we have seen Peter Pascal characterized in many ways on the small screen -his most recent roles and those that are most present to us right now are those of The Mandalorian and The Last of Us– but even so, surely the image you have on these lines has caught you completely offside: the Chilean actor dressed in the clothing and cap of the mythical Mario from nintendo. What is going on here and why do we have Pascal dressed like this?
Saturday Night Live never disappoints
You have to live in a very deep cave not to know what Saturday Night Live (also known by its acronym, snl), worse in case it is precisely the case, we will explain it to you. Behind this name hides one of the most mythical programs on American television -it first premiered in 1975- in which actors, musicians and other relevant characters who star in scenes usually meet. (sketch) and various interviews. The space is currently on the air on its original channel, nbc, and he continues to give us very special and nice moments with the most current faces of the moment.
Proof of this is the last sketch that has taken place in it and that it is on its way to becoming viral: a parody in which the soul of The last of Us shakes hands with the Mario universe, counting as a character protagonist for such a mix one of the most topical actors on the current television scene: Pedro Pascal.
A parody of The Last of Us with Mario
The parody could not be more original. The people of SNL have imagined what a new video game adapted to the world of television by HBO would be like. Thus, they present us with a world of post-apocalyptic Mario in the purest style The Last of Us in which there is no shortage of mushrooms -in this case, the famous goombas or game mushrooms.
Pascal plays Mario, who will have the mission of transporting the Princess peach (played by Chloe Fineman) up Rainbow Road in a go-kart. Along the way we’ll see Yoshi and Toad, played by two regular Saturday comedians, and even the evil Bowser (Kenan Thompson is in charge of putting himself in his “skin”).
The little promo lasts just 3 minutes and is quite well put together, with several winks and comments that only the most gamers they will know how to identify It’s been difficult to watch the video in its entirety due to country playback restrictions, but luckily, we do have it hosted on the official SNL Twitter account. We leave it to you below:
HBO’s adapting another iconic game pic.twitter.com/YtsIswwSBb
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 5, 2023
Remember that today monday february 6the fourth episode of The last of Us has been released and that this week we will also have the fifth available -the Saturday 11due to a time change on the streaming platform so as not to counter-schedule with the Super Bowl, which is held on Sunday night.
