I will never forget the shock and fear that I felt when I stumbled upon a tweet that said The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal had been hospitalized for a back injury. Luckily, that shock and fear was soon replaced by relief and laughter when I continued reading the tweet to find it said the actor’s injury was caused from carrying the Star Wars franchise all on his own.
Now, we could go back and forth on the implications of this joke, but I think most fans agree the title role of creator Jon Favreau’s hit, Disney+ original TV show — whose real name is Din Djarin — is one of the coolest characters to come out of a galaxy far, far away, much credit due to Pascal’s ability to bring a lot of emotion to his performance without showing his face. However, did you know that he is not the only one under that helmet most of the time? We reveal the secret behind that and other behind-the-scenes facts about The Mandalorian, below.
