Pedro Pascal: ‘It will never happen again’

News.com.au - 04/04
It may involve flesh-eating monsters and vigilante warriors set against a backdrop of an apocalyptic pandemic, but at its heart, The Last Of Us is the relatable story of a protective father and his teenage daughter.

It may involve flesh-eating monsters and vigilante warriors set against a backdrop of an apocalyptic pandemic, but at its heart, The Last Of Us is the relatable story of a protective father and his teenage daughter.

That’s what makes the casting of “internet daddy” Pedro Pascal (who has experience playing a likeable but unlikely paternal figure to “Baby Yoda” in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian) as smuggler turned surrogate dad Joel a stroke of genius.

Although he isn’t a father himself, the idea of a man doing anything for his family is second nature to the Chilean-born actor.

In February, he made headlines for calling out “vile” and “pathetic” bigotry aimed at the transgender community, which includes his younger sister, actor Lux Pascal.

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