Hmmm, never really pictured veteran actor John Leguizamo as a ruthless, sadistic, murdering drug lord, but that’s EXACTLY who he’ll be portraying when he starts playing former Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in his new flick, King Of Cocaine.

Via Deadline:

Leguizamo then went out and spent upwards of $15,000 of his own money for a fat suit and prosthetic makeup that rendered him a dead ringer for Escobar at his prime. Leguizamo and Furman filmed a screen test, and got it to Steindorff, who once again said no. Furman fought for it and got the producer to submit it to Relativity execs, without disclosing the identity of the actor. It not only showed him portraying Escobar, it even had a split screen comparison to the actual drug kingpin. Relativity’s Tucker Tooley and Ryan Kavanaugh for the test enough to ask who the actor was. Furman told them, and suddenly they took Leguizamo seriously. He was hired shortly after to star in the $25 million film.

In case you’re not familiar with the real life Pablo Escobar, educate yourselves down below.

I think I’ll actually go see this one. John’s very rarely let me down when it comes to his work on the big screen. Hopefully this time’s no different.

Thoughts??