Pedro Pascal Auditioned for Role in Hit LGBTQ+ Series 'Looking'
Looking was a hit show on HBO that shed light on LGBTQ+ characters and featured a star-studded cast including the likes of Jonathan Groff, Russell Tovey and more.
It turns out that it could have also starred Pedro Pascal! The hit series premiered in 2014 and ran for two seasons.
After it was cancelled, a final movie wrapped up the story. Some details have emerged about the series in a 10th anniversary retrospective post, including details about Pedro‘s audition. Read more about Pedro Pascal’s Looking audition… In a GQ retrospective casting director Carmen Cuba and director and executive producer Andrew Haigh explained that there wasn’t a lot of pressure to cast “bigger names” or to only highlight queer talent.
While reflecting on building the cast, Carmen said, “Pedro Pascal was someone we met [for a role on Looking] and from that, I put him on Narcos.” They didn’t say exactly what happened or what role he was up for.
