I feel that I’m free,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I can’t work as an actor for the next year.
However, as the series about the drug trade continues, it’s lead villain – Pablo Escobar – will no longer feature in the show, liberating Wagner Moura.
“We’ll stop when the drug trade stops,” Padilha told one publication, Newman adding: “We’ll stop when you stop.
I’m not going to act, I’m going to direct, because anything that I would do as an actor would have the influence of Pablo.