Disney+ and Hulu series 'Dear Killer Nannies', inspired by the story of Pablo Escobar's son Sebastián Marroquín, is not another 'Narcos', assures co-creator Sebastián Ortega. 'There have been so many stories about narcos. Too many. But when I met Sebastian, I thought: This is totally different. You won't see a brick of cocaine in the entire show.'
The show focuses on Escobar's son slowly realising his father is one of the world's worst criminals. 'It's not about Pablo Escobar – it's about his son. He's slowly realising that what he thinks is normal really isn't, and that his dad is one of the worst criminals in the world. Imagine realising your dad is Pablo Escobar. It's so bizarre!' Ortega told Variety at Series Mania.
Marroquín, who wrote about his experience in the book 'Sins of My Father', has spent his life trying to make amends. 'He was the last person to speak to [Escobar], minutes before he was shot and killed. Figuring out what was right and what was wrong was a very difficult process for him. He had to bear all that weight and think about all the victims that were left behind. He tried to meet with their families, saying how sorry he was.'
The series, written by Alejandro Quesada, Ana María Parra, Martín Méndez and Ortega, and directed by Pablo Fendrik and Felipe Cano Ibañez, stars Janer Villarreal, Miguel Tamayo, Miguel Ángel 'Orión' García, Laura Rodríguez, Juanita Molina, Julián Zuluaga, Rafael Zea, Danharry Colorado and Julián Bustamante, with John Leguizamo as Pablo Escobar.
Ortega, who grew up in Miami in the 1980s and 1990s, noted that Marroquín was unfairly judged. 'Sebastián was barely 16 years old when his dad died and had to take care of his mom and sister. He was a prisoner of his father's crimes.' The show depicts the contradiction of love and horror, moving 'from love to pure horror' within minutes, similar to 'The Sopranos'.
Ortega emphasised that the series demonstrates 'nothing good comes out of violence'. 'It took Sebastián many years of therapy, and giving away material things, but he eventually realised what he really wanted: to move away from the violence and live a peaceful life, because he has never really known peace.'
