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Aug 22, 2024 · Din Djarin and Grogu are veritable juggernauts of Star Wars, and they owe a great deal of their popularity to an unlikely source: John Wayne's grandson. The Wayne family has a long history with the Star Wars movies, as John Wayne's last role was in the original Star Wars. The Duke's grandson, Brendan Wayne, has had a much more prominent role in ...
Nov 22, 2019 · You can watch episode 3, the first in which Brendan Wayne appears, here. George Lucas loved John Wayne, so it's crazy that the late actor's grandson appears in the Disney+ hit 'The Mandalorian', the TV series set in the Star Wars universe.
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Dec 9, 2019 · Brendan Wayne — yup, John Wayne’s grandson — who doubled for star Pedro Pascal on set, explains how he got brought into the highly secretive project, how he helped establish the character...
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- Brendan Wayne Studied to Become An Actor
- Brendan Wayne First Met Jon Favreau on The Set of 'Cowboys and Aliens'
- How Wayne Embodies 'The Mandalorian'
- Brendan Wayne's Appreciation For The 'Star Wars' Universe
Brendan is the son of John Wayne's daughter Toni, and was originally born Daniel Brendan La Cava. Some might think that being born into the bloodline of the greatest American Western icon might cast a daunting shadow, but Wayne decided early on to embrace it. He enrolled in the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts and started to make inroads into ...
Beginning in the early 2000s, Wayne landed many roles in various well-known CBS and FX television shows including the David Boreanaz-led thriller Angel, Sons of Anarchy, Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., CSI, Cold Case, The Mentalist, and S.W.A.T. — but perhaps his greatest achievement was appearing in the remake of his grandfather's film Angel and t...
After Wayne established a working relationship with Favreau, the producer and director of one of our favorite Disney+ shows knew exactly who he wanted to be the man under the Mandalorian armor for some of the more tricky gunslinging scenes that Mando would be involved in. Knowing how handy Wayne was with a pistol after their experience together on ...
Wayne grew up loving the characters that populated George Lucas' Star Wars Universe just as much as any other kid. The prospect of becoming a part of it was not lost on the young man as he related to Vulture: "... my brothers and I had every action figure, but Boba Fett was mine. Just the fact that I got to put [the suit] on was enough because it m...
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Mar 13, 2022 · On 'The Mandalorian,' John Wayne's grandson Brendan Wayne plays 'the gunslinger aspect' of the character Din Djarin.
Feb 21, 2022 · In 'The Mandalorian,' John Wayne's grandson Brendan Wayne is one of Pedro Pascal's body doubles. Pascal plays the show's main character Din Djarin.
May 3, 2023 · While Brendan Wayne said he walked The Duke's walk, quite literally, while playing Mando, he also brought some moves as a classic gunslinger to the role, if only by mere instinct.
