Wagner Moura about new series character: “The most vulnerable”

About to debut in another international production, Wagner Moura reflected on how his new character It is complex and full of layers while trying to break a vicious cycle involved with drugs and crime. Drug thieves is a new Apple TV+ Starring Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura serieswhich follows the journey of two friends in a war with a large drug trafficking scheme. Based on Dennis Tafoya's eponymous book, the series was created and produced by Peter Craig (The Batman, Top Gun: Maverick) and Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner), both Oscar -nominated, and has the production of Brian Tyree Henry. With a premiere scheduled for March 14, the plot follows the journey of friends Rey (Tyree Henry) and Manny (Wagner), who disguise herself by agents of the US Federal agents for drug control and repression) to steal small traffickers. The two find themselves in the middle of a war as they expose and dismantle a drug production scheme.
2 ImagesClose modal.1 of 2Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura as Rey and Manny in Drug Thieves Drugs/Apple TV+2 of 2Wagner Moura as Manny in Drug Thieves, from Apple TV+ Disclosure/Apple TV+ in an interview with MetropolisWagner pointed out that Manny is one of the most vulnerable characters he played in his career, noting that the main characters are a black and a Latin, involved in a matter of drug trafficking, but seeking to break this cycle.

“He may be the most vulnerable character I've ever done. Despite being a series that happens a lot and is very violent, it is a series that presents two characters that are the antithesis of the macho movie of American action cinema, ”said the actor.

One of the most important points of the series is the relationship between Rey and Manny. For the actor, the character has a complex journey to understand that he needs to get out of the life they lead. “But in order to escape this cycle in some way, he has to break his relationship with Rey, who is the only family he has,” he explains. Speaking about the challenges of living Manny in the series, Wagner described him as a “unleashed thread of emotion” and that it is “emotion all the time”, but at the same time he feels that he is very beautiful and reveals that he has a lot of love for the character. “Manny is not a rational character, not a strategy or thought character. It is a channel of emotion open all the time and very painful. He suffers a lot during the series, because he feels that he is not living the life he wanted, is not what he wanted to be but he can see a perspective but he can't escape the cycle, so he is a very tragic but very beautiful character. I have a lot of affection for Manny, ”he said.