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Griselda Trivia | 25 facts about the miniseries

“Griselda” is a new six-part miniseries streaming on Netflix by the creators of “Narcos”.

Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the series.

Griselda is an American biographical crime drama streaming television miniseries
The series was directed by Andrés Baiz
It was produced by Eric Newman and Sofía Vergara
It is written by Doug Miro and Ingrid Escajeda
It stars Vergara as Griselda Blanco, a notorious Colombian drug lord
The miniseries premiered on Netflix on January 25, 2024
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 88% rating
Based on 40 critics’ reviews
With an average rating of 6.8/10
The website’s consensus reads: “Sofía Vergara impressively disappears into the role of Griselda Blanco in this propulsive gangster saga, which plays loose with the facts but achieves genuine grit”
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the show a score of 65 out of 100
Based on 18 critics
Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
On November 3, 2021, it was reported that Netflix is developing a new crime drama miniseries based on the life of drug trafficker Griselda Blanco
The miniseries will be produced by Eric Newman, Sofía Vergara and Luis Balaguer for Latin World Entertainment
Colombian native Baiz will direct all episodes
Doug Miro, Andrés Baiz and Carlo Bernard will executive produce and Ingrid Escajeda and Doug Miro will serve as showrunners
They were all a part of the Narcos creative team
On January 19, 2022, Netflix released a first look photo of Sofia Vergara as real-life drug queen pin Griselda Blanco from the upcoming limited series
The streamer also revealed 12 newly added cast members
Including Vanessa Ferlito and Juliana Aidén Martinez
The cast also includes Alberto Guerra, Alberto Ammann, Christian Tappan, Diego Trujillo, Paulina Davila, Gabriel Sloyer, Martin Rodriguez, José Zúñiga, Maximiliano Hernández and Julieth Restrepo
Filming for the miniseries began on January 17, 2022, in Los Angeles
On January 17, members of Griselda Blanco’s family filed a lawsuit for unauthorized use of likenesses
They called on a judge to halt the release of the show