Pedro Pascal is in disbelief that he won a Screen Actors Award in 2024.
“This is wrong for a number of reasons. I’m a little drunk. I thought I could get drunk,” Pascal, 48, joked during the awards ceremony on Saturday, February 24. “Thanks, HBO. Gee Louise, I’m kidding myself, but thank you so much for this.
Pascal won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Joel Miller in HBO’s The last of us. He was nominated against Succession‘S Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin And Matthew Macfadyenlike The Morning Show star Billy Crudup.
“I have been a member of the union since 1999, so this is an incredible honor. We are on Netflix,” Pascal added, referring to the streaming platform’s lack of censorship of swear words. “I’m having a panic attack and I’m leaving.”
A little later Pascal told the backstage correspondent Brown France that he doesn’t remember what [he] said” in his acceptance speech.
“I was just very surprised,” Pascal joked. “Let’s put it on YouTube later.”
Pascal has played Culkin, 41, all awards season. After the Chilean-born actor won on Sunday, Culkin was seen enthusiastically cheering on his fellow actor.
Culkin’s endorsement puts to rest speculation about the feud they’ve mocked at previous awards shows.
“I was nominated for a Golden Globe 20 years ago, and when that moment passed, I remember thinking, ‘I’m never coming back into this room.’ That was fine, whatever,” Culkin said at the Golden Globes in January. “But thanks Succession, I’ve been here a few times. It’s nice, but I kind of accepted that I would never be on this stage, so this is a nice moment. Suck it, Pedro. Sorry. Mine!”
Pascal even fake cried to seal the moment. A week later, Pascal took revenge during a presentation at the Emmy Awards.
“I would like to take a moment to tell this about me,” Pascal, whose right arm was in a sling, joked at the time. “A lot of people have asked about my arm. It’s actually my shoulder, and I think tonight is a perfect time to tell everyone that Kieran Culkin is beating me.”
Pascal’s injury was actually the result of a fall and had nothing to do with Culkin.
During a conversation with the 40-year-old France, Pascal reiterated on Saturday that there was no lingering bad blood.
‘I’m going to kiss Kieran, that will be my revenge. I did know him [before this awards circuit], he is the best,” Pascal gushed. “I remember years and years ago, I took one of my siblings to FAO Schwarz… and he came up to me and complimented me on my work in this piece.”
He continued: ‘It was great to see him on this show and I feel guilty about not seeing his speech tonight, but he will be fine. But I have to give things a fair amount of balance.