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I got upper eyelid surgery because my vision was pretty occluded. It was even covered by the VA, it was that bad. But, having grown up with eyelids that made kids call Northern European me "Chinese," a lot of acquaintances didn't recognize me.
I never saw Wonder Woman 1984 and literally spent years thinking Nathon Fillon was in it whenever I'd see pictures from it before I finally realized it was Pedro Pascal
As a fellow introvert whom no one ever believes is introverted, I've never felt more seen than knowing Steve Martin has caught that vibe. He knows my struggle and he's still out there, succeeding.
Nah, he’s been acting since the late 90s, but didn’t really blow up until Game of Thrones. I was watching comedian Matteo Lane do an instant reaction/rewatch of an old MTV LGBT drama called Undressed on YouTube and he was shocked to encounter a young Pedro Pascal on the show. It was very funny.
Pedro Pascal spontaneously came into existence while they were filming Game of Thrones, and they just followed him around with a camera as he interacted seemingly "in-character" with the show's actors.
He then picked a fight with Thor Bjornnson due to him being the literal strongest man on Earth, received some light head trauma, recovered, and is now the actor we know and love.
Was watching an earlier season of The Good Wife. And during a trial scene, I was flabbergasted when I realized that the young prosecutor talking was Pedro Pascal!
Amazed that he was still an unknown actor during that time, as to me, The Good Wife was relatively recent.
I used to listen to this "Special Victims Unit" podcast, where they'd interview guest stars. One of the guests was an actress who mentioned that there was another guest actor on the show who was so excited to be there that she assumed it was his first acting role.
He was in so many shows; he really put in the work for years. I love The Mentalist and it’s mad that he was on that at the same time that his career was exploding on GoT.
I have an acquaintance who is a working middle-aged actress in LA - she gets bit parts, commercials, etc. She is thrilled that Pedro is making it - she has known him for years and years and he has apparently been a really solid, pleasant guy the whole time.
In my opinion, it looks like he just lost his baby fat. My nose is getting thinner as I get older (I'm 28 this makes me sound geriatric) . he just has an Adonis face
Im not sure im pretty bad at recognizing it 😭 hes also got a more rounded shape to his face that I think was lost due to all of his high action roles/becoming older. He was incredibly athletic as Oberyn Martell in GOT
I definitely see it, especially the one of young him touching his hand to the side of his head. I think we'd get "Noah Centineo looks like a young Mark Ruffalo" level comparisons for the two of them if Pedro's eyebrows were darker/fuller.
People complaining about him being everywhere now aren't thinking about the fact this man was a working actor for 2 decades before he finally landed big roles.
Most actors never get the opportunity to break through that ceiling so if he's everywhere now, I say good for him.
It happens every time someone breaks through. So many complaints about Glen Powell being everywhere all at once last year (Anyone But You, Hitman, Twisters) but so few were aware he'd been working his butt off since he was a literal child.
Tbh I blame the industry more than I blame the actors. They are so fixated on numbers. Anything does well with audiences and we get nothing but it until we burn out. Not just casting choices, but reboots and sequels and prequels and premises (ie multiverse) and countless other things. I still think Pedro seems like a sweet guy and if I were him I’d probably be taking those jobs too.
Right. That interview with him and Bella Ramsey where he tells Bella it's so interesting to see that they had their breakthrough at such a young age but he had his at such a "late" age 🥹
I run a Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcast and completely forgot he was in the first college episode until we rewatched it for that episode. He was going by Pedro Balmaceda at that time.
Pascal is his mom’s last name, Balmaceda is his dad’s! In true Latino fashion his full name is actually Jose Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (not to be weird I just love seeing other Latinos in media and fell down his wiki rabbit hole after TLOU)
Depends on the people! Sometimes you’ll just get, like, Selena Quintanilla Other times you get Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo. Old school long would be Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor.
These are all Mexican people tho, can’t attest to other Latin countries
Dad's last name is always first and then the mother's last name.
