"They could draw inspiration from Griselda Blanco," reads a post on GTA Forums dated April 13, 2016. Published to the abiding 'Female Protagonist?' topic within the enduring and ever-growing GTA 6 corner of the website, 500 comments sit beneath the suggestion; the majority of which ponder how the next entry of the Grand Theft Auto series might handle a female lead, and how the one-time 'Godmother' of Miami's cocaine-driven underworld could serve as the perfect template.
Griselda Blanco's real-life story is told throughout the Cocaine Cowboys documentary series (2006-2021), however speculative comparisons between GTA 6 protagonist Lucia and the late Colombian drug lord have skyrocketed in the wake of this year's titular Netflix drama, 'Griselda', starring Sofia Vergara. Having just finished the six-part miniseries myself, and having watched all three Cocaine Cowboys documentaries, I'm now fully on board with the speculation, and would love to see Lucia's character at least draw from the real-world narcotics queenpin's ill-gotten, and ultimately ill-fated, path of hedonism and destruction.
