When Tony is on his way to do the drug deal with the Colombians, his friend Angel is visibly nervous — and it's not just because of the deal itself. A deleted scene reveals why: he says he never saw the “madrina” he was supposed to visit to make an offering to “Changó” - He’s referring to Santería, an Afro-Cuban religion that had a strong presence in Miami in the 1980s, especially in the Cuban underworld. Superstitious criminals would seek out priestesses known as madrinas, believed to act as intermediaries with the gods. They would invoke these gods in rituals and ask for protection before heading into dangerous missions like assassinations or high risk drug deals. However, in the original shooting script there’s a detail that didn’t even make it into the deleted scene... (1/3)