It isn’t every day that an actor is given a second chance to take up a job at Marvel Studios but it can happen for sure if you’re as brilliant as Pedro Pascal. The Chilean actor has been making a lot of headlines recently after it was revealed that Pascal might be portraying the role of Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic in Marvel’s upcoming Fantastic Four movie.
As Pascal revealed recently he was once offered to portray a character in Daredevil before he turned it down for Narcos.
Pedro Pascal almost played a role in Daredevil
Pedro Pascal is one of the most established actors in the industry at the moment and has been delivering constant hits and is playing important roles in series like The Mandalorian, Last of Us, and The Book of Boba Fett. It was recently revealed that Pascal might allegedly be playing the role of Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie and the fans of the actor are beaming with excitement.
However, in a recent interview with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, it was revealed that this isn’t the first time that the Chilean actor has come close to working with Marvel. Pascal opened up about the time he almost starred alongside Charlie Cox’s portrayal of Matt Murdock on the Marvel series, Daredevil.
Pedro Pascal revealed that he initially wasn’t Narcos‘ first choice to play the role of Javier Peña and the role was offered to someone else. It was then he tried auditioning for Marvel’s Daredevil. He said,
“I was auditioning for Daredevil for Marvel. It was like a supporting character, you know, character no.6. He was a lawyer, I can’t remember the name…I was going to test for that role and to intercept the test, they ended up offering me Narcos. It was like Netflix against Netflix.”
Well, it seems like that turned out for the best as Pedro Pascal might have closed his doors for his future in Marvel if he had portrayed some side character on Daredevil.
The Mandalorian actor opens up about portraying Reed Richards in Fantastic Four
In the same interview, Pedro Pascal was asked to open up about the news of him portraying the role of Reed Richards in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie and the Chilean actor was able to breeze through this question and ended up neither accepting nor denying the claims. He simply said,
“You said this was a 90-minute [interview]. Tell the truth, this is like past 90 minutes“
This response of Pedro Pascal does make it seem like he very well might be playing the role of Mr. Fantastic but it can also be that he is not sure about portraying the role himself as of yet.
Pedro Pascal has a very packed schedule even without the Fantastic Four movie as he is all set to work in Gladiator 2 which will be released later this year. The Great Wall actor is also set to reprise his role as Joel in the upcoming season of Last of Us.
