Pedro Pascal had to stay up all night to play ‘The Last of Us’

Although the choice of protagonists for the adaptation of “The Last of Us” was too controversial at first, now that Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are about to complete the first season of the series, fans are acclaiming their great work. But the night the Chilean actor was about to receive the news that he would keep the role of Joel, he had to stay up all night.

In a recent interview for The Graham Norton Show, Pedro Pascal revealed he had to stay up all night to get the call ‘The Last of Us’. According to the ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ star, she was in the midst of filming another project in London, while the developers of the video game adaptation were in Los Angeles, and the time difference may play a role.

Since the call from HBO executives could come at any moment, Pedro Pascal had to take medication to stay awake And don’t miss your chance to actThe Last of Us’: “It was very late, so I took Ambien, which is a medicine to get rid of insomnia,” she explained during the speech.

Unfortunately for him, the ‘Game of Thrones’ star was already under the influence of a sedative, and that’s when he got the call from Craig Mazin and Carolyn Strauss. Pedro Pascal was accepted for the role of Joel in ‘The Last of Us’: “I remember I couldn’t believe it and after talking to them for a few minutes, I asked them again ‘And what happened? Did I get the job?’ and they said ‘What are you talking about? We marked you to tell you had done it,'” she said with a laugh.

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Pedro Pascal Didn’t Remember Being Accepted Into ‘The Last of Us’

Once he managed to fall asleep after the call from the executives, Pedro Pascal says he does not remember the call from the executives of the series, and the next day he kept thinking that they would call him to give him the role in ‘The Last of Us’, what that had already happened.Luckily for her, the impression she made on Mazin and Strauss during the phone call didn’t affect her performance and she was able to hang with Joel.

From then on, he says he called his sister to tell her that he had landed the role in a series based on a video game, and when his nephews learned that it was “The Last of Us”, they were completely thrilled. Time proved him right, and now his work as Joel Miller is one of the highlights of his recent career.

This Sunday, February 26, the seventh episode of “The Last of Us” will premiere, through the HBO channel and the HBO Max platform. Which will adapt the story of “Left Behind”, a downloadable content of the video game in which it is told a storyline before the main events, where Ellie spends a day in a supermarket with her friend Riley.