Sofia Vergara, Kelly Clarkson.Photo:Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal
Sofia Vergarawants viewers to know that it took a lot of work (and prosthetics) to transform intoGriselda Blancofor her upcoming Netflix series.
On Wednesday,The Kelly Clarkson Showshared a clip onTikTokof theModern Familyalum, 51, passionately explaining to the television host, 41, that prepping for the role of “The Cocaine Godmother” was no easy feat.
“This is incredible… I feel like they only changed your nose or something,” Clarkson said during the broadcast.
“What?” a surprised Vergara shot back.
As theAmerican Idolwinner tried to explain her point of view, Vergara interjected: “Are you crazy?”
Sofia Vergara as Griselda Blanco.Courtesy of Netflix
Courtesy of Netflix
“Whatever they did though, it looks slight,” the show host added before being cut off once again.
“No Kelly, it was hours,” theAmerica’s Got Talentjudge said as she and the audience members laughed. Yet, the more Clarkson attempted to point out small changes in Vergara’s appearance, the more theWild Cardactress fired back.
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“It was a wig! Shut up. It was a wig. It was a lot!”
Both ladies laughed as Vergara continued to detail the process of becoming Blanco for her upcomingNetflix limited seriesGriselda, which debuts on Thursday.
“They did a lot to me! It was teeth. It was wig. It was nose. It was plastic from here to here,” she continued as a pre-recorded video clip played, showing the hair and makeup process from Vergara’s trailer on-set.
At the Miami red carpet premiere of Griselda on Tuesday,Vergara spoke exclusively to PEOPLEabout how she went from a lovable sitcom comedian to portraying the infamous cartel leader linked to dozens of deaths.
Sofia Vergara at the ‘Griselda’ Miami premiere.Manny Hernandez/FilmMagic
Manny Hernandez/FilmMagic
“It was a lot of work, it was a lot of preparation,” she explained. “I had to really investigate what it meant to be a woman in that era. A mother, a Colombian woman… that turned into this monster. So, it was a really difficult task for me to understand it.”
Vergara said still, she was able to find similarities between herself and the Medellín Cartel boss in order to bring the project to life.
Sofia Vergara.Romain Maurice/Getty
Romain Maurice/Getty
“We are both Colombian, we are both immigrants, we are both mothers, we are both women,” she adds. “So, I did relate to her a lot.”
Other actors in the series include Alberto Guerra as Dario Sepúlveda, Christian Tappan as Arturo Mesa, Martín Rodríguez as Rivi Ayala, Juliana Aidén Martinez as June Hawkins and Vanessa Ferlito as Carmen Gutiérrez.
source: people.com
