Although production for The Mandalorian Season 2 has gotten underway at the famous The Volume soundstage, leading man Pedro Pascal (bounty hunter Din Djarin) isn’t present right now.
A description of The Last of Us, which also stars Pascal’s former Game of Thrones — he played Prince Oberyn Martell — castmate, Bella Ramsey, reads, in part:
Based on the popular PlayStation video game of the same name, the HBO series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed by a deadly fungus. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, played by “Game of Thrones” actor Bella Ramsey, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival…
…The cast includes Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother Tommy, Nico Parker as Joel’s daughter Sarah, and Merle Dandridge reprises her video game role of Marlene, the leader of the Fireflies resistance group struggling for power against the government’s military regime.
It is worth noting that Moff Gideon actor Giancarlo Esposito previously confirmed that Pascal was “not needed” for The Mandalorian Season 3 to begin filming.
Since Pascal’s Djarin frequently wears his beskar helmet, it is likely that his double, John Wayne’s grandson Brendan Wayne, is currently filming the bounty hunter’s scenes.
It is, however, likely that the ongoing Darksaber storyline will play a key role moving forward. Djarin won the black-bladed Mandalorian weapon in battle with Gideon while freeing Grogu in “Episode 16: The Rescue”, making him the de facto ruler of planet Mandalore.
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