Nestor Carbonell wins the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his turn as the Spanish pilot Vascos Rodrigues in FX’s BC-filmed Shōgun series.
Or as John Blackthorne called him: “You black-eyed son of a sh*t-fested wh**e”.
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Update: Shōgun, nominated for 25 Emmys, takes home 14 trophies at tonight’s Creative Awards ceremony: Outstanding Guest Actor (Nestor Carbonell), Outstanding Cinematography (Sam McCurdy), Outstanding Picture Editing, Outstanding Production Design for a Period Program ( Helen Jarvis), Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series (Laura Schiff, Carrie Audino, Kei Kawamura, Maureen Webb, Colleen Bolton), Outstanding Stunt Performance, Outstanding Period Costumes, Outstanding Period Makeup, Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, Outstanding Hairstyling, Outstanding Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Main Title Design, Outstanding Sound Editing and Outstanding Sound Mixing.
The main Emmy ceremony airs next Sunday, September 15th.
Nestor Carbonell on his Emmy-winning Shōgun role.
It was so much fun to dive into this crazy character [Vascos Rodrigues]. This nut job Spanish pilot who was hired by the Portuguese to travel and do business in Japan and he stayed. — Nestor Carbonell to the official Shogun podcast.
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The two pilots from warring nations met when Lord Toranaga summoned the shipwrecked prisonerJohn Blackthorne to Osaka and Rodrigues had to transport him.
Minaty Bay on the Sea to Sky Highway in BC. played the fishing village of Ajiro.
At sea, Rodrigues let the still-tied-up Blackthorne pilot the ship.
When a storm washed Rodrigues overboard, Blackthorne insisted he was too valuable not to be rescued..
The rescue of Rodrigues.
Filmed in West Vancouver’s Whytecliff Park.
Rodrigues on the rocks.
Nestor Carbonell did his drowning stunts in a giant warm-water wave pool not the actual cold surf pictured.
Then I [almost] drown. . . .in this massive [wave] pool outside with these rock formations……pretty warm water….felt like a child..,,felt like I was on a Disney ride. — Nestor Carbonell to the official Shogun podcast.
Nestor Carbonell explains Rodrigues’s fascination with Blackthorne:
He’s mesmorized by this guy …sees a young version himself in him ..but he also …hates him because he knows what he stands for. He stands for Protestantism. And when he reads his [logs} about what he’s actually done ….murdering Catholics in Manila…and yet [Blackthorne] saves his life and that does come into play when he has a chance to save Blackthorne at the end of episode 3..
Rodrigues repaid his debt to Blackthorne by letting him survive an ambush by Japanese Catholics during Lord Toranaga’s escape from Osaka Castle.
Blackthorne piloted Lord Toranaga’s galley alongside the Portuguese Black Ship piloted by Rodrigues.
The ships that we got to steer were just massive. Even the green screens were 100 feet tall. I think they were the biggest in the world. …in. order for us to be able to shoot with these massive ships that were also moving …. they were all motorized but they were on land, on tracks. It was extraordinary to shoot. — Nestor Carbonell to the official Shogun podcast.
The Black Ship set built in Port Moody.
Boat race with blue screens.
Shōgun:
BC filming dates:: September 22 2021 – June 30 2022.
Episodes: 10.
Created by: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks.
Showrunners: Justin Marks.
Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai,.Tadanobu Asano, Fumi Nikaido, Tokuma Nishioka, Takehiro Hira, Ako, Shinnosuke Abe, Yasunari Takeshima, Hiroto Kanai, Toshi Toda, Hiro Kanagawa, Nestor Carbonell, Yuki Kura, Tommy Bastow, Moeka Hoshi, Yoriko Doguchi, Yuka Kouri
Cosmo Jarvis as Pilot Major John Blackthorne, Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Yoshi Toranaga, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko, Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabu, Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba No Kata, Tokuma Nishioka as Toda Hiromatsu, Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari, Ako as Daiyoin Lady Iyo, Shinnosuke Abe as Toda Buntaro, Yasunari Takeshima as Mura, Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi, Toshi Toda as Sugiyama, Hiro Kanagawa as Igurashi, Néstor Carbonell as Vasco Rodrigues, Yuki Kura as Yoshi Nagakado, Tommy Bastow as Father Martin Alvito, Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji, Yoriko Dōguchi as Kiri No Kata, Yuka Kouri as Kiku, Yuki Kedoin as Takemaru, Mako Fujimoto as Shizu No Kata.
Producers: Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Michael De Luca, James Clavell’s daughter Michaela Clavell, Tim Van Patten, Hiroyuki Sanada.