Extra dudes ought to snuggle with their platonic man pals, dammit.
Or, a minimum of that’s the consensus on-line after Pedro Pascal posted a candy photograph of him and his shut buddy, actor Oscar Isaac, on his Instagram Story Monday.
Within the captionless photograph — which is credited to Isaac’s spouse, director Elvira Lind — a smiling Isaac may be seen holding Pascal in a young embrace. Pascal appears fully at peace whereas he holds onto the thumb of Isaac’s hand that’s hugging him.
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When the photograph made its approach onto Reddit, it opened up a dialog about masculinity, being that the 2 are inclined to painting manly males who adhere to conventional gender roles in lots of their initiatives.
“More hot celebrity men known for playing tough guy/bad ass/strong man characters displaying ultra non-toxic masculinity please 🩷” a Redditor stated.
“They’re so cute. It’s wonderful to see affectionate friendships between men,” stated one other.
“Dudes should be able to hug,” echoed a 3rd.
“I wish I had a friend that I can be as intimate with,” one other Redditor stated. “It’s hard having to keep up the ‘machismo’ facade that people expect in my country.”
“As a happily married straight man, this is the kind of friendship I would kill to have,” one other Redditor added. “Deep friendships filled with love are just deep friendships filled with love. Those friends are lucky to have each other.”

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It’s unclear what prompted Isaac to carry Pascal. However contemplating the 2 males have been pals since 2005, after they had been forged in an off-Broadway play collectively, Isaac might be nicely conscious of Pascal’s points with nervousness.

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In 2023, the “Game of Thrones” alum revealed that he tends to pose in a really particular approach on crimson carpets to assist soothe his nervousness. He stated he locations his left hand on his torso the place he bodily feels the emotion.
Pascal seems to have been utilizing this coping mechanism on the crimson carpet since a minimum of 2005, wherein he appears to be doing a model of the pose together with his different shut buddy, actor Sarah Paulson.

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