‘Ozark’ Star Alfonso Herrera on Javi’s Newfound Power and Killing That Fan Favorite Character
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSpoiler alert: This piece contains spoilers for Part 1 of Season 4 of “Ozark,” currently streaming on Netflix.As “Ozark” barrels toward its bloody conclusion, the drama series introduced a new and terrifying antagonist for Marty and Wendy Byrde (Jason Bateman and Laura Linney), the money-laundering couple at the center of the show’s criminality and carnage.
They make work for Omar Navarro, the coldly calculating leader of the Mexican cartel that has made them rich, but also in constant danger of losing their lives.
But it’s Omar’s nephew Javier “Javi” Elizondro who may pose their greatest threat.A business school graduate, who thinks nothing of personally dispatching civilians, enemies or even unlucky local sheriffs, Javier is ruthlessly ambitious and in a hurry to climb to the top of the cartel ladder.
Portraying the Byrdes’ nemesis fell to Alfonso Herrera, a Mexican actor who previously appeared on Netflix’s “Sense8” and Fox’s “The Exorcist.” He figures to factor in prominently during the second half of “Ozark’s” final season — Netflix has split Season 4 into two seven-episode parts — when it premieres later this year.
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