Pedro Pascal Has a Secret ‘Spider-Verse 2’ Identity CONFIRMED
The latest installment in the Spider-Verse franchise, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), recently swung into theaters, and the film has been all the rage since.
Across the Spider-Verse stars a widely celebrated cast of actors and actresses, including Oscar Isaac, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Jason Schwartzman, Hailee Steinfeld, and Shameik Moore.
Pedro Pascal, despite not having a speaking role in this film, does have a secret cameo, or a secret identity.
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Just to reiterate, Pedro Pascal did not play a part in Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. That being said, a certain Spider-Person may or may not bear a striking resemblance to the heartthrob beneath the mask…or should we say beneath the bandana?
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Web-Slinger is a version of Peter Parker from a wild west universe, in which he’s a web-gun-slinging outlaw instead of a super-hero vigilante.
According to the character’s designer, this version of Peter Parker was modeled, in part, after Pedro Pascal over the original Peter B. Parker model.
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Considering Pedro Pascal’s work as Din Djarin, also known as the titular character from Disney Plus’s original series The Mandalorian, we can totally see why the wild west cowboy version of Peter Parker would bear a resemblance.
Although audiences never see the face beneath Web-Slinger’s mask, it’s a neat little easter egg to know that this version of Peter Parker was modeled after Pedro Pascal.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swung into theaters on June 2 and is currently only available in theaters.