Pedro Pascal skips Met Gala for Berlin fan event on May 4
Pedro Pascal spent May 4, 2026 in Berlin with Jon Favreau and Sigourney Weaver instead of attending the Met Gala, putting The Mandalorian and Grogu ahead of a night he is usually expected to circle. The fan event landed with the film opening in just over two weeks, a useful reminder that this Star Wars release is being handled as a priority campaign, not a casual rollout.
Berlin over the Met Gala
Pascal appeared at the Berlin fan event in Grogu green, a wardrobe choice that fit the pitch better than any red-carpet detour. He is a Chanel ambassador, but this stop kept him with the film’s publicity push rather than on the fashion calendar.
Jon Favreau and Sigourney Weaver were with him in Berlin on Monday, giving Disney and Lucasfilm three recognizable faces to front the same message. That matters because The Mandalorian and Grogu is being sold as the first Star Wars movie in seven years and the first television-to-film spinoff in the franchise’s history.
Seven years, one movie
The film also carries the weight of a relatively tight financial bet: it is described as the Star Wars movie with the lowest budget since the relaunch in 2015. That keeps the $80 million opening-weekend projection in a more practical light than the sort of inflated expectations that usually follow a new Star Wars title.
For Pascal, the Berlin appearance was not a one-off obligation. He wore Chanel again at the Paris fan event on May 5, then was photographed in Paris with Weaver on May 6, windbreaker unzipped, as the promotional route moved from one city to the next.
Paris kept the tour moving
May 4 carried an easy branding advantage: Star Wars Day gave the Berlin stop a built-in date stamp, and Pascal used it. The choice also sharpened the contrast with the Met Gala, where his absence left the film’s rollout to do the work of a celebrity appearance on its own.
That is the clean read on the week: the actor spent the moment where the movie needed him most, and the movie needs that attention because it opens in just over two weeks. If the $80 million projection holds, this Berlin-to-Paris run is the kind of restrained, efficient publicity pass that matches the film’s lower-cost profile better than a splashier vanity moment would.
