Weapons director had "a whole different cast" for the horror movie before the Hollywood strikes but Pedro Pascal's scheduling conflicts "threw them into turmoil": "I had to recast the entire movie"

Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us season 2 episode 6.

Weapons director Zach Cregger has revealed that he originally had a completely different cast in mind for the film, including man of the hour Pedro Pascal.

"I had a whole different cast for this movie," Cregger told Entertainment Weekly. "And then we had the strike, and then Pedro Pascal's schedule threw us into turmoil. I had to recast the entire movie."