coming up michael chiklis is here live. >> george: we are back now with michael chiklis.tell us about hotel cocaine. >> well, it's actually a sort of historical fiction, if you will, in that it takes place at a real place. the mutiny hotel. >> george: miami, right? >> in miami, circa 1978. the advent of the cocaine trade back in 1978. written by chris broncoto, one of the co-creators of narcos. that's what drew me to the project because he's such a great writer. danny pino and i worked together on "the shield." he's a wonderful actor and good friend. it's a great world. it's not just the dark underbelly. the great juxtaposition of the hedonistic veneer of sex, drugs and disco, right? you got the lifestyle, but then you have that darkness and the underbelly of, at what cost, you know? the cocaine trade and millions and millions of dollars that were pouring into miami at the time. we couldn't even shoot in miami -- >> george: you were in the dominican republic. >> yeah. that looks like 1978 did back in miami. miami is now such a built up place, we couldn't shoot it there. a

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