Narcos actor Wagner Moura confirms Pablo Escobar will die in season two

The second season will document Escobar's escape from La Catedral
It's all over: Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
Emma Powell15 June 2016

Wagner Moura has hinted that Narcos could end after season two.

The Brazilian actor who plays 'King of Cocaine' Pablo Escobar in the Netflix hit revealed that his character will die in the upcoming season.

"It's all about Pablo on the run,” he told Chelsea Handler on her self-titled show. “The first season covers 10 years of Pablo's life [from] the first day he sees cocaine for the first time, until the day he escapes from La Catedral.

"And [the second season] is from the day Pablo escapes, to his death."

He added: “Pablo is going to die this season.”

Moura denied spoiling the series for fans as the events are based on a true story.

“If you go on Google you can see what happens to Pablo,” he said.

The actor joked that his memory of Escobar is of a dead "fat guy" on a rooftop.

Recalling the Colombian drug lord's death in 1993 he said: “I didn’t know much about Pablo Escobar as a kid. I remember an image of the fat guy dead on a rooftop.

"I remember I thought ‘god he’s really fat’. Basically everything I know about Pablo today is from researching about him after the show.”

Narcos follows Escobar's rise from poverty to becoming a multi-billionaire through his Medellin cartel which transported cocaine worldwide.

The cartel was dismantled following his death on a rooftop in a barrio in Medellin.

The 10-part second season will debut on September 2.

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