Pedro Pascal parodied his hit HBO series The Last of Us during an appearance on Saturday Night Live last night (4 February).
The actor, who plays the character of Joel in the gritty apocalypse drama, was hosting the popular NBC sketch show.
In a pre-recorded sketch, Pascal was seen starring as Mario in a dark, Last of Us-esque adaptation of Nintento’s popular Mario Kart games.
SNLregulars Chloe Fineman and Kenan Thompson starred as Princess Peach and Bowser respectively.
The fake Mario Kart series is purportedly set 10 years after the collapse of the Mushroom Kingdom, with Mario’s adversaries, the Goombas, depicted as walking fungi, reminiscent of the “infected” from The Last of Us.
Viewers reacted enthusiastically to the sketch on social media, with some deeming the parody “hilarious”.
“I would pay good money to watch this,” one person wrote.
“Damn... How much did y’all spend on this? The VFX looks insane,...
The actor, who plays the character of Joel in the gritty apocalypse drama, was hosting the popular NBC sketch show.
In a pre-recorded sketch, Pascal was seen starring as Mario in a dark, Last of Us-esque adaptation of Nintento’s popular Mario Kart games.
SNLregulars Chloe Fineman and Kenan Thompson starred as Princess Peach and Bowser respectively.
The fake Mario Kart series is purportedly set 10 years after the collapse of the Mushroom Kingdom, with Mario’s adversaries, the Goombas, depicted as walking fungi, reminiscent of the “infected” from The Last of Us.
Viewers reacted enthusiastically to the sketch on social media, with some deeming the parody “hilarious”.
“I would pay good money to watch this,” one person wrote.
“Damn... How much did y’all spend on this? The VFX looks insane,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
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