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Robert Downey Jr. Says Pedro Pascal’s Rise to Fame ‘Reaffirms My Faith in Our Industry’
(www.indiewire.com)
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I think it's mostly a combination of a) Hollywood liberals love to elevate safe non-white celebrities who don't rock the boat and b) there hasn't been much variety in leading men over the last decade (regardless of cultural/ethnic background) so people are enjoying seeing a new handsome face alongside the usual sex symbols like Ryan Gosling and Jake Gyllenhaal. I agree that Pascal is not really worthy of this level of hype on his performances alone.
The Mandalorian alone shows how good he is. He did 90% of it fully covered, all body and speech.
He crushes his role in game of thrones too.
He is a good actor with good range and more importantly he isn’t “stiff”
How does that show he's good. I watched the first couple seasons and I think I wouldn't notice a bit if the actor under the mask changed.