Pedro Pascal has revealed that he doesn’t actually wear the suit for his character in the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
During a roundtable discussion for The Hollywood Reporter, the actor said that he used to perform under the armor towards the beginning of the series but stepped away from doing that after it seemed to be taking a toll on his body.
In the show’s most recent seasons, he confirmed that he only provides the voice for Din Djarin, with stuntmen and body doubles appearing as the bounty hunter on set.
“There was an extended amount of experimentation, being in the suit for a lot of it, and frankly, my body wasn’t up for the task as far as, like, the four months of it,” said Pascal.
“But I was in it. I was in it a significant amount, an elastic amount. But now we’ve figured it out, which is super cool, and amazingly, it gave me the opportunity to be able to go and do something else.”
He added: “I think that there are things that you have to let go of in terms of what can be an OCD level of attention to detail. But even so much as wanting your component of that to fit perfectly into the collage, you really have to give it all up.”
Not having to appear on set for The Mandalorian allowed Pascal to star in HBO‘s hit post-apocalyptic drama The Last Of Us, which has begun production on Season 2.
Back in April, the actor confessed that he was ready to quit acting after experiencing years of rejection.
“I was getting my a** f**king kicked,” he told Esquire, speaking about his time working as a waiter throughout the 1990s. At the time, he auditioned for a number of TV shows and commercials, but never got the call.
“I died so many deaths,” he added. “I guess [this] delusional self-determination, and no real skill at anything else, is what kept me going.”
It was recently announced that Pascal’s next project will be Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel.
