Robert Downey Jr. Says Pedro Pascal’s Rise to Fame ‘Reaffirms My Faith in Our Industry’

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  1. >Robert Downey Jr. is singing Pedro Pascal‘s praises. Both actors are appearing in the next Phase of the MCU, with Pascal leading “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” as Reed Richards AKA Mr. Fantastic and Downey as Victor Von Doom AKA Doctor Doom for “Avengers: Doomsday.” Will they first square off in “First Steps”? Unclear. However, that didn’t stop Downey from pointing to how Pascal is an inspiration for Hollywood as a whole.

    >“Pascal’s slow trajectory to becoming a household name who is on a wildly hot streak kind of reaffirms my faith in our industry,” Downey told Vanity Fair. And it’s true: Pascal really is everywhere. In addition to starring in “The Fantastic Four,” the actor appears in “The Last of Us,” “Materialists,” “Eddington,” and “The Mandalorian.”

    >“I’m more aware of disgruntlement around my casting than anything I’ve ever done. ‘He’s too old. He’s not right. He needs to shave,’” Pascal said, adding that Downey made him feel comfortable about his “Fantastic Four” role. “He’s just so immediately generous and inviting that you feel like you can be afraid, you can be hungry, you can be ambivalent.”

  2. *Trump supporter tries to cover up the chaos they enabled by pandering.*

  4. His faith in the industry is overusing the same actor again and again ? wow that’s pathetic

  6. What on earth is going on in these comments? A bunch of AI nonsense it seems like

  8. Ummm… it’s luck isn’t it. Right movie or show, right role, right time. Boom. I mean let’s be honest if RDJ hadn’t done Iron Man he would not be where he is right now. Plenty of fine actors don’t get careers they deserve. And don’t get me wrong, I think both these guys are great. I also think the same of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, but he’s not exactly enjoying the same success.

  9. Lol wut?

    It has done the opposite for me.

    “Oh hey, this guy is going viral…
     Let’s put him in every television and movie role we possibly can, displacing up and coming actors… Because it’s a safe bet!”

  11. It’s not that he’s the only one booked, he’s just been in so many IPs that he has become the Franchise man.

    If he dips for 5 years to do some indie stuff then he might be more welcomed

  12. A super nice guy with a ton of talent getting jobs that he specifically trained for. Wow! Exclamation Robert Downey Jr. Speaking God’s truth incredible

  13. Kinda painting it as if it were something really out of the ordinary that a tall, dark haired, handsome man with a smidge of an accent and the moves of a cat draped in silk (basically Oberyn Martell) became a sex symbol. AND he is a good actor. AND he seems a very considerate man, attuned to the zeitgeist. It would be strange if he didn’t become famous.

  14. The industry is as bad as it’s ever been, people just like Pascal.

    And unfortunately now he’s cast in everything so his career will be over in a few years.

  15. Meanwhile, my career in the industry is on fire.

    But at least Pedro is doing well.

  17. I really like both of these guys but the entertainment industry is a hellscape and RDJr was born into it.

    Sorry, just my usual cynicism towards Hollywood

  18. Pedro is a good dude but he’s becoming oversaturated

  19. After Narcos and Game of Thrones. I mean come on? What else does he have to do? Catch a Mermaid?

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