Pedro Pascal Rips Trump Admin At Cannes: 'F**k The People That Try To Make You Scared'
The "Eddington" star was asked during a press conference for the film, which probes America's political Trump-era chaos, if he was scared to reenter the U.S.
Pedro Pascal is speaking out against President Donald Trumpâs administration.
The âEddingtonâ star fielded apt political questions Saturday at the Cannes International Film Festival in France, as the Ari Aster film heavily mocks the MAGA movement.
When a reporter asked Pascal if he was worried about reentering the United States, the actor didnât mince words.
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âFear is the way that they win, for one,â replied Pascal in footage shared by Variety. âSo keep telling the stories and keep expressing yourself and keep fighting to be who you are. And, I donât know, fuck the people that try to make you scared, you know? And fight back.â
The âperfect wayâ to fight back is âtelling stories,â he continued. âAnd donât let them win.â
âEddingtonâ premiered Friday at Cannes to a standing ovation and tears of gratitude from Pascalâs co-star Joaquin Phoenix. Set during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, the satire explores Americaâs political divisions, zealotries and conspiracy theories.
Phoenix plays a small-town sheriff in the titular, fictional Eddington, New Mexico. The sheriffâs political differences with the mayor (Pascal) lead to a standoff that âsparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor,â an official synopsis for the A24 film states.
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Asked earlier in the press conference about Trumpâs immigration policy, specifically, Pascal said âitâs far too intimidatingâ and âscaryâ of a question âfor an actor participating in a movie like thisâ to answer, adding that heâs ânot informed enough,â Variety reported.
That didnât stop the beloved actor from voicing his beliefs and giving fellow immigrants grace. Pascal was born in Chile, and was forced to navigate serious immigration issues at an early age alongside his immigrant family.
Pascal half-jokingly said Saturday that he was "too afraid" of answering a political question.Sebastien Nogier/Pool/Getty Images)
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âI want people to be safe and to be protected, and I want very much to live on the right side of history,â he said Saturday. âIâm an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship, and I was privileged enough to grow up in the U.S. after asylum in Denmark.â
âIf it werenât for that, I donât know what would have happened to use,â he continued, before lightening the mood with a half-joking expression of fear about retribution. âI stand by those protections. Iâm too afraid of your question, I hardly remember what it was.â
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