The situation draws Kathleen’s attention, and she has troops scour the city. Instead of being merciful, Joel tells Ellie to walk away from the scene before he finishes the job. While the bullet isn’t fatal, it’s a harrowing moment that leads to the stranger begging for his life he looks less like a credible threat and more like a scared kid in over his head. During this face-off, Ellie shoots a young man who’d gained the upper hand on Joel. Trying to cut through Kansas City on the way to Wyoming, Joel and Ellie are ambushed by unknown assailants, later revealed to be part of an anti-government revolutionary movement led by a woman named Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey). While Joel and Ellie have a prickly dynamic at the start of the series, Sunday night’s episode, “Please Hold My Hand,” is the first major step for the characters as they learn to care about each other on a more intimate level.
On top of that, Jenkins' remark about Pascal will only elevate the hype for the much-awaited clash between Max Lord and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman.‘The Last of Us’ Continues to Adapt Its NPCs Into Main Characters ‘The Last of Us’ Takes a Pleasant (and Necessary) Detour From the Game This goes to show the dedication of the actor in terms of being accustomed to the role of the DC villain. Still, the belief and assurance of Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins for Pascal proved to be essential in terms of enhancing his performance for the role.Īdditionally, Jenkins' high praise for the actor's performance as Maxwell Lord bodes well for fans eagerly waiting for the arrival of the film. Pascal is known as a versatile actor, playing good and bad guys left and right, but it seems that portraying a character like Maxwell Lord proved to be a challenge for him, as evidenced by his unique preparation while reading the script.
Playing a villain in a superhero blockbuster is not an easy job, and Pascal's comments indicate that as such. But I think that may change.” WHAT THIS MEANS I almost think he’s unrecognizable from ‘Narcos’ to ‘Wonder Woman.’ Wouldn’t even know that was the same guy. “I would never cast him as just the stoic, quiet guy. This was just a practical way of, like, instead of going home tired and putting Netflix on, actually deal with this physical thing, doodle and think about it and run it.”Įven Jenkins thought that the casting of Pascal as Maxwell Lord would change the career of the actor, pointing out that she would never cast the actor "as just the stoic, quiet guy:" “I felt like I had wake myself up again in a big way. Pascal then admitted that the idea of playing the villain had " myself up again in a big way:" Interestingly, Variety revealed that Pascal transformed his Wonder Woman 1984 script into "a kind of pop-art scrapbook filled with blown-up photocopies" of Maxwell Lord from the comics, with one page featuring the villain surrounded by text bubbles where the actor wrote “You are a f-ing piece of s-." I just loved the idea of him, and I thought he would be kind of unexpected, because he doesn’t scream ‘villain.'” Jenkins: “I worked with him, so I knew him.I didn’t need him to prove anything for me. Pascal: “I didn’t even know she remembered me from that.”
Despite that, Jenkins pointed out that Pascal "didn't need him to prove anything" for her while revealing that she "just loved the idea of him:" I wasn’t able to totally accept that.”Īdditionally, Pascal shared his working experience with Jenkins when they shot a TV pilot that wasn't picked up, admitting that he "didn't even know" that the acclaimed director remembered him from that one. “It was a f-ing offer. I wasn’t really grasping that Patty wanted to talk to me about a part that I was going to play, not a part that I needed to get. While speaking with Variety, Wonder Woman 1984 actor Pedro Pascal reflected on the initial moment that he was offered the role of Maxwell Lord by the film's director, Patty Jenkins: Not much is known about the true motivation of Maxwell Lord in the film, but previous evidence suggests that the political nature of the character could somehow tie into the upcoming storyline. And now, a new interview may shed some light on how Lord fits into the narrative of the DCEU sequel.
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