Matthew McConaughey Was Approached For Playing Pedro Pascal’s Joel In ‘The Last Of Us’? Here’s What Happened
Matthew McConaughey was thought-about for the lead function in ‘The Final of Us’.
Pedro Pascal was at all times within the operating to painting Joel Miller within the HBO collection, however producers had a quick second of “floundering” when he had a scheduling battle, and co-showrunner Craig Mazin confirmed the ‘Dallas Consumers Membership’ star was one of many folks he spoke to about the potential of taking over the character.
Talking on the ‘Completely satisfied Unhappy Confused’ podcast, he stated: “I did discuss to Matthew. I can’t say that it was a collection [of conversations]. It was extra of a, ‘Hey, right here’s one thing to speak about.’
“Pedro was on our listing from the beginning. We had been advised he was unavailable, after which as we had been floundering about slightly bit, I obtained a name from his agent who stated, ‘You already know, he truly may be obtainable.’”
However Craig dismissed stories Mahershala Ali had additionally been within the body for the function.
He stated: “I truly by no means talked to Mahershala.”
The showrunner couldn’t have been happier to forged Pedro as he developed an immediate reference to the previous ‘Recreation of Thrones’ actor, although he acknowledged Matthew would even have been “nice” within the function, even when it could have made for a “completely different” present.
He stated: “Usually while you ship scripts to actors like this, you’re fortunate in case you get a learn inside a month. I despatched [the script] on a Friday, Saturday morning I get a name…he loves it, he desires to get on a Zoom.
“We obtained on a Zoom [with Pedro] and had what I believe is essentially the most fantastic Zoom I’ve ever had. Simply love at first sight and he was so instantly insightful about it.”
“I’m positive there’s a distinct universe the place it’s one other actor.
“And look, Matthew McConaughey is a tremendous actor. I’m positive it could have been nice, however it could have been completely different. And I just like the one which we made so what can I say, I believe it labored out.”
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