Pedro Pascal

The actor, who plays the character of Joel in the gritty apocalypse drama, was hosting the popular NBC sketch show. In a pre-recorded sketch ...

Adapted from a hit 2013 video game, the series has already been renewed for a second season. Back in 2021, Elon Musk’s controversial hosting stint saw the Tesla founder “Get #Pedropascal in all the comedies ASAP. In the UK, The Last of Us can be watched on Sky and NOW. [SNL](/topic/snl)regulars Chloe Fineman and Kenan Thompson starred as Princess Peach and Bowser respectively. Pedro Pascal stars in hilarious Mario Kart parody of The Last of Us on Saturday Night Live

The Mandalorian star, 47, was also later joined by his close friend and fellow actress, Sarah Paulson, as she made a surprise appearance during a skit, much to ...

During the performance, Chris Martin was joined by a one-eyed alien and a choir to back him up for a moving performance. He then guessed she was in The Babadook and accused her of driving a Harley. Later, while the women at the table were offered a tasty treat, Sarah was given a giant bowl of chili. The first showed Pedro as a waiter at a table of five women enjoying a girls night out for a fancy dinner. Pedro accepted the food, and then proceeded to dump the items into the trash. An 'employee' explained the party portion sizes of wings available, with prices starting at $24.99 and for a little more, the price went up to $39.99. Jogging memory: Throughout the sketch, he was shown photos and videos to somehow jog his memory, and he could be heard saying in a clip his wife showed him, 'Hey, babe. Why does he live in Arkansas?' Pedro jokingly stated, and was soon told he was hit by a Party City truck in the state. Throughout the sketch, he was shown photos and videos to somehow jog his memory, and he could be heard saying in a clip his wife showed him, 'Hey, babe. Due to critical acclaim and high viewership, the show was renewed for a second season the same month of its initial release. The spoof trailer followed a similar plot to The Last Of Us. 'People say a lot of things,' the character stated, with the camera panning to Pedro's back.

It's been 10 years since Mushroom Kingdom fell, and the last hope may be Princess Peach.

[our breakdown of the real version of The Super Mario Bros. As everyone knows, we all flock to the Mario Kart franchise because of its riveting tales. In this world, it's been 10 years since Mushroom Kingdom fell and the only thing left is "hope."

Sarah Paulson made a surprise guest feature in Pedro Pascal's episode hosting SNL leading to interest in their years-long friendship.

Paulson described Pascal as a “very good friend” [to an interviewer](https://www.hayleycampbell.com/sarah-paulson-speak-your-truth-and-love-whomever-you-fucking-well-please). When Pascal visited Los Angeles, where Paulson was living and working, they started “chapter two” of their friendship. Sarah Paulson has been in a relationship with Legally Blonde actress There would be a few years where Sarah Paulson and Pedro Pascal lost touch. Two of Hollywood’s biggest television stars, Paulson and Pascal, became friends when they are in their late teens. [Fancam Assembly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-bJFioAX4)‘, Pedro Pascal stars as Mr Ben, a frustrated teacher who can’t figure out why his students are making fancam edits of him.

Pedro Pascal SNL Sketches Ranked: Chinese Balloon Interviewed, Apocalyptic Mario Kart · Punxsutawney Phil is over it and somewhere out there, Ego Nwodim is still ...

This was the perfect length and one of the best-ever fake ads in "SNL" history. As parodies go, this is spot-on to the mechanics and classic elements of the video game with an over-the-top grittiness. We also were already expecting James' line that he's "allergic to dairy" by the third verse, but in a fun kind of anticipatory way. Nice work from Michael Longfellow in embodying this nihilistic take on Punxsutawney Phil, questioning the point of his existence and role in forecasting when the core of the Earth has stopped spinning and time is an illusion. Bowen Yang's recurring game show host is the perfect tone of condescending and upbeat to present the shock that no one knows the top show on Netflix or what Samuel L. In this era of streaming and individually curated television and movies we can watch on the toilet, gone are the days when everyone knows what the big shows are, what projects the big movie stars are in. Their explanation that they were basically broken by three years of Covid is pretty funny (and probably rings a bit of truth for the younger generation. Rather than try to be all that funny, Pedro went with humble sincerity, expressing gratitude for this renaissance moment in his career starring in both "The Mandalorian" and "The Last of Us," while also paying tribute to his Chilean roots. Kenan Thompson was silly enough as the general who orchestrated the complex operation to shoot down the Chinese spy(?) balloon, but it was Bowen as the balloon who finally injected some energy into the piece. [Bowen Yang](http://toofab.com/tags/bowenyang), who is making it a thing to appear as random objects, was brilliant as the Chinese balloon being interviewed after it got shot down. [Pedro Pascal](http://toofab.com/tags/pedropascal) proved game for anything, bringing some of the night's best moments, and struggling to keep it together himself. The crowd was definitely into the show, though just how strong it was probably had a lot to do with it.

