Pedro Pascal Was ‘So Scared’ Before Hosting ‘SNL’ That He Spoke To His Late Mother, Says He Had A Fear Of ‘Bombing In Front Of The World’
etcanada.comPedro Pascal was “so scared” about hosting “Saturday Night Live” earlier this year that he spoke to his late mother, Verónica Pascal, for some comfort.
The “Last of Us” star spoke to Esquire in a candid new interview about hosting “SNL” on the anniversary of his mother’s passing.
She died on February 4, 2000, and he hosted the show exactly 23 years later. Before his mom took her own life, Pascal had just started getting some roles in shows including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Touched by an Angel” in 1999.
However, when she passed the following year, he returned back to Chile at age 24 to be with his family. Pascal recalled of hosting “SNL”, “I was so scared that week that I was talking to her.” He told the mag that after a long day of rehearsals “there would be that terror waiting for me—that practical fear of bombing in front of the world.
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