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    Pedro Pascal Credits Patty Jenkins for His Involvement in 'Wonder Woman 1984'

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    When speaking about his portrayal of villainous Max Lord in the ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel, ‘The Mandalorian’ star explains the reason why he jumped at the opportunity.

    Dec 28, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Actor Pedro Pascal jumped at the opportunity to star in the “Wonder Woman” sequel because he was so eager to work with director Patty Jenkins.
    “The Mandalorian” star portrays villain Max Lord in “Wonder Woman 1984”, and although it’s a gig he relished, he admits he would have done anything just to be in the filmmaker’s presence.
    “I didn’t care what it was,” Pascal told The Associated Press. “I still have trouble wrapping my head around the opportunity.”
    Pascal had actually worked with Jenkins years earlier on a TV pilot which never got picked up, but the director never forgot about his charisma and talent, and he was the first person who came to mind when she was casting the role of Lord.
    “I just adored him,” Jenkins said. “I thought he was such a great guy and such an interesting person and an excellent actor.”

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    “But when I was sitting and thinking about who could pull this off, I just knew that he could do it. There was something about Pedro that I knew he could hit every different mark and also reveal a side of himself I wasn’t sure that even he had gotten to use yet.”
    Pascal stars alongside Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, and Gal Gadot as the titular superhero in the new blockbuster, but it wasn’t his first time starring in a “Wonder Woman” project.
    The actor was previously tapped for a TV reboot of the DC Comics series back in 2011, and featured in an unaired pilot with Adrianne Paliciki as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince.
    Pascal had forgotten about his involvement in the scrapped show, and he was glad Jenkins didn’t appear to be aware of it at the time of his casting in “WW84”, either.
    He recalled to CinemaBlend, “I think that because of the impact of the first (Wonder Woman) movie, and then, of course, the idea of getting to work with Patty Jenkins, it never occurred to me.
    “And I’m glad that it didn’t because I think I probably would’ve been paranoid if they knew I had already had a go at a Wonder Woman project. Maybe they didn’t know at the time.”

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      Pedro Pascal's Idea of 'Polished' 'Wonder Woman 1984' Villain Rejected by Patty Jenkins

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      The ‘Game of Thrones’ alum reveals he initially thought Michael Douglas’ classic “Wall Street” character Gordon Gekko would be the perfect inspiration for his Max Lord, but the director didn’t want the baddie to be so polished.

      Dec 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Pedro Pascal had to ditch plans to base his new “Wonder Woman 1984” villain on Michael Douglas’ classic “Wall Street” character, because director Patty Jenkins didn’t want his baddie to be so polished.
      The former “Game of Thrones” star initially thought cold and calculating businessman Gordon Gekko in his power suit would be the perfect character to draw inspiration from for his Max Lord, but he was forced to abandon that idea after a chat with Jenkins.
      “She pulled me away from that,” Pascal explained to The Associated Press. “She was like, ‘That’s not the polish that we’re after.’ ”
      Instead, Jenkins steered him in a slightly different direction, and the actor ended up loving that take on Lord, a minor TV personality and aspiring oil tycoon. “What we went after was so much more unpredictable and exposed,” he said.

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      “The thing that would ultimately anchor me to him was far more vulnerable than what a Gordon Gekko-type would be.”
      In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Pascal weighed in on what he thinks his character’s perception of his himself. “I think that he strives to see himself as a part of an ideal, and in a way that so many of us do.”
      He continued, “Whether it’s the perfect body on Instagram or just like the perfect day expressed on Facebook, the perfect job, the perfect life, ‘living my best life,’ whatever version of that — which I think in the era that WW1984 takes place is pretty clear to us, that kind of unbridled excess, a very specific definition of success and whatever the quote-unquote American dream is,” he shared. “I think that he strives to be seen that way, is desperate to see himself that way, and is unwilling to see himself for who or what he really is.”
      “Wonder Woman 1984”, which stars Gal Gadot as the titular superhero, premieres in U.S. theatres and on streaming service HBO Max on Christmas Day (December 25). It was pushed back from its planned June 5 release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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      This 'Wonder Woman 1984' Star Turns His DC Movie Script Into Comic Book

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      Pedro Pascal who is set to antagonize Gal Gadot in the ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel has turned his script into his own graphic novel to help him learn his lines.
      Oct 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Pedro Pascal turned his script for new superhero movie “Wonder Woman 1984” into a comic book to help him learn his lines.
      The “Game of Thrones” actor stars as Max Lord in the new DC Comics movie, a businessman nemesis to Gal Gadot’s title character.
      In order to get a feel of how to play a larger than life villain, he transformed his script into a pop-art scrapbook featuring pictures of the character taken from the comic books, adding text bubbles containing his lines.
      “I felt like I had wake myself up again in a big way,” he tells Variety of his unorthodox approach. “This was just a practical way of, like, instead of going home tired and putting Netflix on, (I would) actually deal with this physical thing, doodle and think about it and run it.”

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      Director Patty Jenkins, who worked with Pedro on an unaired 2015 TV pilot, “Exposed”, had no qualms about casting the usually reserved actor in a cartoonish part.
      “I didn’t need him to prove anything for me,” she adds. “I just loved the idea of him, and I thought he would be kind of unexpected, because he doesn’t scream ‘villain.’ ”
      “I would never cast him as just the stoic, quiet guy,” Jenkins says. “I almost think he’s unrecognizable from Narcos (TV series) to Wonder Woman. Wouldn’t even know that was the same guy. But I think that may change.”
      “Wonder Woman 1984” is scheduled for release on Christmas Day (25Dec20).

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