Pedro Pascal: A Life of Dreaming
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week we sit with actor Pedro Pascal! We begin with the release of his new film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (5:02), working with childhood idol Nicolas Cage (6:50), why his parents left Chile (11:40), the John Hughes classic his dad wouldn’t let him watch (17:00), and the Tony Kushner play (20:21) that inspired him to give acting a go in New York City (25:07).
On the back-half, Pedro reflects on his first jobs on screen (27:52), the story of his mother’s passing (29:50), the friends who kept him afloat (36:20) as he built a career in theater (36:48), redefining childhood dreams in adulthood (42:34), and what really matters to him at age 47 (47:37).
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| 0:44.8 | missing pages on Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm Sam by actor Pedro Pascal. You've watched him in Game of Thrones, |
| 1:37.0 | Narkos, Wonder Woman 1984, and the Mandalorian. This spring he has three new projects |
| 1:45.0 | including the bubble directed by Judd Apetow, |
| 1:48.0 | House Comes with the Bird, |
| 1:50.0 | directed by Janixa Bravo, |
| 1:52.0 | and most recently the unbearable weight of massive talent. |
| 1:56.5 | Directed by Tom Gormakin the film stars Nick Cage as Nick Cage an an actor who, to avoid financial ruin, accepts a $1 million offer to attend a |
| 2:08.6 | wealthy fan's birthday party. The fan, of course, is played by Pascal. |
| 2:14.0 | Here's a clip from the unbearable weight of massive talent. |
| 2:18.0 | You can't quit acting, you can't! |
| 2:20.0 | That's none of your business. |
| 2:21.0 | Whether you like it or not, you have a gift, and that gift brings light and joy to an increasingly |
| 2:26.7 | dark and broken world and to turn your back on that gift is to turn your back on the entire human race. We have to go now, we have to jump! |
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