The Pascal Pulse - Issues 37

“It’s the reason I wake up in the morning. It’s why I live and breathe.”

That’s how Pedro once described art.

And when you look at the way he moves through the world, those words feel true. Art is something he actively seeks out and surrounds himself with. He gravitates toward artists and art lovers, and when he talks about creativity, you can hear the passion behind it.

On the TalkArt podcast with Russell and Robert, that love of art comes through clearly. In that conversation, he shared that when he first moved to New York at nineteen, still figuring out who he was and where he belonged, he would return again and again to one painting at the Museum of Modern Art: Henri Rousseau’s The Dream. While others didn’t always connect with it the same way, that painting gave him comfort during a time of uncertainty.

Later in the same conversation, when asked which painting might describe his life, he pointed to Francisco Goya’s The Dog (1823), joking in his typically cheeky way that the dog “is so fucked,” before saying that was the painting that represented his life.

Other works have clearly resonated with him as well. While visiting the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Spain, he shared paintings by Alex Katz, including Round Hill and Big Red Smile, posting them to his Instagram story with the caption “Mama.” We’ve also seen him pause to admire “Angelito” by Studio Lenca (José Campos), and he proudly owns Jon Key’s Man in the Violet Suit No. 14. Last year in Los Angeles, he also attended Peter Berlin: Permission to Stare, curated by Russell Tovey at Mariposa Gallery, celebrating the artist and filmmaker known for his bold, self-stylized photography and his lasting impact on gay male culture in the 1970s and 80s.

And even in the past few weeks, that love of art has continued to show up in the places he spends his time. Pedro was spotted at Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles, and this week he was seen in Mexico City enjoying the alebrijes at the Tamayo Museum.

Art for Pedro isn’t distant or theoretical. It’s personal. It’s memory. It’s comfort. It’s connection.

And in a beautiful way, that same love of art echoes throughout this fandom. The creativity inspired by him has become something like a pulse here, with fans responding to the stories and characters he brings to life through their own imagination and expression.

Art may be the reason he wakes up in the morning. And for many here, the stories and characters he’s brought to life have sparked that same creative drive. The illustrations, edits, writing, and countless other works shared across this fandom are proof of it. It’s a beautiful full circle: the art that inspires him continues to inspire so much art in return. 💜

We want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone for the incredibly positive response to the Issue 36 editorial Instagram post. The thoughtful comments, DMs, and emails we received meant so much to us.

It was incredibly meaningful to see so many of you respond with the same spirit we hoped to encourage, care, perspective, and a commitment not to participate in harassment. We’re also very happy that Pedro and his loved ones saw the outpouring of love reflected in your messages.

Moments like this are a reminder that this fandom can be a truly positive and supportive place when people lead with thoughtfulness and empathy.

Thank you for showing what this community is capable of when we choose kindness and understanding.

The Wild Robot sequel is officially moving forward, with Troy Quane and Heidi Jo Gilbert set to direct and Chris Sanders returning to write the script. Reports also indicate the sequel is being developed as The Wild Robot Escapes, drawing from Peter Brown’s second book in the series.

It also opens the door for something very important, obviously: more Fink. Pedro’s sly, funny, and oddly charming fox quickly became one of the standout characters in the film, bringing warmth, humor, and just the right amount of chaos to Roz’s world. While no cast details are confirmed, the sequel moving ahead naturally has fans hoping we’ll get to see more of him.

With the original’s heart, beauty, and found-family magic still lingering, the next chapter already feels exciting. And if that journey includes more Fink? Even better.

Another win for The Last of Us: costume designer Ann Foley has received the CAFTCAD Award for International Costume Design for TV – Made in Canada for “Feel Her Love.” It’s a fitting recognition for the thoughtful, character-driven design work that has helped make the series feel so textured, grounded, and unforgettable. From emotional storytelling to world-building through wardrobe, Foley’s work continues to be one of the show’s standout creative elements.

The Last of Us took home the SAG Actors Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series at the 32nd Annual SAG Actors Awards. A well-deserved recognition for the incredible stunt team that helped bring the show’s intense and unforgettable moments to life.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps has already picked up an early honor, winning Best Production Design in the Fantasy Feature Film category at the 30th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards. The film’s striking visual world was led by production designer Kasra Farahani, whose work helped bring Marvel’s First Family to life in a bold new way.

Empire’s upcoming cover story on The Mandalorian & Grogu offers new insight into Din Djarin’s journey and Pedro’s expanded presence in the role. While the character’s physical performance has always involved a team effort, Jon Favreau confirms that audiences will see more of Pedro in the armor this time, both with and without the helmet.

Favreau also shared that the film pushes a bit further than before when it comes to helmet-off moments, noting that Pedro is “a pretty physical performer,” which allowed them to expand what Din does on screen. After the demanding action training he completed for Gladiator II, Pedro was more than ready to step fully into the role as Mando.