In a hilarious fake trailer, Saturday Night Live has cast The Last of Us' Pedro Pascal in HBO's Mario Kart and tasks him with taking Princess Peach to ...

[our breakdown of the real version of The Super Mario Bros. As everyone knows, we all flock to the Mario Kart franchise because of its riveting tales. In this world, it's been 10 years since Mushroom Kingdom fell and the only thing left is "hope." Have a tip for us? We even see Mario eating a mushroom and, when Princess Peach asks why he's eating poision, he responds with, "It makes me feel big, okay?! I need to feel big, because Bowser is out there, and he's the main bad guy."

Ego Nwodim had her co-stars in stitches playing a woman trying to cut an impossibly tough steak. By Karen Butler. Feb. 5, 2023 / 9:43 AM.

You all need to do better." Actually, everything is not OK," Nwodim added, now catching the laughing bug herself. "We're over here minding our business.

Cold Open -- Chloe Fineman does Katy Tur, and the entire cold open is devoted to a very lame news report on the Chinese spy balloon, including a ...

(Score: 6.5 out of 10) (Score: 7 out of 10) [TV](https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/) Lisa from Temeculah — Ego plays a customer at a restaurant who orders her steak extra, extra well done, and has to put so much force into it to cut it that the table shakes and everyone in the skit breaks at least five times. (Score: 8 out of 10) It’s not a great sketch, but Pedro Pascal makes it work. [Dustin Rowles](https://www.pajiba.com/staff/dustin-rowles-1.php) She is very opinionated and not a big fan of the girlfriend. ( Wing Pits Commercial — Do you like wings? Student Technology Use — Pascal plays the school technology advisor who has to advise the students to stop making fancam videos of him. HBO Mario Kart Trailer — A dark and gritty Mario Kart horror movie in the vein of The Last of Us starring Pascal as Mario?

Pedro Pascal was a terrific host and the writing staff and cast did everything they could to help him shine, while Coldplay's painful positi...

In this dinner party sketch, Ego Nwodim played eccentric Lisa, who sent her steak dinner back three times until it was extra extra well done. While her friends are praised to feel beautiful, Jen is cast as the table's black sheep, which was mean-spirited but funny. Marcello Hernandez and Chloe Fineman played a young couple going to meet the former's mother, who was played by Pascal. Colin Jost made a pretty incredible gender reveal / Chinese spy balloon joke, before Michael Che followed it with a good one about George Santos's flamboyant fabrications. Jost covered the bear who took 400 selfies and then winced at himself for making a chicken wings pun. The band eventually kicked in with a very U2 arrangement to emphasize the tune's feel-good vibe, but it was ultimately trying too hard to be earnest to work or feel genuine. Visually perfect, written well, and featuring great performances (particularly by Heidi Gardner, who played the unhinged Wing Pit spokesperson), this was hilarious. Bowen Yang, Heidi Gardner, Kenan Thompson, Sarah Sherman and Pascal could barely contain themselves in this absurd thing that was, in fact, very funny. Visually impressive, this was rather well done, actually. He discussed his 34 Chilean cousins and their views of his career as a character actor, which made him visibly emotional, before closing off a personal and pleasant warm-up. Here's everything that happened on [Saturday Night Live](https://exclaim.ca/all/snl)this week. [pic.twitter.com/5ZPC6hzA9g] [February 5, 2023]

Pedro Pascal hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time over the weekend, while Coldplay appeared as musical guest for the seventh time.

