NYC dad dragged to Pedro Pascal lookalike contest — and wins it
This Mandalorian earned his bounty.
A Brooklyn dad was dragged by his household to a look-alike contest for actor Pedro Pascal on Sunday — and ended up successful it.
George Gountas took house $50 — and a 12 months’s provide of burritos — for being the closest ringer to Pascal — the star of collection together with the “Star Wars” spin-off “The Mandalorian” and “Sport of Thrones” — on the Decrease East Facet’s Son Del North Mexican restaurant.
“It began when the ‘Sport of Thrones’ got here out the primary time — that’s after we first heard it,” Gountas’ spouse, Jenny Gania, stated of individuals noticing her hubby’s likeness to the 50-year-old Chilean-born actor, who famously starred as bounty hunter Din Djarin in “The Mandalorian.”
“Then some youngsters began noting it, too, so I used to be like, after we noticed this [contest], I used to be like, ‘It’s Father’s Day. You need to go. It’s going to be your Father’s Day deal with,’ ” Gania stated she advised her husband. “It’s humorous, as a result of he’s not on social media in any respect. However now he’s going to be in all places.”
Gountas of Greenpoint edged out practically 30 different individuals for the title.
Restaurant chef and co-owner Annisha Garcia stated the inspiration for the Manhattan contest got here from Pascal’s well-known 2023 quip that there was no first rate Mexican meals within the Huge Apple.
“I’m, ‘So sorry, however there’s no Mexican, good Mexican meals in New York?’ ” Garcia stated. “And we had been like, ‘There may be, and we’re right here.’ “
Co-owner Wim Shih stated the entire concept behind the competition was to convey a smile to of us throughout troubled occasions.
“There’s simply a lot disappointment on the earth proper now, and we needed to be a little bit of sunshine at the moment amidst all that,” Shih stated.
The wannabe-Pascals who confirmed up for the competition included one participant sporting a t-shirt that learn, “Defend the Dolls and all Immigrants” — a play on the slogan, “Defend the Dolls,” that the actor popularized to assist his transgender sister, Lux Pascal.
Pascal has earned large popularity of his roles, which even have included Oberyn Martell within the hit collection “Sport of Thrones” and Joel Miller in “The Final of Us.”
Sunday’s occasion is the newest superstar look-alike competitors within the 5 boroughs since a Timothee Chalamet contest in Washington Sq. Park in October — with the actor himself making an look on the occasion.