Update pytensor/scalar/basic.py

Co-authored-by: Ricardo Vieira <[email protected]>

Author: ferrine

pytensor/scalar/basic.py

@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ def _cast_scalar(x, dtype):
         if hasattr(x, "astype"):
             return x.astype(dtype)
         else:
-            return x
+            return getattr(np, dtype)(x)
 
     def perform(self, node, inputs, output_storage):
         if self.nout == 1: