Narcos: Mexico Season 3: Scoot McNairy and Luis Gerardo Méndez on the Final Season

With Narcos: Mexico season 3 now streaming on Netflix, I recently sat down with Scoot McNairy and Luis Gerardo Méndez about the final season of the series. During the interview, they talked about what the season is about, what they were both told about their characters when they joined the cast, how Méndez had to put on 25 pounds for what was supposed to be six months but then COVID happened so he had to keep it for well over a year, if they have a new perspective on the drug war after making the series, and more. If you haven’t seen the trailers for Narcos: Mexico season 3, the new season is set in the 90s, when the globalization of the drug business had taken hold. With Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo’s (Diego Luna) arrest, everything is up for grabs, with independent cartels going after the power players. Joining the cast for the first time are Luis Gerardo Méndez as Victor Tapia, a police officer mystified by a series of brutal killings despite his calling; Alberto Guerra as Is