Pedro Pascal Took Ambien & FORGOT He Was Cast In The Last Of Us!
03.02.2023 - 21:55
/ perezhilton.com
Pedro Pascal is looking back on the early days of The Last of Us.
If you’ve been keeping up with HBO’s newest smash hit Sunday night horror/drama, you’ll know Pedro has been fighting his way through a zombie apocalypse as the show’s lead, Joel. With a mind-blowing 6.4 MILLION same-day viewers on the most recent episode, the video game adaptation has now permeated popular culture, with episode three being dubbed on social media “one of the best episodes of television” of all time. Now, amidst all the hype, Pedro is opening up about the streamer’s early stages, and how he almost wasn’t in it! Or at least… that’s what he thought!
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On Thursday night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the 47-year-old dished on a late-night Zoom call with showrunners, Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin and video game creator Neil Druckmann:
He continued:
The Chilean-born actor added:
However, the sleeping aid made him so drowsy he had no recollection of the exciting news!
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He explained of the following day:
Little did he know that he had already landed the gig! He eventually realized the news after checking his cell phone to find a, “Congratulations. So happy for you,” message. He joked, “Oh yeah I got the job!” Ha! See his full interview (below):
What a whirlwind of events! It’s all worth it now, as he garners more and more fan acclaim every Sunday when the show airs on HBO Max at 9:00 p.m. ET. And don’t miss his return as The Mandalorian, which begins streaming season three on Disney+ March 1!
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