Pedro Pascal breaks down during Star Wars’ Mandalorian and Grogu event at CCXP in Mexico. The 51-year-old actor joined director Jon Favreau onstage on Sunday, April 26, ahead of Disney releasing their film on May 22. Additionally, the Star Wars film also stars Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White. Notably, it marks the first theatrical release for the franchise’s movie feature since 2019.
Pedro Pascal gets emotional at CCXP Mexico
Pedro Pascal couldn’t control his tears during Star Wars’ Mandalorian and Grogu event at CCXP in Mexico. The Hollywood Reporter’s senior reporter Ryan Gajewski shared a video of the actor unable to hold back his tears as the crowd chanted his name.
The Materialists’ star sported a Mexico men’s World Cup 2026 soccer jersey for the event. Notably, Pascal played the role of Din Djarin, the titular character in The Mandalorian. He reprised his role in the film, Mandalorian and Grogu, based on the series. The actor explained it was important for him to do justice to the character yet again in the film version.
Pascal explained, “As soon as I saw this, I knew that it would be a new authorship of a streaming experience. But I always had a dream in my heart that it would be on a big screen because that’s how I was developed as a child. I went to the movie theater so much with my family, and I saw the Star Wars movies on the big screen” (via The Hollywood Reporter).
The Chilean-born actor spoke some Spanish and grew visibly emotional and paused to push back tears. The crowd began chanting Pascal’s name in a bid to cheer him. He spoke some more in Spanish and blew a kiss in the audience’s direction.
In other news, acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook has recruited Pascal for his Western thriller genre debut, The Brigands of Rattlecreek. The Uninvited star will act alongside Hollywood actors Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Chinese actress Tang Wei. The script is penned by S. Craig Zahler and marks Park’s next directorial venture after the critically acclaimed No Other Choice (via Deadline).
Originally reported by Anwaya Mane on Mandatory.
