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The director and writer of Weapons, Zach Cregger, has recently unfolded the reason behind replacing the internet's favorite heartthrob, Pedro Pascal.
While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Cregger revealed the reason behind Pascal's departure from the film was due to scheduling conflicts in the aftermath of the SAG-AFTRA strikes. He mentions:
“I had a whole different cast for this movie. And then we had the strike, and then Pedro Pascal’s schedule threw us into turmoil. I had to recast the entire movie.”
Let us find out more details about Pedro Pascal's replacement in Weapons
"I bear no ill will towards anybody" says Zach Cregger about the replacement of Pedro Pascal in Weapons
In a recent conversation with Entertainment Weekly, Zach Cregger talks about the reason behind Pedro Pascal's exit from Weapons. In the film, the actor was originally slated to play the role of one of the disappeared children, Matthew's father, Archer Graff.
Cregger continues in the interview:
"This is what happens, right? The strikes delayed us, and then when you delay, people's schedules get conflicts, and then you're back at square one. I bear no ill will towards anybody. We just kept getting delayed and delayed. It's like a domino effect. So I had to start over again."
Along with Pedro Pascal, actors such as Renate Reinsve and Brian Tyree Henry were also unfortunately dropped out of the film. However, actor Josh Brolin was then later brought on board to essay the role of Archer Graff, and that made it to the final cut.
Out of all the cast members, it was only actor Austin Abrams who persisted through the whole process and was not replaced. In the film, he portrays the role of Anthony, a displaced addict. Zach Cregger, in the interview, talks about the actor by mentioning:
“He hung tough with me. That’s my dude right there.”
Certainly, it is unfortunate that Pedro Pascal could not continue working in Weapons. But this year itself serves to be a great year for the actor. Some of his recent successful and anticipated releases have been films such as Eddington, Materialists and the freshly released MCU glory The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Along with these films, we also witness Pascal's magic in the series The Last of Us (2023-present).
It was also such a delight to watch Josh Brolin in the trailer for Weapons. Scheduled to release on 8th August 2025, the horror flick follows the plot of how the bizarre disappearance of a group of children in the town of Pennsylvania leads to immense disturbance and chaos.
Its synopsis, as per IMDb, goes as:
"When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance."
Along with Brolin and Abrams, the film stars Julia Garner, Cary Christopher, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong and many others.
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