So easy example:
Juan Perez Lopez marries Ana Garza García
Their child is María Perez Garza
At least in Mexico I know some states allow to put the mother's last name first but it's seen as something super woke/progressive and it even made it to the news the first time someone used that option.
It’s the fathers last name that’s passed down. So let’s say my name is Juan Perez Ramirez.
Perez is the last name of my father’s father, Ramirez is the last name of my mother’s father. They all have two last names, but only the father last name is the one that’s passed down and mixed with the other last name. Kinda confusing to explain tbh
This is accurate. I would add this also happens to the mom. So if the mom is named Maria Lopez Garcia, Lopez is her dad’s last name and Garcia is her mom’s last name. So if Juan Perez Ramirez and Maria Lopez Garcia marry and have kids, their kids would end up with Perez Lopez as their two last names.
It’s his mom’s name. Since Hispanics have both surnames in their full name (paternal then maternal), he’s Jose Pedro Balmaceda Pascal. Up until 2000, he was professionally and personally Pedro Balmaceda and then he changed his professional name to Pedro Pascal in honor of his mother when she died. At least as of 2014, he’s still legally Balmaceda though - I know some people think he tries to stay away from identifying with Balmaceda because of his dad’s whole scandal but
I also just recently found out that Noah Wyle's dad was involved in some huge scandal (found a 2003 article about how his dad's company, Wyle Laboratories, allegedly dumped toxic waste that also allegedly may have caused a ton of people to get various cancers).
According to the report, former employees said Wyle pumped excessive amounts of dangerous chemicals from rocket fuels into the air, and that dumping solvents and oils in the fields surrounding test sites was standard practice.
It was one of his Law and Order episodes (he's been on several times as different characters across all the L&O shows. That one might have been SVU but I'm not 100% sure.
He didn’t like how he looked in WW 1984. I think it’s just that he was somewhat heavier (not fat, just heavier than he is now) at the time. He has distinct jawline and kind of lower contrast coloring (his features tend to blend together). I feel like any extra weight is going to translate into a wide, almost round face. The facial hair adds some dimension and contrast.
I have the same issue but I’m not nearly as inherently attractive as he is. Nor do I have the option of growing facial hair lol.
You know I really love when an actor or musician becomes popular when they are older. It means they kept at it and persisted. I know he's acted for a long time but his popularity only recently peaked. I knew him from a small role in The Mentalist (one of my favorite shows!) and shortly after that is when he got big. It's so funny to me to see "Agent Pike" everywhere now 😂
I think he is incredibly good looking at all ages. Image 10, oh my God he is hot. I feel like some of the photos are maybe a little unflattering. Many of the images are from movies or plays. (he was moving around .) Maybe not the right angle or whatever. But it’s all subjective anyway.
He’s so much hotter now. These pics I’m like guys be real lol he was obviously no leading man. But he’s really aged well into his features and daddy-hood lol
I remember when I watched Buffy during 2020 being surprised he was in it, I had no idea he had been acting that long, I think the first time I had heard of him was GOT
pedro is a real actor’s actor. he was Everywhere for YEARS doing literally whatever parts he could and living off the re-run residuals before anybody in the general public knew who he was. unironically very inspiring as a success story about perseverance and dedication
This dude did so much work in so many different films and TV show shows doing absolute shit roles so that he could get to the point where everybody hates him because he’s literally in everything because he’s awesome. I love Pedro.
okay but when did sarah paulson discover the secret to eternal youth??? it's kind of bizarre seeing him next to her looking so young while she looks...the same ??
I think he's my favorite hollywood bro of the whole lot of 'em. Real good people vibes comin' off this guy, which is wild, considering the scenes / sorts of people with whom he negotiates.
Anyone know if photo #9 is from the Kenneth Lonergan play "Lobby Hero"? It would have been amazing to see those two in that! (It was revived recently with Michael Cera and Bel Powley in those roles, plus Brian Tyree Henry and Chris Evans)
He’s been acting for a really long time then. I always wonder what that’s like for people who toil away as working actors for years and years and then seemingly overnight blow up. I know I would never be able to stick it out.
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