Wagner Moura on Narcos's unreal real-life plot: 'Did this really happen?'

I've done it. You've done it. And Wagner Moura knows it, because his friends have done it too.

"My friends, after they see one episode, they go toGoogleto see, 'did this really happen?'" the Narcos lead actor, who plays Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar,told CBC duringan interview in Los Angeles. "The real footage that we use, it generates an interest."

Netflix's historical drama about the origins of drug trafficking in Latin America andsubsequently theU.Sis now entering season two, which focuses on a tumultuousperiod with Escobar on the run from authorities after escaping a makeshift prison at the end of season one.

Many of the events depicted in the criticallyacclaimed series the bombings, the merciless murders, the unbelievable escapes and government blunders,seem too spectacular tobe true. And yet,the show stays reasonablyaccurateto extraordinary real-life events during a troubled period in the country's fascinating history.

Spoiler alert if you don't know the real-life details:The drug king pin died in December of 1993.

CBC's Zulekha Nathoo talks to Narcos' Wagner Moura

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Wagner Moura discusses getting into character to play Pablo Escobar in season 2 of Netflix's Narcos, about the real-life drug kingpin

Moura, a Brazilian who learned fluent Spanish for the bilingual role and whose performance has been lauded, says there's an authenticity to the show that draws people in.

"I mean, it's all shot in Colombia, which I think is already great," he said. "The whole show is shot in the very same place where everything really happened."

Moura says that includes the scenes of Escobar's final moments, which season two is candidly building towards. Which makes season two more about the journeythan the destination.

It might make you wonder whetherthe story can continue once the main character is no longer around. Producers have remained tight-lipped about future plans, but have said that the drug traffickingnarrative might have started with Escobar, but certainly doesn'tend with him. Thedoor remains open forpotential storylineswithother characters.