Pedro Pascal makes his Oscar case with a cello.
\n\n“Behemoth!,” Tony Gilroy’s first feature as a director since “The Bourne Legacy” in 2012, world-premiered on Friday night at Alice Tully Hall as the centerpiece selection of the New York Film Festival. Pascal plays Alex Serian, a former child prodigy from a family of Los Angeles studio musicians who returns home after 20 years on tour to record Hollywood film scores.
\n\nPascal offers a beautiful, internalized performance that ranks among his best work on film. More than that, it’s the first time a director has built a movie on the merit of what happens across Pascal’s face when nobody is talking.
\n\nPascal did not get his fame from the movies. He was almost 40 when his “Game of Thrones” character Oberyn Martell became one of the most beloved — and most egregiously short-lived — characters In TV history. Then came more series work on “Narcos,” “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us.” On that ascent, Pascal became an internet boyfriend (“Daddy,” as many have called him). You can’t blame me for worrying about audiences focusing on his depth and talent amid the thirst.
\n\nIt is, perhaps, why his scene-stealing performance in…
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