How John Leguizamo Paid $15K To Get Cast As Pablo Escobar

A few weeks ago, we shared this Tweet/image of John Leguizamo donning prosthetic makeup to transform into Pablo Escobar for a test shoot of the soon-to-enter-production drama King of Cocaine, formerly called Ballad of Pablo Escobar. My #escobar screen test! I killed it!! Its btw me and another dude! pic.twitter.com/18xJwg9cVS— John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) July 16, 2013 At the time, Leguizamo was facing off against Elysium’s Wagner Moura for the title role in the wake of Inside Llewyn Davi...