With season 3 now out in the world and delighting fans across the globe, Pedro Pascal spoke with StarWars.com about his time beneath the helmet, his continuing love for the show and the character and fun fan interactions.
As Pascal prepared to step back into the character for the fourth time this season, the even-keeled voice of the warrior, there was still plenty to learn in the process of bringing the character to life. “There’s always new things to learn, which is unique in that you wouldn’t expect it from an armored, faceless character,” he says, “partly because of the incredible stunt work that Lateef Crowder does within the suit, the physical language that Brendan Wayne contributes to the character, and this kind of community, collaborative effort of making an engaging lead character.” That extends to Djarin’s creators. “The open relationship that I have creatively with Jon and David in terms of going back into a scene and changing the tone, trying to ratchet up the tension or the sentiment. We do all this kind of surgical work,” Pascal says, putting the final touches on the dialogue, proving “the opportunity to pay attention to details or find different ways of discovering subtle ways to make a big move or to have a big impact.”
One thing remains unchanged: Wherever Din goes, we’ll go. “He’s not a talkative character,” Pascal says with a laugh. “And at the same time, it’s really important that when he’s forced to express himself, that it be really, really true within the whole picture…to ultimately keep us engaged and invited into the story. And we keep discovering new ways to do that.”
You can check out our weekly dip into the third season of The Mandalorian on Making Tracks Reaction Chats, which returned this week with our look at Mines of Mandalore.
- Hardcover Book
- Córdova, Zoraida (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages - 09/05/2023 (Publication Date) - Random House/Star Wars (Publisher)
