"Don't Make Me Cry": Pedro Pascal Talks Fulfilling His Star Wars Dreams

My first guest tonight is an Emmy-nominated actor you know from shows like The Last of Us, The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones, Narcos, and movies such as The Fantastic Four and Materialist. He stars in Star Wars, The Mandalorian, and Grogu, which is in theaters and IMAX on May 22nd. Let's take a look. -"Cuz Lali Ratatouille, Mandalorian, still priceless on the black market." -"But what even more is knowing? We have shamed you forever." -"We know the Mandalorian creep would be outcast for letting an enemy see your face." -"Not if you all die." Please welcome back to the show Pedro Van Gogh! Oh, my God! I love your outfit! I love it. Where's... Why aren't you wearing a tuxedo for me? Why would I wear a tuxedo for you? I wore one for Dakota Johnson. Oh, yes, when she was promoting The Materialist, a wonderful film. Yeah. Well, I mean, I guess I would just say you've got to come on when the movie's on. You know what I mean? I mean, I almost wore the Mando helmet for you. The helmet? Is the helmet uncomfortable? No, it's wonderful. I love it. You can see... It's a perfect situation. Have you ever thought of, like, if you got invited to a dinner party you didn't want to go to, saying, like, hey, cool if I wear the helmet? And I send somebody else? You send somebody else, yeah. Just like a recorded voice. And what do I do? I phone in, right? You phone... Yeah, you get the... You have an actor wear the helmet, and they have their phone here. Yeah. But I get to attend from bed. Yeah. I mean, this helmet... I don't know. I don't feel you're taking advantage of the helmet in real life. Oh, I do. I do. You do a lot of underwater stuff in this film, which seems like, for me, a personal nightmare. No, no, no. No, no. I love it. Do you really? I do. I do, actually. Listen, it's way easier to float around in the suit than it is to walk around. Oh, I didn't think about that. Right. And if you don't like the water, then you're screwed. But I love the water. Are you, like, one of those people... Can I say something? Go ahead. Yeah, I cut you off. I cut you off. No, go ahead. It's fine. Well, like, are you, like, one of those people, like, oh, my God, I love the... Are you, like, I love the water? I do. I like the water a lot. But are you, like... If you're, like, at a beach vacation, are you, like, oh, my God, the water. Are you, like, that person? I don't say it out loud. I'm not, like... I'm not, like, oh, my God, don't you love the water? Look at the water. The water... The light is shimmering on the water. Let's get in the water. Isn't the water great? This is all coming very naturally to you for somebody who never says it. I think about the water all the time. So you got to go in the water in the suit. But, okay. And listen, there's no face replacement. I just want you guys to know there's no face replacement in this movie. Okay. That's it. I'm done. Have you been accused for face replacing? I just was... I saw it. I saw the movie. It's fantastic. And there were shots underwater, you know, that I shot. And it's a little murky... Yeah. ...to be honest with you. And I was like, I wonder if anybody's going to think that's face replacement. Oh, yeah. Because it's not. I turned to my agent, and I was like, that's not face replacement. That's me. Yeah. I mean... Because I love the water. You've seen the movie. Has your family seen the movie? I mean, you have nephews, you have nieces. No. No one has seen it. Oh, have you invited people to see it? No, no one has been allowed to see it yet. Okay, gotcha. We will have a premiere in L.A. that no one is coming to. Oh, my God. Have they turned down your invitation? They're all busy. Okay. My nephews are older now. Oh, gotcha. They're in school. Yeah. They're in college. In general, are they kind of impressed with your body of work? You know, not enough. Yeah. Especially for a young man of a certain age. You've done some really iconic work, you know? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And all, like, for their age range. Totally. It's a good point. And I... Can I say I regret? I feel like I put this in your head, and I definitely thought you'd be like, no, man, they think I'm the coolest. And it's not that. I'm just thinking about the water, man. Why did I put the water in your head? I'm just in the water. Do you get to... I mean, look, I would assume Disney, right? Yes. Do you have that super special... They what? They own me? They own the Star Wars universe. Yes, they do. You. You're your own man. And me as well. But I've heard about this, like, super secret, like, Disney, like, VIP. Are you that level now? Are you, like, the guy? Like, if I were to attend Disneyland? Yeah. I think that if I were to go, I could probably ask... I could try to call somebody, and they would maybe, maybe... I'm not actually really sure, but maybe they would let me go for free. I tried... I tried to, like, gift it to a friend. So a friend was going, was like, can you hook me up? I think she thinks it was free. It wasn't. Wow. What about, when you're on the sets of these movies, I feel like everything must be, like, not only closely guarded secret, but they're gonna let you walk off those sets with props. Do you ever try to steal something? I should try. You should try. I get asked that all the time, and I've been on the coolest sets in the world. I should thief more. I did quite a bit as a kid. You also, I feel like people, you know, you have a well-earned, because it's true, you have a well-earned reputation as the nice guy, so I feel like they wouldn't shake you down. Like, they wouldn't pat you down. I wouldn't get patted down, but they got their eyes on me. They're always like, you never trust the nice guys. Exactly. And it just doesn't occur to me. But I'm gonna start. I'm gonna start stealing things from set. So please keep employing me so I can steal stuff from the set. Last night, Tiffany Haddish was on the show, and she was, she reached out. She wanted me to maybe play a part in Girls Trip 2. I got wind of this. Well, that's what I heard, because I don't, you know, I don't get parts. So I thought, like, oh, this would be great. Maybe, like, no A-listers will audition for this part. Is it true you are, you're already angling for this part? I mean, I am now. You got to leave some crumbs for the rest of us. No, no, no, no, no, no. Tiffany and I already did a movie together. I love working with her. She's the best. It's, what is it, it's Girls Night 2. Oh, you're not getting it now. Oh, I'm in the clear. Girls Night 2. Oh, my God. Edit. Oh, my God, I was worried. Oh, well, she's, she's, she's, she really wants to be in the Moon DeLorean 2. Maybe, maybe you can scratch her back, and she'll scratch yours. I was just testing you. Oh, it was a trap. I see. Anyway, Girls Trip, part two. That's my movie. We talked about, you know, when, when the TV show, like when you were a kid, much like when I was a kid, although, I mean, this didn't happen for me. Star Wars, you know, you ended up in the Star Wars universe. Does it still, is it still like pinch yourself? It's such a trip. Yeah, man. Don't make me cry. Okay, I won't make you cry. But you know what tears are? Water. That's true. All right, this is, I mean, this is the other side of fandom. I mean, whatever. I'm going to say, like, Star Wars and The New Yorker are two very different things, but equally cool accomplishment. This is a New Yorker cartoon. It's a guy on a couch in a psychiatrist's office, and I'll read you the thing. It's not strange at all. Lately, a lot of people are reporting that their faith in humanity is riding entirely on whether or not Pedro Pascal is as nice as he seems. Did you? That's very cool. I mean, to have your name in a New Yorker cartoon, genuinely very cool. Unbelievable. Yeah. And a huge, huge nerd moment. I think, the cup is run over. What is that saying? The cup runneth over. Yeah, you keep getting farther and farther away from girl's trip, too. That's what threw me off. I'll never come back from that. I need to get in the water. Yeah. Hey, man, congrats on the movie. It's just so great to see you. Anywhere I run into you, it's the best. You guys, he's Pedro Pascal. You guys are the best.