A few weeks ago, when Pedro Pascal hosted SNL, there was a skit in which he played a confused teacher called “Mr. Ben” who can’t figure out why the students keep making “fancam” videos of him.
The skit was funny enough on its own, but the skit’s meta commentary makes it even better: Pedro Pascal might just be one of the most popular subjects of the fan edit genre.
How did Pedro Pascal become the internet’s “daddy”?
To understand the popularity of Pedro Pascal fan edits, we need to back up to understand how he became known as the internet’s daddy.
Over at Romper, Jamie Kenney explained the phenomenon:
Between playing Din Djarin — the mysterious, badass, nurturing surrogate father to Baby Yoda — on The Mandalorian and Joel Miller — the tortured, badass surrogate father to Ellie Williams — on The Last of Us, it seems that being a tough guy who finds his soft spot in the form of a child is his thing and we are here for it. You know who else is here for it? Pedro Pascal.
In true daddy fashion, he is a spectacularly good sport about constantly being fawned over in this manner, from telling Star Wars fans he is “honored to be your space daddy” to wanting reassurance that he is, in fact, the “daddiest daddy.” On a recent appearance on Saturday Night Live, he nodded to his internet title alongside long-time friend Sarah Paulson, who says in a sketch “he’s daddy, I’m mommy and we’re all a happy family: no crumbs left.” And then there’s my personal favorite moment, when he impishly tells Entertainment Tonight that he was, indeed, “your cool, slutty daddy.”
–Jamie Kenney
It seems that at the very least, Pascal is amused by his reputation as a daddy. He leans into it and has fun with it, which is a rewarding experience for fans. Even casual fans are enjoying Pascal’s attitude toward this specific kind of fame.
Fan Edits on TikTok
If you want to see the best of the best fan edits of Pedro, TikTok is the way to go. All it takes is a heart-reacting to a few videos or forwarding them, and suddenly your FYP will be filled with short edited videos of Pedro.
One fan edit creator, @dvcree, has nearly 750k followers and has 48 recent videos of Pedro Pascal.
To document just how popular the Dvcree videos are, one of their most successful videos has 26.6 million views and 3.2 million likes as of the end of February 2023. Their other videos have millions of views, too, and their total account likes number over 31 million.
How Pedro Pascal Makes Fan Edits Even More Fun
Fan edits are already pretty fun, regardless of the subject.
The fun thing about Pedro Pascal fan edits is that he is in on the fun! In a lie detector-themed interview with Vanity Fair, Pascal admitted that he watches fan edits of himself. In countless other interviews, he makes it clear that he thinks these edits are entertaining and flattering.
In other words, Pedro Pascal is a good sport, and you’ll just never know if he just watched the same viral Pedro Pascal fan edit that you did!
