The role that cost Pedro Pascal a fortune

BarcelonaPedro Pascal leadsThe Fantastic Fouron his return to the big screen. The Chilean actor He returns to the cinema playing Mister Fantastic, the leader of the Marvel superhero team, a role that "cost him a fortune," as he explained at a press conference in Berlin.

Walking with a friend, Pascal explained, he met "a lovely six-year-old blonde girl" who was selling lemonade and to whom it was "impossible to say no." "And then, I'm buying the lemonade and I feel: 'What are you doing here?' I look up and it's Matt Shakman [the film's director], and it's his daughter who's selling me the lemonade. Anyway, we buy the lemonade and continue walking and my friend says to me: 'I guessThe Fantastic Four"And I was convinced, so I said, 'I definitely will,'" he says.

The actor explained that he has known Matt Shakman since they both started their careers. "We almost became roommates. He didn't like my apartment, so he turned him down, but we kept in touch. We've witnessed each other's careers for over 26 years."

According to Pascal, they had an initial conversation about the film, but it ended up being a meeting in which they caught up for hours on life, family, and everything that had happened to them over the years. In theaters July 25.

At the press conference, Pascal explained that he had always wanted to play Mister Fantastic and that he had even come to feel "very envious of everyone involved," including Joseph Quinn - at the time a project. trying hard to put on a brave face when he told me I had the role while swallowing my own envy," Pascal recalled.