The latest internet sensation may look like it’s just Pedro Pascal again, but it’s really George Gountas, The Daily Show’s lighting designer.
During Monday’s “After the Cut” segment, Jon Stewart interviewed the man who makes his face look so good, revealing the winner of Sunday’s Pedro Pascal lookalike contest to the world.
“You’re a sexier, younger Pedro Pascal,” said Stewart.
Meet Pedro Pascal lookalike contest winner George Gountas
On June 17, The Daily Show brought on Gountas as a bit of relief from the usual heavy news, introducing him as the winner of the New York Pedro Pascal lookalike contest that took place on Sunday. He does, indeed, look remarkably similar to the Star Wars actor, so much so that the contest runners didn’t even make him sign up.
“You’re supposed to pre-sign up. I did not sign up,” he said. “I rolled up and I’m like, ‘yo, I’m here,’ and they’re like, ‘you’re gonna win.”
To prepare for the contest, Gountas had to shave his beard, which had long tricked Stewart into thinking the lighting designer looked nothing like Pascal. He then consulted his stylist neighbor at his wife’s urging and got a pair of glasses. That’s all it took.
Later in the segment, Gountas further revealed himself to be a wife guy by using the opportunity to ask the real Pedro Pascal to come meet his. This was the compromise he made with his spouse over how much attention he’s getting from other women, including those who screamed and hooted in the audience.
“Hey, Pedro,” he said to the camera. “This is Pedro number five from New York. It would be a great, great, great gift if you could meet my wife, Jenny. It would mean the world to her. We need to make this happen.”
Now there’s two of them
Pascal was already a pretty universally beloved celebrity, and nobody is complaining that there are two of him now. In fact, the love that Gountas got on The Daily Show was more than matched by social media users.
“WE LOVE GEORGE IN THIS HOUSEHOLD,” said X user @pascalfanatic.
“Champion of wife guys as well, using this to get his wife with actual Pedro,” @justawhitemare pointed out. “A legend.”
Those who are fans of both Pascal and The Daily Show could barely handle it, with user @lyssramscal writing the following:
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