Danny Pino brings disco and drama in ‘Hotel Cocaine’ crime thriller: You can ‘feel the aura’ of the ‘70s
nypost.com“Mayans MC” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” was born and raised in Miami. “In the ’70s, I was very young. I never went to the Mutiny in its heyday,” he told The Post. “But certainly I’ve been to the Mutiny as an adult… it’s more subdued.
But you can still feel the aura of what it was in the ‘70s when you go there.”“Miami is such a beautiful and complicated city,” he continued. “What we’re depicting in our show is really the beginning of this transformation from a city that was largely a vacation and retirement spot… to this cosmopolitan, fast paced, very cutting edge and sophisticated center for art, music, cinema, dirty politics, a playground for the rich and famous.”Premiering June 16 on MGM+, the show is helmed by “Narcos” creator Chris Brancato.
The plot follows the hotel’s general manager Roman Compte (Pino), a Cuban expatriate who fought against Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs invasion and remade his life in Miami.
His life becomes complicated when a DEA agent (Michael Chiklis) tasks him with rekindling his relationship with his estranged brother, Nestor (Yul Vazquez), a drug trafficker, in order to spy on him.
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