Why not both? One must wonder.
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pedro Pascal is currently starring as Reed Richards, a.k.a. Mister Fantastic, in the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Fantastic Four: First Steps. As a result, an interview with Pascal playing a game of "Superhero or Porn Star?" has resurfaced during the past two weeks.
At the time, Pascal was promoting his short-lived stint playing Max Lord — a DC comics villain — in the live-action sequel Wonder Woman 1984. Josh Horowitz, host of an interview series named Happy Sad Confused, featured the actor as a celebrity guest and challenged him to play a hilarious game.
"Your character, Max Lord, has one of those great comic book character names," Horowitz explains. "It's a character name that could only exist in comic books or in porn."
The Happy Sad Confused host goes on, "So here's the challenge: I'm gonna give you a character name, and you tell me if this is an actual DC character or a porn star."
Pascal's facial expression reacting to these game rules immediately shifts — and it's pretty hilarious, to say the least. "I'm gonna know this," the actor warns.
Damian Darhk
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: Is it a porn star?
Horowitz: It's not, it's a DC villain!
Pascal: "Oh, that's a shame…"
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pedro: Porn star.
Horowitz: You knew that too quickly. [laughs] You knew that really quickly.
[Pascal sits in silence, briefly, as he looks at the camera and smiles.]
Horowitz: Are you frozen, or just enjoying the moment?
Pascal: Just enjoying the moment [laughs].
George Payne
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: Superhero.
Horowitz: No, it's a porn star.
[Pascal has a silly, curious facial expression in response.]
Horowitz: Gotta look that one up.
Pascal: Ouch!
Hector Hammond
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: DC.
Horowitz: Yeah, that's a Green Lantern!
Pascal: The one with the thing, with the plants…
Horowitz: Well, I don't know about that… Is it? Maybe that's the Green Lantern villain. I think Peter Sarsgaard played that one.
Pascal: [The one with the] plants and the flashlights.
[Pascal is unable to maintain his unserious poker face, prompting both of them to laugh.]
Horowitz: You sold it well.
Black Adam
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: DC character.
Horowitz: Yeah, that's DJ. The rock. That's the Rock.
Buck Adams
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: Porn star!
Horowitz: I feel like you've seen some of Buck's work…
[Pascal looks beyond the camera, as if talking to someone behind the scenes.]
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: I mean, we're writing these down, right?
Horowitz: That's the rest of your day!
Pascal: I need to look all of these up.
Harold Allnut
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: Harold Walnut?!
Horowitz: Harold Allnut.
[They both laugh out loud.]
Pascal: I mean, does it matter which one he is?
Horowitz: I will watch his work regardless.
Pascal [in agreement]: I will watch his work regardless. I am a fan. I hope he's a porn star.
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Pedro Pascal being interviewed by Josh Horowitz on YouTube.
Pascal: I hope he's a porn star!
Horowitz: I hate to be the one that breaks your dreams down.
Pascal: Shame. It's a shame. Although, kudos to DC. That's a great name. Harold Allnut, I mean… I mean, that is a great name.
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Pedro Pascal's full interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused web series is streaming on YouTube.
This article originally appeared on Out: Pedro Pascal plays 'superhero or porn star?'—says 'I'm gonna know this'
