SAG Awards 2024: Pedro Pascal reveals he is DRUNK as he scores win

Pedro Pascal was shocked – and a bit tipsy – when he gained massive on the thirtieth annual SAG Awards on Saturday.

The 48-year-old star took dwelling Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his position in The Last Of Us.

No doubt it was a complete upset as he beat out three Succession actors together with Kieran Culkin, Brian Cox, and Matthew Macfadyen who’ve all swept Award Season. Billy Crudup was additionally nominated for The Morning Show.

The Mandalorian star – who had been quaffing tequila – was simply as shocked by the outcome as he mentioned: ‘This is flawed, for a lot of causes. I’m a little bit drunk. I believed I might get drunk.’

‘I’m making a idiot of myself however thanks a lot for this! I’ve been within the union since 1999 so that is an unimaginable f*****g honor’, he continued. ‘To the nominees, all of you, I can not keep in mind any of your names proper now.’

Pascal fought again tears thanking his household however swiftly ended his tipsy acceptance speech by joking: ‘I’m going to have a panic assault and I’m going to go away.’

After the win, Pedro advised Tan France: ‘I do not keep in mind what I mentioned. I simply was very shocked. … Let’s YouTube it later.’

He additionally mentioned he was going to make out with Keiran Culkan as his revenge towards the actor following their hilarious pretend feud on the Emmys, the place Kiera mentioned ‘Suck it, Pedro’ whereas accepting his gong. 

‘He is the best,’ Pascal added. 

Pascal takes on the position of Joel in The Last of Us, portraying a surrogate father on a mission to move 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) to scientists, aiming to salvage a post-apocalyptic world. 

He is ready to reprise his position in The Last of Us Season 2, scheduled for manufacturing this yr.

Fans went wild for Pedro’s lovely acceptance speech in addition to for his ‘romance novel mannequin’ look as they took over social media with their hilarious thirst posts. 

‘Pedro is dressed like a ‘romance novel mannequin’ and I imply that 100% as a praise,’ one write, as one other gushed, ‘Personally offended by how lovely Pedro seems to be proper now, gushed one fan.

Another posted, ‘Pedro Pascal my love, my drunk, panic-attacked love.’ 

Speaking to DailyMail.com within the press room, the star mentioned he was ‘genuinely shocked’ to have gained and had ‘teared up.’

He mentioned: ‘I’ve been consuming tequila. I’m sober now and simply to maintain the chilly away, however what I’ve discovered from enjoying Joel in The Last Of Us might be one thing that I’ll be discovering for the remainder of my life. 

‘Going again into season two and moving into these boots once more, it feels, I do not know, unusually model new. I’ve by no means executed something like this earlier than that has such unique authorship earlier than I ever bought to it. 

‘And then to be given the area to creator what I’ve to present and to be beneath Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and alongside Bella Ramsey has been actually the entire motive. It works for me. 

‘And I suppose I’ll be, I’m studying one thing new daily and I’ll be eager about it most likely for the remainder of my life daily. 

‘Filming on season two goes wonderful. It’s form of awe-inspiring, the type of focus and dedication that everybody has going into season two. 

After a taxing 118-day strike, the Screen Actors Guild honored the most effective performers in movie and tv on the thirtieth annual .

Winners had been decided by SAG-AFTRA members, who vote for his or her favorites throughout a lot of classes.

Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani introduced the nominations earlier this yr on Instagram Live, with Barbie and Oppenheimer main the movie nominations with 4 nods every.

Barbie star Margot Robbie and Emma Stone from Poor Things had been among the many nominees for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. 

Maestro’s Bradley Cooper and Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy had been additionally among the many contenders for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. 

Netflix streamed the ceremony for the primary time. Last yr’s awards had been streamed on Netflix’s YouTube account.

The awards come simply months after SAG-AFTRA struck a cope with movie studios following a months-long strike with pay within the streaming period and synthetic intelligence prime problems with concern.

The strike started on July 25, 2023 and a tentative deal was struck on November 8. It formally ended on December 5, 2023 with a 78% sure in voting. 

Despite disagreements over the ultimate deal, the end result was an enormous aid for union leaders and the leisure business following a grueling few months of strikes.

The boycott coincided with the WGA strike, which lasted from May 2 to September 27.