1 that the series was also losing [Melissa Villaseñor](https://people.com/movies/independent-spirit-awards-2021-melissa-villasenor-impersonates-owen-wilson-kate-mckinnon-more-stars/) and [Alex Moffat](https://people.com/tv/alex-moffat-as-joe-biden-snl/), as well as featured player [Aristotle Athari](https://people.com/tv/meet-the-new-members-joining-the-saturday-night-live-season-47-cast/). Then, [Chris Redd](https://people.com/tv/snl-chris-redd-weighs-in-on-pete-davidson-kanye-west-feud/) announced [his departure from SNL](https://people.com/tv/chris-redd-latest-to-depart-saturday-night-live/) after five seasons, while [Cecily Strong](https://people.com/tv/saturday-night-live-cecily-strong-still-cast-member-despite-absence-from-opening-credits/) left the show in December 2022. [The Astronaut](https://youtu.be/64W30CcJqjA)," before later taking the stage once more to croon a [mashup of their tracks "Human Heart" and "Fix You." [Mario in a dystopian take](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiIRlg4Xr5w) on the upcoming [Super Mario Bros. [Marcello Hernandez](https://www.instagram.com/marcellohdz/?hl=en), [Molly Kearney](https://www.instagram.com/meatbrickmolly/?hl=en), [Michael Longfellow](https://www.instagram.com/longfellow_michael/?hl=en) and [Devon Walker](https://www.instagram.com/internetdevon/?hl=en). [Kate McKinnon](https://people.com/tag/kate-mckinnon/), [Pete Davidson](https://people.com/tag/pete-davidson/), [Aidy Bryant](https://people.com/tag/aidy-bryant/) and [Kyle Mooney](https://people.com/tv/kanye-west-rap-battles-kyle-mooney-on-saturday-night-live-video/) exited after the [season 47 finale](https://people.com/tv/aidy-bryant-leaves-saturday-night-live-snl-weekend-update-video/). [season 48 a "transition year,"](https://people.com/tv/saturday-night-live-creator-lorne-michaels-calls-season-48-transition-year/) telling reporters backstage at the [2022 Emmy Awards](https://people.com/tag/emmy-awards/), "There are new people, and things are changing, and a different generation comes into the show." [confirmed](https://people.com/tv/saturday-night-live-melissa-villasenor-alex-moffat-aristotle-athari-leave-before-season-48/) on Sept. film](https://people.com/movies/the-super-mario-bros-movie-everything-to-know/), and another where he and longtime friend [Sarah Paulson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-bJFioAX4https://people.com/tag/sarah-paulson/) portrayed [teachers in love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-bJFioAX4). [Bowen Yang](https://people.com/tv/snl-bowen-yang-sexiest-man-alive-issue-debut/) portray the [suspected Chinese spy balloon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3kUa8uM4c) as it was [shot down](https://people.com/politics/chinese-suspected-spy-balloon-shot-down-off-carolina-coast/) from the sky after flying over the continental United States. [Saturday Night Live](https://people.com/tag/saturday-night-live/) for the first time over the weekend, where he was joined by [Coldplay](https://people.com/tag/coldplay/), who served as the evening's musical guest. [Pedro Pascal](https://people.com/tag/pedro-pascal/)!

Actor Pedro Pascal made his SNL debut with a case of the giggles.

Let us know in the comments: What did you think of Pascal’s SNL debut? The sketch, however, ultimately centers on an unlikely main character: Lisa’s “extra extra well done steak” that’s impossible to cut. In one skit, Pascal and friends gather at an upscale restaurant to celebrate a birthday. That’s when Pascal loses it (watch above). Thank you, I love L.A.,” Pascal responds. The actor broke character multiple times in what marked a charming SNL debut.

Pedro Pascal starred in a spoof 'Mario Kart; trailer inspired by HBO's 'The Last Of Us; while hosting 'Saturday Night Live '

These additional few weeks will allow us to ensure this version of The Last Of Us lives up to your, and our, standards.” It will now be released March 28. HBO Max is not currently available in the UK. The TV series NME is supported by you. Check out the video below: “So, This Spring, HBO is doing it again with another iconic game,” started the voiceover to the parody Mario Kart trailer. [Naughty Dog](https://www.nme.com/brands/naughty-dog) has delayed the [PC](https://www.nme.com/tag/pc) release of remaster [The Last Of Us Part 1](https://www.nme.com/games/the-last-of-us-remastered). Hope,” continues the video before Pedro Pascal introduces himself. “It’sa me, Mario.” [we want to make sure that The Last Of Us Part 1‘s PC debut is in the best shape possible](https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/the-last-of-us-part-1-pc-launch-delayed-after-the-success-of-hbos-adaptation-3392012). [Mario Kart](https://www.nme.com/games/mario-kart) trailer inspired by [HBO](https://www.nme.com/brands/hbo)’s [The Last Of Us](https://www.nme.com/games/the-last-of-us) while appearing on [Saturday Night Live](https://www.nme.com/tag/saturday-night-live) last night (February 4) – check it out below.

