Pedro Pascal Says Not His Fault ‘Final of Us’ In comparison with ‘This Is Us’

Pedro Pascal says he is conscious that this new hit HBO present, “The Final of Us,” is getting in comparison with one other ‘Us’ collection … and his response to that’s, take it up with the writers.

We received the TV star Friday in WeHo, the place he was signing autographs and itching to go away. Earlier than he did, although, PP chopped it up with us for a bit … and we requested him why ‘LOU’ retains on introducing nice characters that all of us love, solely to kill ’em off instantly?

If that sorta gut-wrenching TV sounds acquainted, it is as a result of it’s … AKA, NBC’s “This Is Us,” which is an actual tear-jerker and likewise tends to put in writing out characters at a second’s discover.

Pedro says he thinks the ache viewers are experiencing by briefly assembly/dropping onscreen faves like Invoice and Frank (RIP), Tess (additionally RIP) and most just lately, Riley (perhaps RIP?) is definitely price it. He does not actually clarify why … however maybe he is aware of, that is simply good TV.

Once we pressed a bit additional, he kinda simply shrugged his shoulders and stated … hey, I simply do the appearing. In different phrases, the fleeting characters factor is not his name — which is trustworthy.

Our photog additionally touched on one other theme that is being introduced up time and again all through this primary season … specifically, LGBTQ+ illustration. Among the names talked about above truly lend themselves to that, and Pedro says … yeah, it is vital.