Wagner Moura - 'The Secret Agent'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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The world's most famous Brazilian actor reflects on why he once thought a screen career would be impossible for him, how the 'Elite Squad' films led to him playing Pablo Escobar on 'Narcos,' and how Brazil's Bolsonaro era impacted his career and inspired the film for which he was awarded Cannes' best actor prize and could land an Oscar nom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.7	Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 620th episode of the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast.
0:50.5	I'm the host, Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is arguably the most successful and respected Brazilian actor in the world.
0:56.0	He has been described by NPR as superb, by the Washington Post as a powerhouse,
1:02.2	and by the New York Times as simply great. His credits include starring roles in two of Brazil's biggest blockbusters of all time, 2007's Elite Squad and 2010's Elite Squad, The Enemy Within,
1:09.2	the part of Pablo Escobarar on one of the first hit Netflix
1:12.3	series, Narcos, on which he starred from 2015 through 2016, and which made him world famous and
1:18.6	brought him a Golden Globe Award nomination. And most recently, three different parts in
1:25.1	Clever Mendonso Filio's massively acclaimed Brazilian film,
1:28.9	The Secret Agent, which is Brazil's entry for this season's Best International Feature Oscar Race,
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