{
  "id": 11590652,
  "title": "Pedro Pascal Was Surprised Tony Gilroy Made ‘Behemoth!’ “So Intimate And Healing”: “I Thought You Were Gonna Be Mean”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/pedro-pascal-was-surprised-tony-gilroy-made-behemoth-so-intimate-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T02:53:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/pedro-pascal-surprised-tony-gilroy-behemoth-intimate-healing-1237145934/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pedro Pascal has praised Tony Gilroy for creating an intimate and healing drama in their new film, Behemoth!. Before working together, Pascal admitted he thought Gilroy would be \"mean\" but was surprised by the outcome. The film stars Pascal as Alex Serian, a concert cellist turned film scorer, and follows his struggles with his famous family.\n\nThe movie is a romantic mystery that explores Alex's career and upbringing in non-chronological order. According to Variety, Behemoth! is a classical-musician movie and a midlife-crisis movie. The film also stars Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Will Arnett, and Alexa Swinton.\n\nTony Gilroy, known for his work on Jason Bourne and Michael Clayton, said he was inspired by Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni's ability to be a \"passenger\" in a film without being passive. He achieved this with Pedro Pascal's portrayal of Alex Serian, bringing the character to life in a way that balanced passivity and presence.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "Tony Gilroy says he's never written a character like Pedro Pascal's in Behemoth!",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/tony-gilroy-says-hes-never-written-a-character-like-pedro-pascals-in",
        "published": "2026-10-02T19:27:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hits All The Right Notes In Tony Gilroy’s Lyrical Love Letter To The Music Of The Movies – New York Film Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/behemoth-review-pedro-pascal-hits-all-the-right-notes-in-tony-gilroys",
        "published": "2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hints at Soulful Depths, but the Drama Keeps Stalling in Tony Gilroy’s Wan Character Study of a Virtuoso Cellist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/behemoth-review-pedro-pascal-hints-at-soulful-depths-but-the-drama",
        "published": "2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Is a Classical Cellist Skating Through a Midlife Crisis in Tony Gilroy’s Elevated Bauble of a Music Drama",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/behemoth-review-pedro-pascal-is-a-classical-cellist-skating-through-a",
        "published": "2026-10-03T00:00:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Plays a Wayward Cellist in Tony Gilroy’s Movingly Atonal Character Study About How People Conduct Themselves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/behemoth-review-pedro-pascal-plays-a-wayward-cellist-in-tony-gilroys",
        "published": "2026-10-03T00:06:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}