While Pedro Pascal is easily one of the most recognizable faces in the entertainment industry now, it wasn’t always sunshine and rainbows for the Game of Thrones alum. In fact, the veteran actor had a prolonged struggling phase where he wasn’t able to secure any decent role. While talking in a recent interview, Pascal revealed that it was his dog who helped him sustain the hard times.
So, here’s what the 50-year-old thespian had to say about the impact that his pet had on him during his formative years.
Pedro Pascal talks about his dog being a close companion during hard times
While speaking in an interview about a horde of topics, The Fantastic Four: First Steps star also opened up about the role his dog played in his life while he was struggling to make it in the entertainment industry. At the time, the actor had also lost his mother, making it harder for him to continue.
Despite arguably being at his lowest, Pedro Pascal always had someone waiting for him at his home, in the form of his pit-bull-mix rescue, Gretta. “She saved my life, that dog, because she gave me someone to go home to,” the Primetime Emmy nominee stated to Vanity Fair.
Pascal also recalled the first night he spent with his dog. Having agreed to foster the puppy for a friend, he witnessed the dog jump into his bed while he listened to his neighbors watching a film. Feeling the warmth of the puppy alongside him, the Materialists actor then decided to keep the puppy and name it Gretta, after one of the characters from the movie that his neighbors were watching.
Talking about the aftermath of Gretta’s demise from old age, Pascal remarked, “I think about how poor I was when I had Gretta. I think about when I had double shifts and I couldn’t find anybody to let her out and we were living in this shithole apartment in Red Hook, and I think about the bougie life she would be leading with me now as opposed to then and I grieve, I really do.”
