Pablo Schreiber Says He Sort Of Kissed Shabana Azmi's Feet After They Wrapped Halo

Pablo Schreiber is headlining the upcoming series Halo, based on the hit video game of the same title. During the virtual chat, the actor opened up about the backlash over the decision to have the Master Chief remove his helmet for the show — in the game, the Master Chief hasn’t removed his helmet — the heavyweight costume, working with Shabana Azmi and Steven Spielberg, and his future projects. We knew we weren’t going to please everybody in one fell swoop but making sure the universe felt familiar and at the same time fresh and could bring in people who are new to the Halo universe and capture their interest but still doing great service to the people who’ve been following it for the past 20 years. You never quite knew exactly what time they were going to need you on sets so when I would show up in the morning, there’s obviously hair and make-up first then we’d have about half an hour to get into the under armor elements of the costumes and then they’d need about 45 minutes to put all the exterior on when we were close to shooting. Her interactions with Dr Catherine Halsey are crucial to the political intrigue of the show and the behind-the-scenes so Shabana was coming in and out, she was travelling from India to work with us when it was her time so unfortunately, we didn’t get enough time offsets but I know she’s in LA next week for the premiere and I’m really excited to see her because she is a real treasure for me.