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Actor who plays El Chapo on ‘Narcos’ shows up at his trial

The El Chapo trial turned into “Narcos: Brooklyn” on Monday when the Mexican actor who plays the notorious drug lord in the hit Netflix series made a surprise visit in Brooklyn court.

Both El Chapo — whose real name is Joaquin Guzman — and “Narcos: Mexico” star Alejandro Edda could hardly contain their excitement as they locked eyes in Brooklyn federal court, where the 11th week of the cartel kingpin’s drug-trafficking trial got underway.

Edda, who spent the morning stroking his beard, stood up suddenly when the door to the holding cell opened — but then sat back down when he realized it was a false alarm.

When the diminutive narco chief finally emerged, he beamed when he noticed Edda — who portrays him in the fourth season of the drug-trafficking drama — nodding at him from the second row of the gallery.





The real-life Chapo returned the greeting with a giant smile.

“He seemed happy,” said defense attorney William Purpura, who alerted his client that a special spectator was there to see him.

A US Marshal tried to tamp down the starstruck moment, warning those seated in the same row as Edda, “No hand gestures, no thumbs up. This isn’t Comedy Central. No laughing.”

Edda, who flew in from Mexico, arrived at the courthouse in downtown Brooklyn at 6 a.m. to nab a seat in the courtroom. Eager to garner inspiration from the trial, he was seen furiously scribbling notes as Chapo’s former bodyguard Isaias Valdez Rios continued testifying.

He also borrowed a reporter’s binoculars to get a closer glimpse of the 61-year-old leader of the world-famous Sinaloa drug cartel.





But outside the courthouse, the 5-foot-7 Puebla native admitted he’s “intimidated” by the 5-foot-6 Chapo — and that his mind is already made up.

“Oh, I think he’s guilty. There’s many, many horrendous things that he did,” he told reporters. “The sad part is I know he’s not the only one. I know that not only the Sinaloan guys are the bad guys, there are many bad guys around us.”

The 34-year-old actor seemed quite taken by Chapo’s beauty queen-wife Emma Coronel Aispuro — he kept his eyes glued to her as she waltzed into the courtroom wearing an all-black ensemble.

The two greeted each other in Spanish, shook hands and shared a laugh in the hallway during a brief break.

Before proceedings began for the day, Edda warmly greeted and shook hands with Chapo’s legal team.





The group was heard chattering away in Spanish before their conversation turned to taking Chapo’s story from the small screen to the silver screen.

“I got Clooney,” Eduardo Balarezo, one of Chapo’s attorneys, joked to Edda in English.

He then turned to his co-counsel Purpura and quipped, “And you’ve got Pacino.”

Prosecutors are likely to wrap up their case this week — and the possibility of Chapo taking the stand in his own defense is still in question.

Edda said the sight would be made-for-TV.

“That would be amazing,” he said. “I think for all of us to hear him speak, to hear his voice, not the tone of voice, but his own voice, about the questions they’re asking.”





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