A rumor about the possible departure of Pedro Pascal of the successful The Mandalorian has emerged in the last few hours. And the truth is that if we string the information together with some of the latest official statements, we might even come to think that there is something (or a lot) of truth in it. Make yourself comfortable, we will put you in the background and we will break down everything we know about it.
Creative differences, the possible reason for his departure
Everything has originated as a result of the trailer of the second season of The Mandalorian and the viewing of a well-known youtuber, Grace Randolph. During his reaction to the trailer on his channel beyond the trailer, Randolph takes the opportunity to comment on a rumor that has reached him from two reliable sources who inform him that Pedro Pascal, in charge of giving life to the Mandalorian, has decided to terminate his contract and leave the series.
The youtuber comments that during filming of the second season, Pascal proposed take off helmet in some of his scenes - remember that in the first season he does it only once and when he is seriously injured, since one of the rules of the Mandalorians is never to let another person see his face - and the creative team of the series completely rejected the request.
Pedro did not like this at all, and since then he would have pondered the idea of ​​leaving, together with how uncomfortable it is to wear his character's armor. Therefore, it would not be an easy shoot for the actor, who would have even resorted to Lucasfilm to intervene on his behalf without achieving the desired result.
Such was the disagreement between both parties, that it seems that Disney would have suggested to the actor that he leave and he would not have thought twice.
The most curious of all? That even Jon Favreau himself, series showrunner, I would have dropped it indirectly in one of his last interviews and no one would have noticed.
Preparing the ground in interviews?
One of the most recent interviews that Jon Fraveau has given in relation to The Mandalorian 2 is the one present in the American environment Entertainment Weekly. It talks about what is to come with this second installment and comments on its creative approach.
At one point, Favreau comments on something that until now had not been paid much attention but that could well mean a full-fledged "preparation of the ground", in order to flesh out Pascal's march. We refer to the moment in which the showrunner recognizes that the series can be followed different narrative stories beyond Pascal's: "As we've introduced other characters, there are opportunities to follow different stories."
F continues: "The world was really captivated by Game of Thrones And how it evolved as the characters followed different stories, that's very appealing to me as an audience member."
Will we therefore see a third season focused on another character? Do you think that the Pascal march would be a hard blow to the star wars fiction?