But according to Gilroy, their collaboration on the film almost didn't happen, thanks to an alleged missed connection at a Star Wars event.“We went t
But according to Gilroy, their collaboration on the film almost didn’t happen, thanks to an alleged missed connection at a Star Wars event.
“We went to a Star Wars convention in Tokyo where we took Andor,” recalled Gilroy. “There was this big Disney dinner so all the Star Wars people are there and [Pascal] was kind of busy and flighty.”
“I had the flu! I flew from London to Tokyo!” Pascal countered.
Gilroy continued: “He seemed like he was so hip that he didn’t come to the dinner. I thought, ‘Oh he’s got such a great thing going on he’s going to some better party; he’s not going to a boring dinner.’”
As the audience laughed, Pascal was quick to set the record straight: “I cannot believe that you thought that I ditched that dinner. I was doing re-shoots of Fantastic Four!” he said. “They flew me to Tokyo that night and flew me back and I was on a set. [Turns toward the audience] Can you believe this?”
“Oh my God. I’m calling Kathy Kennedy [the President of Lucasfilm] right away,” Gilroy joked.
Luckily, the moviemaking stars (and schedules) aligned and the pair was able to make their personal, moving film with Pascal serving as Gilroy’s “exclamation point. He has all the sadness and all the covering that this character needs to have and the nomadic life.”
