Halo Star Pablo Schreiber Says The Mandalorian's Helmeted Hero Isn't A Threat
Master Chief is the imposing, physically formidable protagonist of the Halo games, a figure of few words who can act as a cipher for the player. Adapting such a figure from the player-directed world of video games into the medium of movies and TV proved an exceptional challenge.
Hollywood took an interest in adapting the game series into something suited to the big screen, but it hit multiple stumbling blocks, and even changed medium as it went from a movie project to a TV show. Further evidence of the difficulty, the upcoming Halo series has had three showrunners, including Kyle Killen and Steven Kane before settling on the current helmsman David Weiner. But the man hired to play Master Chief stayed constant throughout this process, and that's Canadian actor Pablo Schreiber.
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You might have caught Schreiber in American Gods as Mad Sweeney, or in Orange Is The New Black as George 'Pornstache' Mendez, but his face will soon be seen in the upcoming Paramount+ Halo series – or, rather, rarely seen.
The 43-year-old, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, said that approaching the character of Master Chief represented a departure from his previous roles, describing it as a "very tight box" and the challenge of "trying to find the sweet spot of restraint and figure out this guy's inner life".
Halo's first season will feature nine episodes, and has already been greenlit for a second season, but audiences may have already seen a helmeted hero in the form of Disney's The Mandalorian, which features a character who also rarely takes off his helmet and whose face the audience sees only a couple of times.
Schreiber pointed out that the popularity of the Star Wars
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