Pedro Pascal appears as a passionate cellist in what has been described as his first true leading film role.
The Last of Us actor, 51, stars in the upcoming feature film Behemoth! as Alex Serian, a gifted, classically trained musician who returns home to Los Angeles and the world of film scoring after travelling the world playing music.
Pascal stars alongside Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, and Will Arnett in the upcoming drama directed by The Bourne Legacy and Michael Clayton filmmaker Tony Gilroy.
The newly released trailer shows Pascal as he passionately plays the cello before someone says to him: “Heard a rumour that you are back.”
Pascal can be seen looking shocked as he sees Arnett’s character arguing with a woman in his house before the pair sit opposite one another.
“What are you doing here?” Arnett asks.
The trailer also shows Wilde standing out in the snow in a satin green dress before cutting to a number of scenes of Pascal playing his cello, throwing ashes in the sea, running through a tree-lined garden, and racing down a set of stairs in a black tuxedo.
“There’s a mystic level of irony here that I need to share with you. And it all starts with you,” Arnett says to Pascal.
Pascal described the film to Vanity Fair as a “love letter to music” with the Chilean-American actor appearing on the poster playing the cello with the tagline: “A life. In Pieces. Behemoth!”
The role was originally set for Frankenstein star Oscar Isaac.
However, he reportedly had to drop out in August last year, with Pascal recast as the lead.
Gilroy told Vanity Fair: “He’s (Pascal) taking centre stage for the first time in his whole career. It’s his adventure. It’s his moment.
“It’s really time for the audience to see how right they were to invest in him as a movie star.”
Behemoth! is Gilroy’s first directorial feature since 2012’s The Bourne Legacy.
Pascal’s film credits include 2025’s Materialists, alongside Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans, as well as The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Gladiator II, and, more recently, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.
He is also known for starring in the series The Last of Us, Game of Thrones, and Narcos.
An Irish release date for Behemoth! has yet to be announced.
Source: Press Association