I was going to attempt to pick up where I left off as far as events I’ve been to since last September, but that’s pretty much tracked on my Instagram page. What I will do, is use this blog to flesh out some key events that I document regularly on my Instagram page, since that is my most favorite form of social media.
So, I will post something more light-hearted, since my last post about my mom was quite emotional.
Unless you don’t own a TV or have any form of social media, then you wouldn’t know the talented (and handsome) phenomenon that is Pedro Pascal. I have actually only really been paying attention since he starred alongside Colin Firth in Kingsman: The Golden Circle as Agent Whiskey, but even then, I wasn’t really paying that much attention.
I still wasn’t paying attention when Mr. Pascal was starring as bounty hunter Din Jarin in the Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, even though Deon (my husband) and I faithfully watched every episode, even making sure we watched The Book of Boba Fett. Even when I was watching both of those series, it’s because I absolutely loved Baby Grogu. The whole time, we didn’t even say Pedro Pascal was in The Mandalorian, we said “Hey, did you know Whiskey was Din Jarin?”
When Game of Thrones was coming to an end, Deon became a fan and decided to spend about a month catching up on all of the seasons so he could watch the final season in real time. During season 4, he said “Honey, you have to see Whiskey get his eyes smashed in!” Then he started watching Narcos: Mexico on Netflix, not knowing there was a Narcos season prior, starring Pedro.
Deon is a big DC Comics fan, so when the new Wonder Woman 1984 movie was released, he said “Whiskey is in the new Wonder Woman!” By then, we were already invested in The Mandalorian, had watched season 2 and we were finally no longer referring to Pedro as Whiskey.
Deon had been playing The Last of Us video game parts 1 & 2 when they were first released. Because of his interest in the game, he found out that Part 1 of the game was going to be turned into a television series. He even knew that Pedro Pascal would be Joel Miller, and Bella Ramsey would be Ellie (and he still referred to her as Lyanna Mormont from Game of Thrones). Even then, I only watched the show because I heard Depeche Mode had a song that would play a prominent role in the first episode, and boy did it! I was hooked on the show and watched each new episode weekly, asking Deon how faithfully the show stuck to the game.
Still, none of that made an impression until I saw Pedro appear on these three shows: Saturday Night Live, The Graham Norton Show and Late Night with Seth Meyers. I feel these appearances from early 2023 showcased his personality so well and so authentically, it was hard to ignore just what an adorable human being Pedro Pascal is.
I can fan-girl with the best of them, and of course following in the footsteps of what I did with my other favorite actor, Colin Firth (I mention him in this blog post here), I built myself a Pedro Pascal cinematic and television show library, but this time mostly online. I feel like these two actors had the same exact artistic trajectory: a bit of struggle in the beginning of their careers, with their surge hitting later. I mean, who knew that Colin Firth was going to be an action hero in his 50’s? I remember when Colin won the Oscar for his performance in The King’s Speech. I screamed and was so excited for him, as if it was one of my friends winning the award! And I know I’ll feel the same way, feeling that anticipation when the Emmy’s come around next year, and crossing my fingers that Pedro Pascal gets to win at least one of the three Emmy’s he’s nominated for!
Pictures (from the top):
- My copy of Wired
- Outtake from “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” (source unknown)
- “The Mandalorian with Grogu” Funko Pop from my collection
- Image from San Diego Comic Con 2017 (source unknown)