Pedro Pascal and Sarah Paulson both ate and left no crumbs in a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch about being very online.

Pascal is also set to reprise his title role in [The Mandalorian](https://ew.com/creative-work/the-mandalorian/) once it returns to Disney+ on March 1. Jenny, is "mommy." Thus, Pascal is "daddy" and another educator, Ms. Pascal responds, further confused by the Gen Z terminology that follows ("But we made them because you're our beloved and you have us in a chokehold!" "I want to be a cool teacher," he says, "but I just don't get it. "Because you have made thousands of fancams of me and I'm not sure what they mean!"

The actor also talked about getting recognized on the street and his parents' journey to the United States in his opening monologue.

"So to all my family watching in Chile, I just want to say te amo, te extraño, y deja de dar mi informacíon personal, which means I love you, I miss you, and stop giving out my phone number." After being sent to Denmark and living in the US for some time, Pascal's parents and siblings moved back to Chile in 1995. Pascal later opened up about his large family in Santiago, Chile, where he was born in April 1975. "Next thing I know, I'm FaceTiming with a six-year-old who has no idea who I am because my character wears a mask for the entire show," he said. "For some HBO shows, you get to shoot in a five-star Italian resort surrounded by beautiful people, but I said, 'No, that's too easy,'" he said. The fourth episode is set to premiere on Sunday,

The first great Saturday Night Live episode of 2023 has arrived. A recap and review of season 48, episode twelve of 'Saturday Night Live.

[ Pascal’s monologue](https://youtu.be/QsYGlZkevEg) fit — featuring a bright purple shirt that is somehow also a scarf — is the shout-out to his parents for fleeing Pinochet-era Chile to raise him in a safer environment. [• Lisa from Temecula](https://youtu.be/zxxCaw74ptk) is a supreme oddball who seems like the result of the writers asking, “what if we just let Ego Nwodim go for it?” and frankly, they should ask more often. Also, I’m not sure how Hollywood works, but is it too late to stop [ the Chris Pratt Mario movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnGl01FkMMo) from coming out and have this sketch canonically take its place? [ British rapper](https://youtu.be/8bsxppX7BZc) names, and James Austin Johnson and Devon Walker bring them hilariously to life. The punchline of this smart sketch, however, wasn’t even in the actual sketch; it was [ the ad for Apple TV+](https://deadline.com/2023/01/timothee-chalamet-apple-tv-promo-ad-call-me-1235229138/) that aired immediately afterward, in which Timothée Chalamet is supposed to be bummed about not having starred in his own Apple TV series yet. [ running rampant](https://www.tiktok.com/@dvcree/video/7190822580297796869) on Tiktok for a while, to the point where die-hards had been speculating about whether they’d be referenced on Pascal’s SNL. [The Last of Us](https://www.vulture.com/tv/the-last-of-us/), for instance — but the death of lasting cultural impact. [ recent Arby’s parody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8rvpY73Iw), with way too much fast food bang for your buck, but then it keeps going to delirious new heights. Sure, his [Game of Thrones](https://www.vulture.com/tv/game-of-thrones/) and [Narcos](https://www.vulture.com/tv/narcos/) characters are people whose bad sides you’d do well to avoid, but his public persona is perennially two seconds away from either cracking up or making you crack up. [ a hit Netflix series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNWAKZzgbp4) before everyone realized, seemingly overnight, that he was a total star. This sketch marks the first time this season that the cold open ranks among the best moments of the night, and for a good reason. The sky-high outrage generated by this week’s big news story hit a fever pitch of sheer ludicrousness on Friday, with grown men and women deadlocked in a pointless competition to find the most macho way of describing how they would personally pop a balloon.

Saturday Night Live gave viewers some amazing fan service with a wholesome, yet thirst-inspiring sketch that brought in Sarah Paulson as a surprise guest to ...

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Sarah Paulson made a surprise cameo during Pedro Pascal's 'Saturday Night Live' hosting debut on Saturday, February 4 — watch a clip.

