The pretend Pedro Pascal could also be as charming as the true Pedro Pascal.
On Tuesday, “The Daily Show” shared a behind-the-scenes clip to its X account wherein Jon Stewart revealed to followers that the winner of a New York-based Pedro Pascal lookalike contest was George Gountas — who occurs to be the lighting designer for “The Daily Show.”
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After inviting Gountas on stage, who seems like he might be a long-lost member of Pascal’s household, Stewart made a confession.
“I’ve never noticed he looks like Pedro Pascal,” Stewart admitted, earlier than displaying a photograph of what Gountas usually seems like within the workplace, which seems much less like Pascal, however nonetheless very Pascal-esque.
“How did you do this?” Stewart requested Gountas.
Gountas then launched into a really humorous rationalization as to how he went from “Pedro No. 5” throughout a foolish contest on Sunday to its final winner.
Gountas defined {that a} fellow “Daily Show” staffer observed fliers for the competition final week. The competition was held at Son Del North, a Mexican restaurant within the decrease east aspect, and the prize for the winner was $50 and a 12 months’s provide of free burritos, in accordance to native information station FOX 5 New York.
The co-owner of the eatery, chef Annisha Garcia, advised Folks she was impressed to create the competition after coming throughout an interview with Pascal wherein he stated that there isn’t any “good Mexican food in New York City.” Gountas went on to inform Stewart concerning the contest, who was solely mildly , and fully forgot about it. That was till he talked about it to his spouse, Jenny, simply two days earlier than the competition — and Jenny advised Gountas he was completely doing it.
Contesting whether or not Gountas favored it or not, Jenny enlisted the assistance of a neighbor, who was a stylist, as a way to pin down Pascal’s look.
“And I showed up on Father’s Day — you were supposed to pre-sign up, I did not sign up,” Gountas stated. “I rolled up, and I was like, ‘Yo, I’m here.’ And they’re like, ‘You’re going to win.’”
In a while in his dialogue with Stewart, Gountas finally revealed that his spouse had an ulterior motive in her insistence that he enter the Pedro pageant — and it’s that she wished to make use of Gountas’ quarter-hour of fame to fulfill the true Pascal.
So, Gountas determined to be a great hubby and shared his spouse’s request on digicam in hopes that Pascal would obtain the message.
“Hey Pedro, this is Pedro No. 5 from New York,” Gountas started. “It would be a great, great, great gift if you could meet my wife, Jenny. It would mean the world to her. We need to make this happen.”
Though it’s at present unclear if Pascal is even conscious of this entire fiasco, followers of the “Daily Show” had been blown away by how a lot Gountas does appear like the “Last of Us” star. See their feedback under.
