Pedro Pascal Says Not His Fault ‘Last of Us’ Compared to ‘This Is Us’

Pedro Pascal says he’s mindful that this brand-new hit HBO program, “The Last of Us,” is getting compared to another ‘Us’ series … and his action to that is, take it up with the authors.

We got the television star Friday in WeHo, where he was itching and signing autographs to leave. Before he did, however, PP sliced it up with us for a bit … and we asked him why ‘LOU’ keeps presenting fantastic characters that all of us enjoy, just to eliminate ’em off right away?

If that sorta gut-wrenching television sounds familiar, it’s since it is … AKA, NBC’s “This Is Us,” which is a genuine tear-jerker and likewise tends to draw up characters at a minute’s notification.

Pedro says he believes the discomfort audiences are experiencing by briefly meeting/losing onscreen favorites like Bill and Frank (RIP), Tess (likewise RIP) and most just recently, Riley (perhaps RIP?) is really worth it. He does not truly discuss why … however possibly he understands, that’s simply great television.

When we pushed a bit additional, he kinda simply shrugged his shoulders and stated … hi, I simply do the acting. In other words, the short lived characters thing isn’t his call — which is sincere.

Our photog likewise discussed another style that’s being raised once again and once again throughout this very first season … particularly, LGBTQ+ representation. Some of the names discussed above really provide themselves to that, and Pedro says … yeah, it’s essential.