Pedro Pascal lauds Baby Yoda as a "cooperative” scene partner as he sweats it out on Hot Ones
As he battled hot sauces alongside host Sean Evans, The Mandalorian star gushed over his cooing co-star, who he described as a regular scene stealer
Anyone who spent time practicing kissing on a pillow as a pre-teen knows: there’s a difference between sharing an emotionally charged moment with a real person and a stand-in. But The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal faces a different struggle in acting opposite the cooing, toddling Grogu, colloquially known as “Baby Yoda:” attempting to thwart the apparently tear-jerking puppet from stealing every intense scene right out from under him.
While sharing the hottest of hot wings alongside Hot Ones host Sean Evans on Thursday morning, Pascal offered some insight into working with the two different puppets (and puppeteers) who bring Baby Yoda to life on set.
“There’s two [Grogu’s],” Pascal says. “One is remote, and you can carry him around, and his head will move around, ears, turn toward you as you’re holding him and stuff like that, and kind of be alive. And then, for a good close-up, he’s connected to you know… The Pentagon. It’s like these wires. That’s where you get the really detailed eyebrow movements and eyeballs kind of moving around and he’s a very cooperative and fulfilling scene partner, acting partner. It’s pretty crazy.”