Pedro Pascal didn’t know he’d be involved in Bad Bunny‘s 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance until right before he was being brought onto the field.
The Last of Us actor reflected on his cameo in the Grammy Award winner’s monumental Super Bowl performance in a profile with Fantastic Man. Pascal admitted that he reached out to Bad Bunny’s team about participating somehow, even if that meant he’d be volunteering or serving coffee.
“I wanted to participate in any way — literally a volunteer position, like serving coffee if needed — and I put the feelers out through people I work with,” he said. “When it comes to representation synchronized with celebration there’s no one better than Benito at the moment, and that fills me with inspiration outside of just being super into his music.”
The Emmy nominee explained he went into shooting Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! and hadn’t heard back from Bad Bunny’s team, so he “sent someone an email with a selfie of me sticking my tongue out, being, like, ‘It’s really me.’ Within 25 minutes, they called me back and they were, like, ‘We want you to come to the show.’”
Once he made it to Super Bowl LX, the actor explained he did not explicitly know he’d be taking the field to appear in Bad Bunny’s La Casita, a set piece he utilizes in his live performances. All he was told was to wear the color beige, but he quickly realized he was going to be featured in the performance.
“I was under the impression that I would be in a suite. There was a dress code – ‘wear beige’ – but I thought it was in case there’d be a photographer,” Pascal said. “So we’re up in the stands watching the game and somebody pulls me from my seat and takes me backstage and then there’s Cardi B and there’s Young Miko and Karol G and Jessica Alba. They do a wardrobe check and then they tell me, ‘Okay, so the vibe is: you’re dancing.’”
That’s when the Materialists star realized he’d be featured in the show, specifically in Bad Bunny’s La Casita. “I started to realize right before they started, and I was, like, ‘It’s the Casita. I’m such a fucking idiot. Oh my god, I’m going to be in the Casita,’ as I was being marched out into the field. So I think that’s why I seemed like a deer in headlights,” he added.
As Pascal outlined, he was not the only star featured in the singer’s performance. Alongside Cardi B, Young Miko, Karol G and Jessica Alba, the “Tití Me Preguntó” singer also tapped Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga to perform with him mid-set, while Alix Earle, Dave Grutman and Ronald Acuña Jr. also appeared in Bad Bunny’s La Casita.
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