years of filming, he just needed a break from the material. "It was fun at first, but then it became very heavy for me. I needed a break and those two years were really intense for me," he said.
Luna, meanwhile, will star in the upcoming Disney+ series centered on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character Cassian Andor. Details about the as-yet-untitled series are scarce, but Luna told IndieWire that he was eager to work on the project because he felt the most free of his career while filming Rogue One . "I can't really talk about it. What I can tell you is that it's a good challenge and a good way to approach the show, but what happens when you already know the ending?" Luna said, referring to " Cassian's death at the end of Rogue One . "Then it becomes the story. It all depends on how you tell the story and how many different layers you can find. Now this can't be a show where at the end we surprise you like, 'Oh, no, it's not him! "We've seen the end."
