It was the late aughts, and Pedro Pascal was feeling hopeless. “In my 30s I was supposed to have a career,” he says. “Past 29 without a career meant that it was over, definitely.” But whenever he came close to bailing on his dream, friends and family would step in. His older sister, Javiera Balmaceda, told him he was too good to quit. Friends bought him groceries and took him to dinner. His close friend Sarah Paulson gave him her per diem money from acting gigs and let him use her sister’s car. Then, of course, he was cast on Game of Thrones—and everything changed. Karen Valby profiles Pascal for VF’s latest cover story, an emotional journey in which the actor muses about aging, his beloved late mother, and the pressure of living up to expectations when everyone suddenly loves you.
Elsewhere in HWD, Clint Eastwood biographer Shawn Levy details the making of Unforgiven; Savannah Walsh covers how a new Barbara Walters documentary examines the legendary newswoman’s complicated relationships with other female journalists; Ezra Miller eyes a comeback; and Dan Adler explains how Brendan Paul, a side character in the Diddy saga, became vital to the trial’s endgame. |
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