Pedro Pascal criticises US immigration policies and press freedom at Cannes: “Fight back, don’t let them win”

Pedro Pascal made headlines at the Cannes Film Festival with pointed remarks about immigration and press freedom in America , criticising the current administration.

Speaking to Variety, the actor said, “Fear is how they win, so keep telling the stories, keep expressing yourselves and keep fighting to be who you are. So f*** the people who try to scare you. Fight back, don’t let them win.”

Pascal, who stars in Eddington, a film where he plays a New Mexico mayor proposing open borders, discussed his own background. “I’m an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship, and I was privileged to grow up in the United States after being granted asylum in Denmark.”

He continued, “I want people to be safe and secure, and I deeply want to be on the right side of history.” Though admitting he felt overwhelmed by political discourse, Pascal reaffirmed support for protections for immigrants and the importance of free expression.

On the challenges actors face when discussing political issues, he noted, “Obviously, it’s very intimidating for an actor in a movie to talk about issues like this. The question is too overwhelming for me to really address, I’m not informed enough.”

This is not the first time Pascal has publicly addressed Trump. In the past, he commented, “That an immigrant, a refugee from Chile, is the cowboy of Kingsman 2 — I hope he is ‘super happy’ with the character… or ‘super sad’.”