Pedro Pascal breaks silence on Eddington, Ari Aster’s politically-charged shocker.
Eddington stunned Cannes with a nearly 7-minute standing ovation.
Pedro Pascal says Eddington captures “the terror of a fractured society” post-COVID.
Phoenix plays a crusty sheriff. Pascal? A shady mayor. And it all goes down in a town ready to explode
“I wanted to show what it feels like when no one agrees on reality anymore,” said Ari Aster.
Eddington dives deep into Trump-era paranoia, disinformation, and hyper-individualism.
“I want to be on the right side of history, but this stuff is terrifying to even talk about.”
The Midsommar director warns: democracy may already be broken. And Eddington shows just how.
Asked about a second U.S. civil war, Aster replied: “I don’t speak English!” Nervous laughter followed.
The heart of the film: what happens when broken people meet in a broken system.
Pascal: “Fear is how they win. That’s why we need stories like Eddington.” Goosebumps, anyone?