Pedro Pascal, who plays Oberyn Martell Peter Dinklage's latest champion on this season of HBO's "Game of Thrones," was cast to star opposite Wagner Moura in Netflix's Pablo Escobar drama "Narcos,"

Pedro Pascal will star as coke-busting Mexican DEA agent in the new Netflix series Narcos. Narcos will be written by Chris Brancato and directed by Jose Padilha. The series was inspired by the true story of the spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe, and how the law enforcement tried to stop it.

Padilha and Moura worked together before on the "Elite Squad" and "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within."

Narcos will center on the notorious Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar, who will be played by Moura. Pascal plays Javier Pena, a Mexican DEA agent who goes to Colombia to kill Escobar for the Americans.

Pascal got a lot of notice for his Enigo Montoya ("The Princess Bride") turn as the Red Viper, until he got his eyes popped out by Gregor (The Mountain) Clegane.

"Narcos," is set to begin filming soon in Colombia. The series is being produced by Gaumont International Television. It will be executive produced by Padilha, Eric Newman, who made "Children of Men," Doug Miro and Carlos Bernard, who worked on "Sorcerer's Apprentice," and Chris Brancato from "Hannibal." Netflix ordered 10 episodes.

Before he was on Game of Thrones, Pascal worked on "The Mentalist" and "The Good Wife."

Narcos will premiere on Netflix in 2015.