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United States Pedro Pascal Recalls Backing Out of Daredevil for Another Netflix Series
Pedro Pascal would have made his Marvel debut many years ago if not for Narcos coming along.
Recently, Pedro Pascal attended a "Career Retrospective" showcasing his work for a Q&A hosted by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. During the talk, Pascal was asked about his role in Narcos. The actor then shared that he had to back out of a role in the original Daredevil series in order to pursue the Narcos spot, which had come back open for him after he was initially passed over for the part.
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Pedro Pascal then shared how the role he was up for on Daredevil was not as Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock, but as a supporting character. While he couldn't recall the character's name, Pascal shared that it would have been as an attorney. The actor probably had a great shot of locking the role, but when he was set to begin testing, the offer to take on a bigger role in Narcos came along. Pascal was amused by how this pitted two Netflix shows against one another, which resulted in him ultimately backing out of Daredevil to pursue his Narcos role.
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In the true crime drama series Narcos, Pedro Pascal played real-life former DEA agent Javier Peña. It was a role that garnered the actor further acclaim, leading to more major opportunities in his career. He followed up that show with a starring role in the hit Star Wars series The Mandalorian, and he will soon start working on a new movie that will bring his character to the big screen, dubbed The Mandalorian & Grogu. He has also been starring on HBO's hit show The Last of Us, a role which has earned him nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globes.
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Pascal may have missed out on one chance to join the MCU when he backed out of Daredevil, but he will reportedly be rectifiying that with a much bigger role in an upcoming film. It's been widely reported that Pascal will play Reed Richards in the Fantastic Four reboot, putting him in a major superhero role. The casting hasn't been officially announced yet as of this time, however.
Source: SAG-AFTRA
Daredevil
A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.
