'The Mandalorian 2' star Pedro Pascal wanted to shoot portions without his helmet: reports

Mandalorian series has been hit with a blow as a report from entertainment YouTuber Grace Randolph suggests that series' main le actor Pedro Pascal has left season's production mid-way. Though, re have been no official confirmations about same, Hollywood-scoop leakers have been covering this story on YouTube with keen interest. trailer for second season is being loved by longtime fans of Star Wars fans but it looks like production has hit some turbulence. 

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Mandalorian 2 set issues

Grace Randolph recently took to her YouTube channel named 'Beyond Trailer' and shared some scoop about ongoing set tensions between Pedro Pascal and makers. former Narcos star apparently wished to film major scenes in second season without his helmet on. actor wished to have sequences where he can act without Mandalorian helmet but creative team on show did not like it. 

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actor, who h only one 3-second-long scene without his helmet in first season, was frustrated of being in heavy Mandalorian suit all time and thus became difficult to handle on set. But, things took a sharp turn downhill when Pascal reached out to Lucasfilm, who was alrey interested in making major changes to script. Randolph stated that Lucasfilm is looking to change script of second season in order to focus on standalone episodes rar than having a collective story, which was hinted towards end of first season. 

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Pascal reached out to Lucasfilm did not sit well with makers of show who n asked him to leave project altoger. Pedro n quit filming of second season mid-way and has been disassociated with series since n. If true, Star Wars has yet again fallen into troubled waters after years of criticism, which Mandalorian, to some extent, was able to subside. However, with nature of character of Mandalorian, any actor can pick up mantle of character as far as he is under helmet. 

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