[Wicked ](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/everything-to-know-about-the-ariana-grande-led-wicked-film/)actor, 32, quipped in the skit of the students’ [ reasoning for living online](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kylie-jenner-talks-self-quarantine-after-surgeon-generals-call/) in a post-COVID era. [Sarah Paulson ](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/sarah-paulson/)then walked on stage, surprising the SNL viewers, to play Miss Jenny. I was really lucky because my first friend at NYU lived in Brooklyn, Kristen, and went to high school with you, so your guys’ posse kind of adopted me,” Pascal recalled during a September 2014 profile for [skit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-bJFioAX4), the 47-year-old Last of Us star portrayed high school teacher Mr. [But] I remember all of us going to the Upper East Side. There were eight of us sitting next to each other and, as I remember, we were all sobbing by the end of it.” He’s Daddy, I’m Mommy and we’re all a happy family, no crumbs left,” she added. I insisted that we all go see that movie Fearless. [Game of Thrones](https://www.usmagazine.com/shows/game-of-thrones/) alum and the Ocean’s 8 actress, in real life, [have been friends since they were both 18](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/celebrities-who-found-best-friends-in-their-costars-photos/). [Mandalorian ](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/the-mandalorian-season-3-everything-to-know-about-cast-more/)actor was wary about the so-called compliment, he went on to tell the kids to no longer make “fancams” of the staff, such as [the thirst-trap TikTok videos](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/tiktoks-highest-earning-stars-addison-rae-and-more/) they made of him in the classroom. [played by the SNL ensemble cast](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/snl-season-48-cast-members-whos-in-whos-out/). [Pedro Pascal](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/pedro-pascal-through-the-years-game-of-thrones-more/), ever the “cool teacher,” discussed the importance of social media safety — and [becoming an online crush](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/stars-and-their-celebrity-crushes/) — during his [Saturday Night Live](https://www.usmagazine.com/shows/saturday-night-live/) debut.

Ever since he showed up as Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones, Pedro Pascal's rise to stardom has been pretty fun to see, because he's just good in basically ...

Seeing the Mario cast reimagined as “complex, dramatic HBO characters” is pretty funny—”complex” for Toad and Yoshi (Bowen Yang) just means “I’m bisexual”—and it helps that Pascal as Mario is...actually pretty good? Pascal hosted last night’s episode, and one of the skits had him play Mario in a prestige version of Nintendo’s Mario Kart series. [a hot mess](https://gizmodo.com/gal-gadot-s-wonder-woman-is-a-trash-friend-1845956154).

Sarah Paulson made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, joining Pedro Pascal for the Fancam Assembly sketch.

What we learned is that all the students just really love their teacher because he is their "daddy", they have a lunch lady who is "mother", and Teacher Jenny (who was Sarah Paulson) who is "mommy". The students are all there to talk about their internet usage while at school and mainly they are there so they can explain what these fancams mean. [Pedro Pascal](https://collider.com/tag/pedro-pascal/), you know that his fans love to make a fancam about him; and if you've been on TikTok recently, you probably have seen the one dedicated to his character Whiskey from Kingsman: The Golden Circle that has been circulating.

Saturday Night Live spoofs HBO's The Last of Us with Petro Pascal leading a gritty series adaptation of Mario Kart, starring Kenan Thompson as Bowser.

Movie coming out and many people not really that interested in the idea of Chris Pratt as Mario seeing Pascal's gritty yet hilarious take on the character somehow felt like a breath of fresh air for the Mushroom Kingdom. But it's great because it ties in Pascal's own game adaptation mixed with a topical story about the world of the Mario brothers. Pascal is currently playing Joel Miller in The Last of Us on HBO, and the series is being praised for being one of the best adaptations of a video game to date.

When I see news that Saturday Night Live has released another sketch dedicated to the Mario Kart franchise, I get flashbacks.

Playing on the lack of narrative in Mario Kart and the deep and enthralling narrative of HBO’s The Last of Us, HBO’s Mario Kart is genuinely a well-executed sketch based on a simple and timely concept. You might’ve even thought the Musk Wario sketch and thought it was the funniest thing you’ve ever seen in your life, and that’s okay. [Fancam Assembly](https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1622108708045193217), where Pascal plays the principal of a school where students won’t stop making TikTok fancams of him. In his first time hosting the long-running sketch comedy show, Pascal addresses the many, many “fancams” that are made of him online in Its newest attempt at satirising Mario Kart in the show’s most recent episode with Pedro Pascal is a triumph. It wasn’t just unfunny because he was there (although his first-time-speaking-to-humans delivery definitely didn’t help), but it almost felt like every sketch he appeared in was specifically designed in a lab to trigger a fight-or-flight response to anyone who watched.