'I am an immigrant': Pedro Pascal delicately addresses U.S. deportations

Pedro Pascal, one of the stars of Ari Aster’s new modern Western “Eddington,” spoke carefully at the Cannes Film Festival when asked about recent deportations in the U.S.

Pedro Pascal, one of the stars of Ari Aster’s new modern Western “Eddington,” spoke carefully at the Cannes Film Festival when asked about recent deportations in the U.S.

The A24 film, which will release in July, is set during the Covid-19 pandemic and depicts “a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor ... as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.”

Pascal was hesitant to speak when asked about recent deportations, saying, “It’s obviously very scary for an actor who participated in the movie to speak on issues like this.”

“I want people to be safe and to be protected. I want to live on the right side of history,” he said. “I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the United States after asylum in Denmark.”

“If it weren’t for that, I don’t know what would have happened to us,” Pascal continued. “I stand by those protections always.”