Narcos: Mexico’s Teresa Ruiz on Playing a Cocaine Kingpin

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Narcos: Mexico’s Teresa Ruiz on Playing a Cocaine Kingpin
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Narcos: Mexico’s _teresaru on her latest role: 'That was challenging to be powerful without losing the sensuality or the charm. Or be strong without losing the flirtation, you know?'

obsessed with the true story about the DEA's attempt to shut down the distribution of cocaine through the Cali Cartel., viewers are given insight into the story of the first Mexican drug cartel, created by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo , and undercover DEA agent Kiki Camarena . But the origins of what we now call"The War on Drugs" were not solely constructed by men.

Ruiz, who has been acting since she was a 13-year-old living in Los Angeles, is primarily known for her roles in Mexican independent cinema. But she says she was always a fan ofbecause of its showcase of Latin and Hispanic talent, many of whom Ruiz had known or worked with on other projects in the past."I was following it and I would watch it because I felt it was really responsible with the way that it dealt with the War on Drugs," Ruiz explained.

And even though she was initially offered the chance to audition for a different role, the actress waited until the writers introduced a character based on the Queen of the Pacific. In the beginning, the character was written as Sandra Beltrán, but on her first day of work, the writers and director decided to fictionalize the historic figure.

"Isabella is a woman who kind of walks on a tightrope," Ruiz said."She walks on that tightrope because in thesociety that she was born in, it reflects all of the cultural things that society imposes. Like, the men are the ones that are on top, women are there to be married and have children. This was supposed to be her future," she explained,"But she was a woman who decided to go outside of that.

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