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[ManaByte]

'The Mandalorian': Pedro Pascal Finally Admitted He's Just the Voice

We already knew Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder were the physical embodiment of the role, but it's nice to hear Pedro Pascal admit it too.

collider.com

During a roundtable discussion for the Drama Actor Roundtable series conducted by The Hollywood Reporter, Pascal was asked if it was true that he doesn't always have to be present when The Mandalorian was shooting, and he explained that "For a lot of it," he just provides the voiceover. Brendan Wayne plays Din Djarin on set (Lateef Crowder performs the stunts for the character while wearing the suit), and Pascal even described his acting as "better," before expanding on the reasons for his absence from the physical sets.

He was filming The Last of Us while Mando S3 was being filmed. So the two stuntmen play Mando on set and Pedro just picks up a phone and records his dialog.

 

[adamsapple]

Can't say I'm surprised. Why would you get a handsome actor and keep him under a mask the entire season. Just have him phone-in the voice and call it a day.

Hell, for that matter, they can probably find dozens of sound-alikes for a fraction of the fee Pedro commands.

 

[ManaByte]

Hell, for that matter, they can probably find dozens of sound-alikes for a fraction of the fee Pedro commands.

Or they could just use the AI program they use for James Earl Jones and young Mark Hamill.

 

[adamsapple]

Or they could just use the AI program they use for James Earl Jones and young Mark Hamill.

I think they'd still need to pay him for using a direct likeness, right ?

 

[ManaByte]

I think they'd still need to pay him for using a direct likeness, right ?

I mean dialog. The Vader in the shows and young Luke use an AI program that assembles the dialog from existing data.

 

[mclaren777]

I was watching Mando S3 with my wife last Friday and I made this exact point – the show has never worked for me because I can't see the main protagonist act. I literally said, "it's entirely likely there's just a body double under that helmet" and my wife simply shrugged her shoulders.

She likes for the show for some bizarre reason.

 

[Toons]

Doesn't bother me.

Wasn't james earlier jones in the Vader suit either but it wouldn't be Vader without him

 

[CGNoire]

As long as he does the voice I dont give 2 shits.

 

[Nobody_Important]

If it works it works

 

[March Climber]

I was watching Mando S3 with my wife last Friday and I made this exact point – the show has never worked for me because I can't see the main protagonist act. I literally said, "it's entirely likely there's just a body double under that helmet" and my wife simply shrugged her shoulders.

On the other hand, a show where a guy never taking his helmet off becomes such a big hit, makes me hopeful about a Metroid movie.

 

[Lunarorbit]

On the other hand, a show where a guy never taking his helmet off becomes such a big hit, makes me hopeful about a Metroid movie.

Watch a metroid movie come out before the next game

 

[TransTrender]

Is this good or bad?

 

[YCoCg]

It's not exactly a new concept for Star Wars, they've been doing this since 1977.

 

[VulcanRaven]

He has said that before. He has said that the the stunt doubles do the heavy lifting.

 

[BadBurger]

I don't think it's him admitting anything, many people were aware of the situation. I think it's actually pretty cool that Disney is able to produce the show this way. I just hope those two body actors (is that a term?) are getting paid well. Especially the stunt guy - it cannot be easy pulling off some of those stunts in that suit.

 

[Spaceman292]

I was watching Mando S3 with my wife last Friday and I made this exact point – the show has never worked for me because I can't see the main protagonist act. I literally said, "it's entirely likely there's just a body double under that helmet" and my wife simply shrugged her shoulders.

She likes for the show for some bizarre reason.

What's wrong with that? They're not really on alien planets either. And Grogu is actually made of rubber.

 

[jufonuk]

As long as he does the voice I dont give 2 shits.

This and the above post.

When you watch an animated film it’s the same principle. The character action isn’t the actor but the voice is. The combination of the two help cement the performance as real to the story. So in that sense if someone else is playing him under the helmet and Pedro provides the voice and the part that completes the character as Mando to the viewer who gives a crap.

It’s a pretty sweet gig someone else does the heavy lifting he provides the voice/acting and gets paid

 

[jufonuk]

Is this good or bad?

 

[Batiman]

Well it would be pointless to have him on set 99% of the time.

 

[Slicker than your average]

You could also argue why even pay a big name actor. People watch the show because it's star wars, not because it's him.

Plenty of unknowns or even the stunt actor could say the lines. Isn't exactly heavy dialogue, he mostly acks questions or grunts.

 

[AJUMP23]

I mean dialog. The Vader in the shows and young Luke use an AI program that assembles the dialog from existing data.

They still paid JEJ a large fee to use the voice in perpetuity.

 

[jason10mm]

I don't think it's him admitting anything, many people were aware of the situation. I think it's actually pretty cool that Disney is able to produce the show this way. I just hope those two body actors (is that a term?) are getting paid well. Especially the stunt guy - it cannot be easy pulling off some of those stunts in that suit.

