5 Things You Didn’t Know About The Mandalorian Pedro Pascal
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Pedro Pascal is one of the hottest topics on social media right now. Whether you’re watching him on Sunday in HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us, preparing for March 1st’s release of The Mandalorian Season 3, or watching the “daddy Pedro” edits, you are definitely seeing the actor on a somewhat regular basis. While some fans know that Pedro has been acting since the 90s, many of us weren’t introduced to him until 2014 when he joined Game of Thrones as Oberyn Martell. Let's get to know Pedro Pascal a little bit better as we take a look at 5 things you didn’t know about the actor!
5. Early Roles
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If you weren’t a fan of HBO’s Game of Thrones, then you may not have been introduced to Pedro Pascal until The Mandalorian hit Disney+ in 2019. Many also remember him as Javier Peña in Netflix’s Narcos. However, it may come as a surprise to learn that Pedro had a small role on one of the most popular television shows of the 90s, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Pedro played Eddie, a short-lived friend to Buffy.
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4. Competitive Swimming
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Pedro was a competitive swimmer as a child but left the competition behind to take drama and acting classes. He told Vanity Fair that he didn’t feel like a quitter but would never go back to the sport because he is “too lazy.”
3. The Last Of Us? Never Heard Of It.
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The actor is currently starring as Joel Miller in HBO’s adaptation of the immensely popular 2013 video game. Although fans agree that Pedro makes the perfect Joel, the actor has revealed that before being cast he had never heard of or played the video game. After his casting, he attempted to play the game but apparently wasn’t very good at it.
2. Who Is Pedro Balmaceda?
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When looking at his IMDb page, fans may notice that all of his acting credits prior to 2005 list his last name as Balmaceda, not Pascal. According to the actor, his mother was always his biggest cheerleader, so after her death, he chose to use her last name Pascal instead of his father’s as a way to honor her and all of her support.
1. Daddy Pedro
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If you have spent any time on TikTok then you have seen at least one of the “daddy Pedro” edits. It turns out that the actor not only knows about the edits and fan accounts, but he also LOVES them! He told Vanity Fair that when he is feeling down he will look at fan accounts or search for his name on Twitter. When he hosted Saturday Night Live on February 4 of this year, they even did a skit about the edits. According to the actor, he wants to be “the daddiest of all the daddies.”
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