It takes something truly extraordinary to make the internet collectively lose its mind. Enter the Pedro Pascal lookalike contest. A showdown that promised fun but delivered a jaw-dropping revelation, as it appears. Social media users were in for a treat when the contest unveiled a contestant so strikingly similar to the beloved actor that even the most skeptical fans did a double-take. The actor, with his magnetic and rightfully adored presence, would only deserve the best of these natural imitators to flatter him.
The buzz all started with the Pedro Pascal Lookalike Contest held recently in New York City. Contestants from across the country gathered to channel their inner Pascal, but one winner stood out so strikingly that social media erupted. George Gountas, present at the scene credits to his wife,
did not just resemble the beloved actor, he was a spitting image, from the drooping eyes to the lopsided smile
. The internet has since then been in a collective squint trying to register the sorcery being witnessed.
The winner of Pedro Pascal lookalike contest in New York City
📹 jameskleinmann | instagram pic.twitter.com/cSoX9OCq9X
— Pedro Pascal Daily (@pascalarchive) June 15, 2025
The Pedro Pascal look-alike contest had commenced on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on June 15, 2025, hosted by the Mexican restaurant Son Del North. Brooklyn resident George Gountas, encouraged by his wife, reports The New York Post
, entered the contest on a whim and walked away as the clear winner among nearly 30 contestants
. His uncanny resemblance to the star of The Mandalorian
and The Last of Us
earned him $50 in cash and a year’s worth of free burritos from the restaurant.
What makes this Pascal lookalike revelation so captivating is not just the physical similarity but the scale of the cultural phenomenon of celebrity brand, how it has managed to take the social media audience to a rave over the perfect embodiment.
Pedro Pascal in doppelgänger danger
The news of the second Pedro Pascal, without a doubt, got tossed across the internet like hotcakes sold. From memes to double-takes to claims that Pascal might just have found a long-lost twin, the internet just could not rest be put to rest after the event. While, of course, the regular fascination with the very perpetrator of the Pedro Pascal
Fatigue was lost on no one, not even Pedro Pascal the second. X, in particular, exploded the moment the contest winner was announced, with fans flooding the timeline in disbelief and delight.
idk man, his look alike looks more like pascal than pascal 😭
— Tory 🐎💘 (@cutietoryxo) June 15, 2025
… is that not him??? pic.twitter.com/HXthaiqO9c
— luca (@LucaGuadagnegro) June 15, 2025
this has to be the first of these contest where the winner actually looks like the original, i had to look twice to be sure that wasn’t pedro.
— Violet 💖 (@blakeeviolet) June 15, 2025
While some could not get over the eerily spot on, uncanny resemblance, others wondered about Pedro Pascal’s state of mind after the events.
pedro pascal after he came in 2nd place In the Pedro Pascal look alike contest pic.twitter.com/3BCMD5qiiT
— Elizabeth 🦇 (@elizabethkaiixx) June 15, 2025
Pedro Pascal looking at his dopleganger like…. pic.twitter.com/9SFhSUxX5Z
— Sakura (@sakuranekoox) June 15, 2025
It would be a lie to say one would not wonder what is in store for this Pedro Pascal lookalike, somewhere, the industry insiders might even already be buzzing about potential collaborations, and fans are ever the more eager to see if he will step into the spotlight beyond the contest stage. Meanwhile, Pedro Pascal himself has reportedly acknowledged the uncanny resemblance with good humor, adding another layer of charm to this story. Whether this is the start of a new career or just a delightful internet moment, one thing is clear: the world cannot get enough of this perfect Pascal double.
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