Umbrella Academy Actor David Castaneda revealed that one of Diego’s original superpowers was cut from the final season of this Netflix series.

Fans know that Diego’s main ability is to manipulate the trajectory of objects, and that he is particularly skilled with knives, his weapon of choice.

In addition, he has another ability in the original comics: he can hold his breath indefinitely. However, this ability was never integrated into the series.

(Cast, characters and actors of the 4th season of Umbrella Academy (photos))

David Castaneda reveals Diego’s superpowers

During an exclusive interview with Russ Milheim of The Direct, Umbrella Academy Actor David Castaneda, who plays Diego Hargreeves, revealed that his character’s original underwater breathing almost made it into the fourth season.

When asked if he was sad not to have explored Diego’s underwater breathing abilities in the series, the actor replied that he was “not sad.”

The actor revealed that these powers almost made it into the final season during the Baby Shark scene in Season 4, Episode 2, but that part was cut from the final cut:

“One thing that was cut out of that scene was that everyone gets new powers and Diego discovers during the car ride that he can hold his breath longer than anyone else. So that whole part was cut out of the scene. So you see that he can hold his breath for about three hours compared to everyone else. And that was cut out. And I think that made sense because it’s just funnier. It was a lot funnier that way.”

The Baby Shark scene in question occurs not long after he is secretly given Marigold, and the entire Hargreeves clan begins to get sick as they all cram into that one van.

Castaneda described the scene of the family in the van as “prime umbrella,” and explains how great it is to film with the entire cast:

“It was pure Umbrella, all together in a hot car, and we were dealing with each other. Because that’s the thing about working with such talented actors, but also about production and sound: everyone behind the camera knows what they’re getting into, and that’s especially true in those scenes where we have to talk over each other to create the feeling that we’re on a road trip. We’re a family and we’re breathing down each other’s necks. And since it was winter, it was super cold when we shot those scenes.”

Castaneda told how he learned “Really trust in the dynamics” between him and his colleagues while working on the show, something that is necessary to “Capturing magic on screen:”

“But yeah, that’s one thing I learned working with all of them. If you trust the dynamic, you’ll capture magic on screen. That’s kind of what we got when everyone was kind of talking over each other, like with the pee bottle, the kombucha and the ‘baby shark,’ you know, and the vomiting, it was just so good.”

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Was it a mistake to cut Diego’s superpower from the Umbrella Academy in season 4?

It is sad that Diego’s underwater powers never made it into Umbrella Academyand maybe it’s somehow sadder that it almost happened, there didn’t seem to be much room for the ability to play a significant role in the plot. Her presence or absence wouldn’t have mattered other than a fun Easter egg.

At least Diego gets a fun power-up for season 5, which brings the character (at least on a visual level) even closer to the power of Marvel’s Magneto.

And he’s not alone. Everyone gets small new improvements and perks across the board. However, this happened quite randomly, the best example being Lila’s laser eyes.

Ultimately, however, many fans might argue that it’s not the powers that be in the series that really matter, but the family at its core. There are probably many others who would disagree with that stance.

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