Sofía Vergara Says She Took Great Lengths to Hide Her Curves to Play Griselda: ‘I’d Wrap Myself So My Butt Wouldn’t Jiggle’

Sofía Vergara Says She Took Great Lengths to Hide Her Curves to Play Griselda: ‘I’d Wrap Myself So My Butt Wouldn’t Jiggle’
The actress spent over four hours a day in hair and make up for her physical transformation

Sofía Vergara hid her bombshell looks to transform into the cartel leader Griselda Blanco.

In an interview with Variety, published on Wednesday, Aug. 14, the actress, 52, opened up about the physical transformation she underwent to portray the title character in Netflix’s miniseries Griselda, which is based on the life of the Colombian drug lord.

The Modern Family alum noted that Blanco looked different than her in real life. “She was maybe not a Barbie doll, but the real Griselda Blanco had something — she had some kind of sex appeal that I needed to show,” Vergara said, adding that she wanted to disguise her curves and didn’t want to “jiggle.”

“I didn’t want the bouncing that is natural for Latin women to show. I would have to wrap myself so that my butt wouldn’t jiggle. I had to wear a really bad bra,” Vergara said, before noting that she also covered another part of her body.

The America’s Got Talent judge continued, “I had to cover my arms, because I have very skinny arms, and you don’t look threatening when you have this stupid little arm.”

According to the outlet, Vergara spent over four hours a day in hair and makeup to transform into Blanco, which included prosthetics, facial and body makeup, and a vigorous wig application.

Vergara also picked up a few new skills for the role, including smoking – which she was taught how to do by director Andrés Baiz.

“I had never smoked in my life. Andy would come to my house the month before we started. We would talk about the script, and he would teach me how to smoke and do cocaine and crack,” she said.

In the same interview, Vergara spoke about the potential future of Modern Family. She has an ongoing joke with her former onscreen husband Ed O’Neill about how he can’t die before they film a sequel, she told Variety.

“I always joke with him, ‘Ed, don’t die. Because if we do the sequel, it will take some time, and you’re the oldest of us. You can’t be dead!’ ” Vergara said.