-My next guest is a terrific actor
who you know from "Game of Thrones," "Narcos,"
and he stars in "The Mandalorian."
He's unbelievable in "The Mandalorian."
Well, you can also see him in "Wonder Woman 1984,"
which will be in select theaters and IMAX Christmas Day,
and it will also be available on the same day on HBO Max.
Here is Pedro Pascal!
Yeah, look at you, buddy.
It's always great to see you.
Thank you so much for being here.
-Look at you, man. I love your hair.
-You like it? -Yeah. I like the relaxed...
-It's kind of out of control and you don't know
where it's going to go. -...all alone
in the studio look. I like it a lot.
-Hey, "Wonder Woman 1984" comes out next week,
and tomorrow is the season finale of "The Mandalorian."
This is a pretty amazing time to be you right now
in this crazy time and this crazy world,
but I just want to thank you for all the content
and the stuff you have us look forward to.
It's really helpful for us.
-Well, yeah. I mean, as you say it, it makes me sweat.
-Nah, no pressure. No pressure.
Although, I'm assuming you're getting phone calls like crazy
about like "Hey, can you hook me up with a Baby Yoda doll?
Can you get me a Baby Yoda?"
-I'm totally way ahead of it.
-You knew it was going to happen.
-I've been my friends', all the ones with kids anyway,
my friends' favorite person for a while.
Not that I get much, to be honest with you.
I stole a little Lego piece from the very first
kind of Mandalorian Star Wars toy experience that I had,
and I was like, "Oh, dude I'm going to take this,
literally this size Lego.
I'm just putting it my pocket and I'll take it with me.
And I got a call." -Oh, they knew?
-Oh, yeah. -Wow!
How are you with keeping secrets?
How do you keep Baby Yoda a secret
to the whole entire world?
-That was the first time that I kept a secret
and I didn't even tell my -- like, I told no one.
You know, Kristen Wiig was on your show just a little bit ago.
-Yep. She was talking about how good
she follows the rules. -Yeah. She didn't tell anyone.
She didn't mention -- not allowed to really
talk about it now even. -Yeah.
Well, so she had this like cocktail thing,
get-together thing in London
before we started shooting officially. You know?
And, you know, for everyone
to kind of meet and chat and get together.
And I met two of her very close friends.
And they were asking what I was doing in the movie.
And I was like, "Oh, and I --,"
I was like, "Well, you know, and this guy, and --
who sort of is alongside -- Kristen.
I'm sure Kristen has told you everything.
They're like, "No, no, no." She says she's not allowed
to talk about it." And these are like two of her best friends."
-Yeah. She takes it seriously.
-I literally told
the entire plot to my Uber driver
on the way to that -- to those cocktails.
He was like, "So what are you doing in London?"
I was like "Oh, I'm shooting a movie."
They're like, "What's the movie?"
I was like, "It's a big movie, you know, it's 'Wonder Woman.'"
And he was like, "What's the character?"
And I was like, "Oh, well I got to start
from the beginning here, so --" -Oh, my gosh.
-This is what he does. -Oh, my gosh.
-This is what happens. -Oh, my gosh.
-Anyway, I was like, you know, he doesn't care
or he's not going to believe me. So --
-He kept your secret, man. Did you ever see him again?
-I realized once Kristen was, like, not telling her,
you know, she wasn't telling her fiancé at the time.
She wasn't telling anybody. -I've seen the movie.
She still wouldn't tell me what she did in the movie.
I know everything. She was like,
"Yeah. Yeah. I'm so close. Why ruin it now?"
Like, I don't care. I'm totally fine with you.
-Well, I'm here to ruin it. What do you want to know?
-[ Chuckles ] No, I won't let you do that.
How did you get cast in the movie?
Did you know Patty before this, or --
-Yeah. I had met Patty. I worked with her on a pilot
that never saw the light of day.
And this was a role that had a very kind of small part
in the pilot actually, so I just got to work with her
for a couple days, but was an incredible fan of hers.
Like, I'd seen "Monster" and everything she had done
on TV, and so I actually got a call from the movie's producer
Chuck Roven who I was working with on something at the time,
and he said that Patty wanted to talk to me about a role
in "Wonder Woman," and I talked with her and had this
incredible conversation with her on Skype.
And she described this really, really cool character.
But I didn't have a script.
And I also just wasn't really registering
that she wanted me to play the part.
I didn't see how that would be possible without, you know,
killing myself trying to get it, really.
Because, I mean, I've done much more for a guest spot
on, like, "Law & Order" you know?
Criminal intent. You know what I'm saying?
-That's the secret for any actor out there.
-Three callbacks for it. -Wow.
Yeah, isn't that amazing, right? -Yeah.
-So then I had to fly to London to go and have
like a, you know -- I had the part.
And they were just asking me to go to London to do fittings
and to sit down with Patty and to talk about it
and everything like that. I still didn't have a script.
And I wasn't asking -- I wasn't asking for anything.
You understand what I'm saying? -Yeah, yeah.
-I was just like, "Let me be a part of this."
I got to read the script leaving London.
I read it on the plane. You know?
And I didn't -- you know, it could have been, you know --
It could have been a piece of furniture and I would have
said yes to it.
I kept on seeing his name on the pages and I was like,
"I can't believe this."
-You gave it to your Uber driver like,
"What do you think about this?" [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. The flight attendant.
Do you think I should -- Did I do the right thing?
-You got any notes for this?
I don't know. I could read it over the loud speaker
if you want me to. -[ Laughs ]
-I want to show everyone a clip from the movie.
Here is Pedro Pascal in "Wonder Woman 1984."
Take a look.
♪♪
-Well, aren't you resourceful? -Come with me.
-No, I don't think so. Remove this woman, please...
permanently.
-[ Grunting ] [ Gunfire ]
Aah!
-[ Grunting ]
[ Both grunt, groan ]
-Are you okay? -I don't know.
♪♪
[ Grunts ]
♪♪
-Pedro Pascal, "Wonder Woman 1984"
will be in select theaters and IMAX Christmas Day
and available the same day on HBO Max.
Thank you so much for being here as always, buddy.
it's always good to see you.
You keep crushing it on everything.
Oh, my gosh. "Wonder Woman," "Mandalorian."
Come on. Happy holidays to you, bud.