Pedro Pascal retells his family’s tragic immigrant journey
On this week’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast, the “Last of Us” actor gave an in-depth story of how he and his family ended up as political refugees in the 1970s after being compelled to flee the regime of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
“My parents, they were just very young when they had my sister and myself,” Pascal remarked. My parents were young, liberal college students, but I wouldn’t say they were revolutionaries by any means.
Pascal’s mother also had contacts to those participating in the fight to overthrow Pinochet’s military regime, even if they were not actively rebellious. Pascal’s mother also had contacts to those participating in the fight to overthrow Pinochet’s military regime, even if they were not actively rebellious.
The family of the “Narcos” star got into problems when a gunshot victim was brought to Pascal’s house so that his father, a resident at a nearby hospital in Santiago, could treat him. The victim was also given sanctuary by his parents when he fled and went into hiding. Unluckily, the individual who brought the gunshot victim to Pascal’s house was “taken into custody and tortured and gave names.” Authorities then arrived in search of Pascal’s parents.
He explained, “They came looking for my parents, so then my parents had to go into hiding for about six months,” adding that his parents eventually discovered a method to physically climb over the wall of the Venezuelan embassy in Santiago and “demand asylum.”
“And it worked,” he added.
Before moving to the US, Pascal and his family were granted refuge in Denmark. His parents brought up him and his siblings in Southern California and Texas, respectively. The “Game of Thrones” star remarked that his parents were “so brave” in his “Saturday Night Live” monologue in February, crediting them for the success he is experiencing now.
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