5. Pedro Pascal as…Javi Gutierrez in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Speaking of Pedro Pascal having fun, what’s more fun than portraying a billionaire playboy who gets to pal around with Nicolas Cage? That’s what happens in 2022’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a movie that makes it clear that Pascal has broken through. If he’s gettin top billing alongside a Hollywood veteran like Cage, he can go as far as he wants. And knowing how hard he works, he probably will.
The movie also shows off Pascal’s comedic chops. He plays a super-rich arms dealer who is also a Nicolas Cage superfan. He gets to party with his idol when he invites Cage down to his palatial mansion for his birthday. In this version of reality, Nicolas Cage is a washed up version of himself who needs the money, so he takes the gig.
The focus is on the funny, and Pascal delivers. There are also some fun action scenes as Cage is recruited by the authorities to try and bring Javi down, but neither man can bring himself to fight the other. So there’s a bromance angle in there too.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a wacky lark of a movie that will leave you asking ‘What did I just even see?’ And that’s a good thing.
Okay, that’s enough movies. As cool as it is to see Pascal on the big screen, he’s made his biggest mark on TV, where he’s a burning bright superstar: