Pedro Pascal: GoTs Prince Oberyn was the best character I have ever played
I haven’t wanted to talk about Pedro Pascal and his Game of Thrones character Prince Oberyn. Because… SPOILER… Prince Oberyn came like a lightning bolt this season and left just as quickly, and now I’m in mourning. But now that a few days have passed, we can talk about it, right? Right. So, the header image is from Pascal’s Instagram. That man beside him is The Mountain, real name Hafthor Julius Bjornsson. Apparently, they’re buds in real life and Pascal refers to him as “the gentle giant.” Sigh. That photo makes me want to cry!!! Anyway, everybody is talking about Pedro and Prince Oberyn and last Sunday’s GoT episode, so let’s do some highlights.
Here’s a video Pedro did with Vanity Fair where they got him to describe what he would like to see for Prince Oberyn’s funeral. Note: this is his real, flat American accent. Don’t get me wrong, I would still hit it (hard), but I do think he’s sexier with his Oberyn accent. With that accent, he’s The Sex.
Pedro has been doing lots of press in the wake of Prince Oberyn’s death. You can read a Q&A he did with Entertainment Weekly here – he really, really loved being on GoT and he loves it when people come up to him and ask him questions about the show. He says, “I’m walking home and riding the train like I have for 20 years in New York City, and every now and then a stranger will give me a smile and thumbs up, or ask me to remove my headphones to ask if I’m Oberyn Martell the prince of Dorne. Everybody has been really sweet about it.” He talks a lot about befriending Lena Headey (who seems to be BFFs with everybody on GoT) and says that the Prince Oberyn role was “the best character I have ever played in the greatest cast I have ever been a part of, and working with HBO… was an opportunity of a lifetime.” Aw.
Pascal also spoke to Vulture and talked a lot about the training he had to undergo to film that fight sequence (SOB!) and how he loved his costumes and what Oberyn really thought about Tyrion’s trial. Oh, and George RR Martin invited Pedro to Santa Fe where they screened some advanced episodes of GoT in Spanish. They drank Red Viper Sangrias too.
And the day after Prince Oberyn’s head exploded, Pedro was walking around NYC with Sarah Paulson. Seriously, are they dating? Or are they just BFFs? I really can’t tell. I don’t even know how a woman can be BFFs with Pedro. How could you be around him and NOT bang that senseless?
Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN.
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