Pedro Pascal, 50, Discusses Fatherhood and His Private Love Life

Pedro Pascal opened up about whether he desires to become a dad and why he keeps his private life away from the public in a vulnerable new interview.  

Despite being frequently referred to as ‘the internet’s daddy’ on social media, the Materialists star, 50, admitted he hasn’t longed to become a father.

‘I’ve had dreams of taking my kids to the movies the way my parents took me,’ he quipped to Vanity Fair. ‘So I guess I want a shortcut to an interesting human being, who is my child, who will go see something that I want to see.’

As a child, the actor recalled being ruthlessly ‘bullied for being a weird, sensitive kid’ and ‘attention-hungry.’

Pascal explained he was targeted for ‘being in love with the movies and theater and art’ until his mother pulled him out of his local school system and enrolled him into a school for the arts. 

Now as one of Hollywood’s most popular actors in the entertainment industry right now, the SAG Award winner admits he still battles misconceptions about him. 

Pedro Pascal is fiercely protective of his private life, hiding it from the public as much as his Mandalorian character hides his face

This includes the world’s perception that he keeps details about his personal life under lock and key.

‘I always feel perplexed when I’m identified in whatever form of media as a “highly private person,” because that’s the opposite of me,’ Pascal explained.

He continued: ‘I’m very unprivate in my private life. I just know that personal relationships are such a complex thing to navigate even without having this enormous lens on them.’

In May 2023, Pascal speculated to The Hollywood Reporter that he earned the ‘daddy’ nickname from playing several father figures on screen.

‘(The daddy thing) seems a little role-related, I think. There was a period where the Mandalorian is very daddy to baby Grogu. Joel is very daddy to Ellie. These are daddy parts. That’s what it is,’ he insisted. 

When asked by Jeff Bridges if he was ‘a daddy,’ Pascal playfully shot back: ‘I’m not a daddy… And I’m not going to be a daddy!’ 

To avoid dating rumors, he typically opts to bring his sister Lux, who is also an actress, as his plus-one to events.

The actor can currently be seen on the big screen as one of the leading men in the romantic comedy Materialists with Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans. 

When the SAG Award winner does take a plus-one with him to an event, it’s usually his sister Lux, who is also an actress;  Pictured in London in November 2024

‘I’m very unprivate in my private life. I just know that personal relationships are such a complex thing to navigate even without having this enormous lens on them,’ The Last of Us star told Vanity Fair

It was his first time at trying romance on the big screen, but the job created some insecurities for the action star, who was recovering from back injuries and a  dislocated shoulder.

‘It was the oldest I’d ever felt in life,’ the hunk admitted. 

He added: ‘It was the weakest I’d ever felt. It was such a scary, fraudulent thing to feel like I could play somebody who was the catch of Manhattan.’

The film has has been moderately success at the summer box office amid considerable competition from bevy of family friendly and action films.

Nico Parker, the daughter of actress Thandiwe Newton, who starred as his daughter in the first two episodes of The Last of Us told People of her co-star, ‘We got on so quickly. He’s so lovable that anyone could get on with him anytime… he’s just the best.’

Pascal was recovering from back and shoulder injuries when he made the film. ‘It was the weakest I’d ever felt. It was such a scary, fraudulent thing to feel like I could play somebody who was the catch of Manhattan’

The relationship has continued according to the How to Train Your Dragon star, who revealed they ‘speak all the time.’

‘I really feel like I needed him in my life at the time that he walked into it. We just kind of latched onto each other.’

As for Pascal, the actor has a bevy of big budget projects on the horizon including starring as Richard Reed in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which opens on July 25.

The highly anticipated Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu will debut in theaters in May 2026.

He is currently working on Avengers: Doomsday with Robert Downey Jr, and Chris Hemsworth.