Since “Narcos” presented a lot more promise, Pedro Pascal said had no choice but to leave the nondescript “Daredevil” role behind for his key turn as Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Javier Peña, which effectively catapulted the actor’s career to a whole new level. “I was going to test for that role, and so, to intercept the test, they ended up offering me ‘Narcos,'” the actor said. “It was like Netflix against Netflix.”
Apart from television, Pascal has had breakthrough success in films, too, with starring roles in “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” in 2017 and “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent — opposite Nicolas Cage played a heightened version of himself — in 2022. On top of that, the makers of the “Star Wars” franchise have announced that a Mandalorian and Grogu live-action movie is coming soon.
As fate would have it, Marvel Studios eventually made Netflix’s “Daredevil” as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe canon. So, if his rumored “Fantastic Four” casting proves to be true, it’s conceivable that Pascal could finally cross paths with the Man Without Fear someday.
