#Behemoth star Pedro Pascal on the @Variety Awards Circuit Podcast. You spent about two decades taking small roles onstage and on television before “Game of Thrones” changed everything. You were 39. Someone out there is in those forming years, waiting for that moment. What do you wish someone had told you back then? What I would tell anyone is that if you’re waking up every day and trying, and some days that means not doing anything at all, but you have intention behind your pursuit, you’re in love with what you’re pursuing and you’re pursuing it in your own way, you are exactly where you’re supposed to be. Have faith in that. I think it’s a huge mistake if you feel like you need to mold yourself into something that doesn’t feel true to yourself, or meet an expectation that even fractionally feels like some kind of internal betrayal. You’ve got to eat shit, and you’ve got to take a lot of shit. That’s part of it. It’s a huge part of it for me, because it forms character, hopefully in the direction of knowing how to treat other people and protecting the value of generosity, because it comes around. There isn’t any way I would be here were it not for the generosity of others who have been there for me. I owe it to all the people in my life. I wouldn’t know where to begin. It’s a population of people that I owe things to. Listen to the full episode whereever you download podcasts and here: variety.com/2026/film/awards…

This is my new favorite thing to do on the podcast, and of course, #PedroPascal was all for it. The superstar gives us one line that his character, Reed Richards, says in the upcoming and highly anticipated #AvengersDoomsday. I was told you can tell me almost everything about “Avengers” and the Todd Haynes film. So tell me everything. You want me to tell you everything about “Doomsday” and “Secret Wars” together? They are about the Avengers and major events that all of us are a part of. I asked David Harbour, who sat in that very spot, for one line his character says, completely out of context. Give me a line from “Avengers.” I’m trying not to pick the line that’s in the trailer … “It’s good to see you again.” Listen to the full episode wherever you download podcasts and on Variety! variety.com/2026/film/awards… via @Variety

Pedro Pascal and Kieran Culkin's banter on the #Emmys circuit in 2023 was one of the highlights of the year. They're not competing against each other in the #Oscars race this year, but I asked Pascal if he had a message for Culkin. CC'ing his incredible wife Jazz Charton (@jazzchatron) because as Pascal says, he's not going to listen to this. Maybe Jazz can pass the message along. “Come here, Kieran. Let’s cuddle.” Listen to the full episode whereever you download podcasts! variety.com/2026/film/awards… via @variety