Doubt it. A buddy of mine was offered the job of "being in the suit" for one of the doom patrol characters and he said it wasn't much above scale. No face/dialogue limits your bargaining power.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I was watching Mando S3 with my wife last Friday and I made this exact point – the show has never worked for me because I can't see the main protagonist act.

You what mate?

So in turn you hated the original Star Wars because you couldnt see one of the greatest villans on screen act because he had a helmet on?

 

[Trunx81]

How fitting, as the Mandalorian wasn´t even that much in his own show anymore ..

Watching the dubbed version, we don´t even get ANY Pascal goodness in German.

 

[Vicetrailia]

I like the voice a lot so it’s all good to me.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Then they should credit them and pay the actors behind the mask just as much as Pedro. If thats not the case, fuck Disney and fuck the show.

 

[daveonezero]

I couldn't care less. S3 didn't hook me though and still have a few episodes.

Also they don't do it over the phone he clearly goes into an actual sound booth.

I don't get why this is a problem. He needs to get over himself. I like the voice and he did a great job in the first season.

Then they should credit them and pay the actors behind the mask just as much as Pedro. If thats not the case, fuck Disney and fuck the show.

How do they do it in an animated show? Also they are in the credits.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Might as well phone it in like Disney has phoned in Star Wars for the most past.

 

[Fbh]

So he is basically just a marketing tool.

Good for him I guess.

 

[Pejo]

I might be misremembering, but wasn't Pascal complaining in season 1 because the showrunners wouldn't let him take his helmet off more?

I don't get Hollywood's infatuation with this guy. Zendaya too while I'm at it.

 

[zombrex]

You could also argue why even pay a big name actor. People watch the show because it's star wars, not because it's him.

Plenty of unknowns or even the stunt actor could say the lines. Isn't exactly heavy dialogue, he mostly acks questions or grunts.

I agree but it is thesame for every animated movie in which they pay for big name actors to do the voice overs.

 

[AlteredForms]

But it's about the essenceeee mannnn! It's not the same if we know he's not in the suit, he has to suffer in that thing for his arttt!!!

 

[Trilobit]

I was watching Mando S3 with my wife last Friday and I made this exact point – the show has never worked for me because I can't see the main protagonist act.

 

[mclaren777]

You what mate?

So in turn you hated the original Star Wars because you couldnt see one of the greatest villans on screen act because he had a helmet on?

Even though I was born in 1981, Rogue One was the first Star Wars property that I was willing to tolerate, though I haven't seen it a second time so maybe it won't hold up. At this point, Andor is the only thing I've ever truly enjoyed from that universe. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Ballthyrm]

He has said that before. He has said that the the stunt doubles do the heavy lifting.

If they are doing the acting scene, they are co-actors I would say.

I agree but it is thesame for every animated movie in which they pay for big name actors to do the voice overs.

And it is a plague on the industry. They market it to the masses that way and usually theses "actors" don't really add anything and often look down on the medium.
I much prefer when we have some no name great voice actor like Kevin Conroy was at the time he first did the batman that are invested in their character.
It is one thing to get good actors playing in animated movies, but usually we don't get that, we get tier 2, tier3 celebrity that are using this to make money of the side.

 

[VulcanRaven]

If they are doing the acting scene, they are co-actors I would say.

I don't remember what term he used but it wasn't stunt double.

 

[MGHA]

Good. Hes ugly AF anyways.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Flavour of the month actor anyway tbh.

 

[Soodanim]

Is this good or bad?

Neutral. Or, more to the point: nothing. This is a non-story.

Title/OP uses fake scandal wording as if it's a shameful secret he's divulged under pressure, but it's how Hollywood works. Even Mr Stunts himself Tom Cruise has body doubles. If Pascal doesn't need to be there, why would he be? He can go make money doing something else while someone else earns some money doing it for him.

 

[FeralEcho]

Who gives a shit,Its still his voice.We have literally one of the greatest villains in history of cinema doing the same thing in the same universe so it works.I much prefer this to Paramount Halo's Mastercheeks where he barely uses his iconic helmet.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

So I started watching season 1 because of baby Yoda. The show is kind of shitty. It’s got decent production values but it is not very compelling storywise and there are certain details that do not quite make sense to me.

 

[Pejo]

So I started watching season 1 because of baby Yoda. The show is kind of shitty. It’s got decent production values but it is not very compelling storywise and there are certain details that do not quite make sense to me.

In my opinion if you don't like season one, it's not gonna get any better for you. Season 2 was 'eh' for me personally, had some good stuff, but season 3 was shit. For what its worth, I enjoyed season 1.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

In my opinion if you don't like season one, it's not gonna get any better for you. Season 2 was 'eh' for me personally, had some good stuff, but season 3 was shit. For what its worth, I enjoyed season 1.

Season gets better as it goes along so I quite like the episodes as he goes to different planets. And I always enjoy baby Yoda being on screen. But there is some cheapness when it comes to the writing.