Pedro Pascal already booked a new gig, a Netflix series about Pablo Escobar
I should have been paying attention back in March – that’s when these photos of Pedro Pascal were taken in Vancouver (the jeans & plaid jacket pics). But I guess Game of Thrones wasn’t on yet and I hadn’t grown suddenly and deeply infatuated with all things Pedro Pascal, so it didn’t mean anything to me that he was filming a pilot in Vancouver in March. I could have saved myself a lot of heartache if I knew going into this relationship that he was only going to last one season of Game of Thrones. SOB!
But it’s not all bad news. Not at all. Pedro Pascal quickly became a fan-favorite in one of the biggest pop-culture phenomenon shows of the last 20 years. GoT is a show full of fan favorites, so for Pascal to come in, charm everyone and then violently exit… well, a star is born. I would think that Pedro is on the top of a lot TV casting directors’ lists these days, and maybe even some film producers. But back to that pilot he filmed in Vancouver in March… it got picked up!
Hot off of his role on HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Pedro Pascal has been set to star opposite Wagner Moura on Netflix‘s drama series Narcos. Written by Chris Brancato and directed by Jose Padilha, Narcos is the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It centers on notorious Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar (Moura) and Javier Pena (Pascal), a Mexican DEA agent sent to Colombia on a U.S. mission to capture and ultimately kill him. Produced by Gaumont and executive produced by Padilha and Eric Newman, Narcos will premiere on Netflix in 2015.
This sounds like an interesting TV show concept. But surely an Chilean-American actor can find roles that don’t involve the drug trade, amirite? Still, the story of Pablo Escobar is fascinating, and if his name had been Michael D’Amato or Vito Caprese, I’m sure he would have already inspired 20 major movies. John Leguizamo has been trying to jump-start a bio-pic for a long, long time and he wants to play Escobar too. Will this Netflix show air before Leguizamo gets his financing? Huh.
Anyway, I thought you’d like to know. Our new crush already has a new job. He’ll be fine. And we’ll get to see him more of him in the coming years. Hopefully.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
