Sometimes casting choices are so obvious that when they happen you just think of it as a matter or course. Like this one.
Although he's the most famous drug lord in history, surprisingly getting a biopic of Pablo Escobar off the ground has been difficult. Until now. "Variety" just announced that Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro will play the titular revolutionary and drug lord in the upcoming film Paradise Lost. Producer Dimitri Rassam says the film will be in the mold of The Last King of Scotland, weaving a romance between Escobar's niece Maria and a surfer named Nick, into the iconic drug lord's life.
No release date has been set yet but the eleven week shoot begins this March in Panama.
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