Pedro Pascal has given fans one line from Avengers: Doomsday, and it is a short one. Asked on Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast for a single line his character says, completely out of context, Pascal steered clear of anything already shown. “I’m trying not to pick the line that’s in the trailer,” he said, before offering: “It’s good to see you again.”
Who Reed Richards says that to is anyone’s guess. Pascal plays Mister Fantastic, and he kept the rest of the Marvel talk vague, describing Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars only as movies “about the Avengers and major events that all of us are a part of.” Marvel has already lined up a new Doomsday preview during World Series Game 1, so fans will not have to wait long for more.
Why Marvel Is Harder For Him
Pascal said it is “a lot harder to step into Marvel or a beloved video game” than into an original character like his Behemoth! role. With Marvel or a beloved video game, he explained, you have to be realistic about what fans expect while still protecting the personal take you eventually want to share with them, whether they are new to the story or longtime fans.
Learning The Cello For Behemoth!
Most of the conversation was about Behemoth!, the Searchlight Pictures drama written and directed by Tony Gilroy. Pascal plays Alex Serian, a gifted cellist who comes home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. The film premiered as the centerpiece of the New York Film Festival on October 2 and opens in theaters December 4.
He started preparing before anything was signed. After a lunch with Gilroy in late July 2025, Pascal went straight to lessons with cellists Timothy Loo and Charlie Tyler, and every lunch break and short day during the shoot went to learning the next piece. Cameras rolled around Los Angeles at the end of that October, from Pasadena and Studio City to Malibu and downtown, with a final day in Vienna.
Playing convincingly on screen was another matter. Pascal called it “a highly, highly, highly intense lipsync” and “the hardest thing I’ve ever done.” His real playing has not caught up either. “If you could hear it, you would think I was killing an animal,” he joked.
None of that soured him on the project. Pascal said he loved it more than anything he has gotten to do, and told Variety, “I miss Behemoth! more than I miss anything I’ve ever done.” He also teased his part in Todd Haynes’ De Noche, which he called a sister film to Behemoth! in terms of how special it is to him.
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