Pedro Pascal Took Cello Lessons for a Film That Hadn't Been Greenlit
Pedro Pascal's own verdict on his cello playing is blunt: “If you could hear it, you would think I was killing an animal.”
He had been at it for more than a year, having started lessons for a movie that had not been greenlit yet.
That movie is Behemoth!, and Variety reports Pascal first had lunch with Tony Gilroy in late July 2025 about taking on the lead role in Gilroy's latest film.
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Take
“A highly intense lip sync” is a wonderfully unromantic way to describe months of practice: the illusion was the work, and by his account the work was the hardest thing he had ever done.
Pushback
The lip sync is the funniest detail, but the bet made before the greenlight is the real one — lessons for a film that might never have been made.