EXCLUSIVE: Cast members including iconic Colombian star Margarita Rosa de Francisco came on board Part Two of Netflix’s 100 Years Of Solitude, and with the finale of the epic adaptation about to launch, several of the stars who appear in the series-closing episode spoke exclusively to Deadline. We are also first with the trailer for the finale.

De Francisco, famous in Latin America for her role in long running series Café Con Aroma de Mujer, appears in Part Two, as do Estefanía Piñeres, Emmanuel Restrepo and Sebastián Osorio.

The Netflix adaptation of the classic novel by Gabriel García Márquez has been split into two parts. The eight-episode Part Two is streaming now, with a special final instalment dropping separately, as we revealed earlier in the year.

“It’s very intimidating to play a character in such a relevant and important work, and one that so many critics have said outright was impossible to film,” said de Francisco, who plays Fernanda del Carpio. “What we had to do is find ourselves in the work so that we can be faithful to it, and we had to trust the [series] writers.”

Season 2 scribes are: José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés and María Camila Arias.

Osorio has been in shows including the telenovela Pasión de Gavilanes and stars as Aureliano Babilonia. He agreed it was both exciting and intimidating to land a role in an adaptation of such a seminal novel.

Piñeres, whose credits include the movie Malta and the Netflix miniseries Delirium, plays Amaranta Úrsula in the series. “These characters take on a quality that is almost mythological,” she said. “They’re in this kind of demigod space where you have to meet them as a character. It was really important that I trusted the writers.”

She told Deadline about a pinch-me moment when she stepped onto the set for 100 Years Of Solitude.

“I walked in and saw all of the actors that had been playing the Buendías, who were there as they were going to appear as ghosts… it was just such a surreal moment. I was like, ‘I’m walking into the Buendía house, and I’m seeing all of the Buendías together.’”

The production has given the Colombian TV industry a creative and financial boost, employing a massive cast and crew as well as local artisans who worked to recreate the mythical town of Macondo.

“So many things had to align for this particular production to be able to get off the ground… we had 1500 people working,” said Colombian actor Restrepo, who starred in Netflix’s romantic drama Eva Lasting and plays José Arcadio in 100 Years Of Solitude. “I’ve never seen anything like it, and I hope I will again.”

Laura Mora and Carlos Moreno directed seven of the eight episodes in Part Two, with Alex García López (The Witcher) helming the final episode. Bogotá -based Dynamo is the production company. The closing episode starts streaming on August 26. Check out the trailer.

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