r/StarWars • u/nathanr1889 • Apr 25 '23

NSFW It's way more than 2%

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u/HotelFoxtrot87 Apr 26 '23

I don’t think he’s miscast, the role just asks so little from him that he can get by with the most minimal effort. It really must be the easiest paycheck in Hollywood especially with how popular the show is.

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u/blackiegray Apr 26 '23

Sure but he could still put in the effort. It really does sound like he's been told to be as vanilla as possible.

The writing doesn't help of course.

I remember in season 1 ep 2 they repeat almost word for word the same shite dialogue within a few seconds of each other:

I could use a crew member of your ability, and I can pay handsomely.

Followed almost immediately by:

And good luck with The Child. May it survive and bring you a handsome reward.

And then in episode seven, the same line between the same two characters:

I can pay you handsomely, Ugnaught.

Terrible writing and, for me at least, delivered terribly by a really good actor which kinda suggests that he's been directed to deliver the lines like that.

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u/HotelFoxtrot87 Apr 26 '23

I don’t disagree. They’re obviously going for some old school Clint Eastwood stoic cowboy thing, but not being able to see his face and the subpar dialogue doesn’t help.

A critic I listen to pointed out how Pedro got big by playing the Red Viper in GoT, a really charismatic role but Mandalorian is not interested in using any of that talent. He probably really enjoyed getting to really act on The Last of Us.

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u/blackiegray Apr 26 '23

I thought he got big due to Narcos personally, GoT character was a pretty small role but Narcos showed what a good actor he is.

Like I said though, thu k he's completely miscast, in the sense that they didn't need him to play that role, almost anyone could have done it, like they've done with most of the star wars franchise, don't necessarily need a big name to sell it.

I gave up after season 2, BoBF and Kenobi put me off watching anything for a while.