Pedro Pascal has been virtually inescapable this whole year. Everywhere you look in pop culture, he’s there. It feels like he’s starring in every movie possible. Well, everything except for Weapons . And that’s not for lack of trying. As director Zach Cregger recalled in a recent interview, Weapons almost starred Pedro Pascal.

Pedro was initially cast in Weapons in May 2023, right before the SAG-AFTRA strike began, but had to drop out after the strike put the film industry on pause for almost six months. “Pedro Pascal’s schedule threw us into turmoil,” writer-director Zach recalled in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly . Pedro was forced to back out due to scheduling issues—he is, as previously stated, a very busy man—and other members of the original cast followed su

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