Even the producer knows he made a good decision with Pascal.
the The last of us Video game fans were not unanimously delighted when it was revealed that Bella Ramsey would star in the series’ adaptation of the female lead. In the end, of course, after seeing her performance, they reconciled with the young actress, in fact, now it would be inconceivable for someone else to model Ellie even in the next season.
On the other hand, Pedro Pascal was never the subject of discussion among the spectators, although in fact his fate was not determined! Recently it turned out that several other actors were candidates for the project, and since it seemed at the time that Pascal could not shoot, Matthew McConaughey seemed one of the first choices.
I wouldn’t say it was serious conversations, like, “Hey, is there something we can talk about?”
– started Craig Mazin, showrunner of the series. In the end, things worked out (primarily Pascal’s schedule) in such a way that they were able to listen to him The Mandalorian The star, which promptly swept the crew off their feet. After that, there was no doubt, he would have the part.
“We did a Zoom interview, which to this day I think is the best Zoom interview I’ve ever done. Love at first sight. (…) There must be another world where another actor plays Joel. Look, Matthew McConaughey is a great actor, I’m sure he would have been great in the role, but the end result would have been completely different. And I really like the version we ended up with, so what can I say…”
(via IGN)
