Pedro Pascal has shown his face three times on The Mandalorian. Once, briefly, in season one; twice, more extensively, in season two; and then not at all in season three. It begs the question, is Pascal even in the suit?

In the most recent Actors Roundtable video put out by The Hollywood Reporter, Pascal basically said he’s not in Din Djarin’s armor much anymore. I find this fascinating.

“There was an extended amount of experimentation, being in the suit for a lot of it, and frankly, my body wasn’t up for the task as far as, like, the four months of it. But I was in it,” Pascal said. “I was in it a significant amount, an elastic amount (he pretends to tug at his neck, where the suit would chafe). But now we’ve figured it out, which is super cool, and amazingly, it gave me the opportunity to be able to go and do something else.”

I’m glad he went on the promote the actors and stunt doubles who are actually wearing the suit. Still, it’s a shame we had to go through this, frankly, dumb idea of a certain sect of Mandalorians who never remove their helmet so Pascal would be able to do other work.

I’m sure it will help Dave Filoni’s movie when he has pull all the TV show actors into a more cinematic space and can use Pascal’s star power to promote it.