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Pascal is not an actor made to measure to dominate
the box office, but one who has won the hearts of his
audience after walking on stage on his tiptoes.
His face is everywhere: magazine covers, TikTok, GIFs, a Perhaps it is one of the reasons why I have certain roles so
Vanity Fair report that made his followers go crazy, a rom-com much at heart.” In the meantime, he settles for being a father on
with Dakota Johnson (Materialists, 2025)… Nonetheless, Pedro re- screen.
mains strangely distant from the pin-up boy stereotype. “Some- This year, he will be in movie theaters as Mister Fantastic in
times, all the attention disorients me. I turned 50 and feel more the reboot of The Fantastic 4. He gave a classy answer to those who
insecure than before, though more conscious. But I don’t want to have criticized him for his age. “They told me I was too old. They
pretend I have all the answers”. As he grows, so does his desire for may be right. But if a superhero can also be fragile, empathetic,
parenthood – another recurring theme in his interviews. “I have and full of doubt, then I am ready to be one”.
always pictured myself as a father. I don’t know if it will happen, We, for our part, have no doubt whatsoever: even without the
but the thought keeps me company. cloak or lightsaber, he is the hero we all wish to be rescued by.
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