
Pascal told Insider he joined the project because of Almodóvar. "This is a queer western in the sense that there are two men, and they love each other, and they behave in that situation in an opposite way," Almodóvar revealed during an episode of the podcast "Dua Lipa: At Your Service" in early December. Jake tells Silva there's more to their reunion than simply revisiting their friendship. Debuting at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Pascal plays Silva, who visits his longtime friend Sheriff Jake (Hawke) after 25 years apart. There's also "Strange Way of Life," a 30-minute queer western, directed by Pedro Almodóvar and costarring Ethan Hawke. Pedro Pascal at "The Last of Us" premiere in Los Angeles in January. Upcoming projects include an HBO limited series entitled "My Dentist's Murder Trial," which is based on a 2017 New Yorker article costars David Harbour.

Even his heavily caffeinated Starbucks order has been widely dissected.īut while Pascal has embraced his fame, admitting as much in February on "The Graham Norton Show," the actor remains passionate about his work.

He hosted his first episode of "Saturday Night Live" in early February, earning rave reviews. While "The Mandalorian" elevated Pascal's status in the cultural zeitgeist, it's "The Last of Us" that catapulted the actor to a stratospheric level of stardom and virality. Pascal, in the meantime, is enjoying the fruit of his labors.
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It's unclear when "The Last of Us" season two will eventually air, but Pascal and Ramsey will reprise their roles, with showrunner Craig Mazin teasing that the second season, which will move shooting locations to Vancouver, "won't be exactly like the game." "There was snow everywhere, and we were on the side of a mountain, and it was really cold, and there was a trek through the snow, and there were three or four house-size wind machines. "There was a day of shooting, and we were out in the elements," Pascal said in the documentary. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