The feature will also include Pedro’s thoughts on Din removing his helmet again, explaining that the moment “made perfect sense,” along with additional behind-the-scenes insight from Favreau, Dave Filoni, and more as The Mandalorian & Grogu prepares for its big-screen debut.

Vanessa Kirby is giving fans a little peek into the morning ritual of Marvel’s first family. In a new Forbes interview, Kirby shared that the Fantastic Four cast would start their 4 a.m. mornings together with icy face baths, including Pedro right beside her.

Pedro was spotted visiting Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles last week, adding a little extra star power to one of LA Art Week’s buzziest stops. Felix Art Fair’s 2026 edition ran from February 25 through March 1 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, where the event once again brought together galleries, artists, and collectors in its signature hotel-room setting.

A piece of early Pedro Pascal film history is finally easier to find. Burning Bridges (1996), a short film directed by Marcus Hahn and featuring Pedro as Jeremy, is now available to stream after a recent remaster. The film follows a troubled young man who is kicked out of boarding school and crosses paths with a stranger in a stark factory landscape, setting off a chain of unexpected events.

The short was remastered by Metropolis Post and is now streaming via Infinite Scenarios for $3.99.

Javiera recently spoke with Digital Trends en Español during Prime Video’s International Originals Showcase, where she discussed the growth of Latin American series and films and the global reach of Prime Video’s original content. As the director of Prime Video Originals for Latin America, Canada, and Australia, she plays a key role in bringing new stories and voices to audiences around the world.

See our English translation here.

This past week, Lux made several stylish appearances across the fashion week circuit. She was spotted attending the Bottega Veneta show during Milan Fashion Week for the Fall/Winter 2026–2027 season, arriving in an effortlessly chic belted trench and sunglasses.

Lux also stepped out at the Balmain show during Paris Fashion Week on March 4, 2026, wearing a striking look featuring a black blouse paired with a golden skirt. The moment captured the cinematic, sensual style she thanked the fashion house for in her post.

From Milan to Paris, Lux continues to shine both on screen and on the global fashion stage.

Miss Carbón Wins at the GLAAD Media Awards

Congratulations to Lux and everyone involved with Miss Carbón, which has won Best Streaming Film at the GLAAD Media Awards. Directed by Agustina Macri and starring Lux Pascal alongside Paco León, the film tells the powerful story of Carla Antonella, the first woman miner in an Argentine region where women had long been barred from working in the mines.

The award recognizes the film’s message of determination, identity, and breaking barriers, bringing an important and inspiring story to audiences around the world.

Our “Because You’re Here” birthday project is officially underway, and the submissions so far have been incredibly moving. If you’re planning to participate, we encourage sending your entry soon so we have time to give every contribution the care it deserves as we build this digital comfort book.

Submissions are open through March 20, 2026, and we’re welcoming letters, artwork, pet photos, kindness stories, and more. We can’t wait to see what this beautiful community creates.

Heads up! This week’s issue is a big one. Because of the length, some email providers (especially Gmail) may clip the message. If that happens, just click “View entire message” or the link below to see the full issue. We promise it’s worth it. 💜

Some of these are canon-based, some are pure instinct, and some were revealed to us in a vision. Either way, here is our totally unofficial guide to the sun, moon, and rising signs of Pedro Pascal’s characters plus exactly how annoying each of them would be about astrology.

Dieter Bravo
Sun: Leo
Moon: Pisces
Rising: Gemini
His opinion on astrology: Knows his full chart, his exes’ charts, and once cried because an astrologer told him he was “misunderstood by the cosmos.”
This man is a disco ball with trauma. Leo for obvious reasons - he needs to be adored. Pisces Moon because he is actually soft and porous under all the peacocking. Gemini Rising because he can be charming, ridiculous, brilliant, and emotionally slippery in the same sentence.

Din Djarin
Sun: Capricorn
Moon: Cancer
Rising: Scorpio
His opinion on astrology: “I do not require the guidance of stars.”
Sir. Your whole life is guided by creed, fate, devotion, and emotional repression. Be serious. Capricorn Sun is duty. Cancer Moon is the secret dad soup. Scorpio Rising is the “approach me and perish” helmet aura.

Ezra
Sun: Aquarius
Moon: Pisces
Rising: Virgo
His opinion on astrology: Loves it, but only if explained by an eccentric mystic in a cave with bioluminescent mushrooms.
Ezra is too poetic and strange to be anything boring. Aquarius Sun gives the odd brilliance, Pisces Moon gives the lyrical tenderness, Virgo Rising gives the careful survival brain under all the velvet monologuing.

Clint Flood
Sun: Scorpio
Moon: Aries
Rising: Sagittarius
His opinion on astrology: “This is bullshit.”
Also Clint, five minutes later: “So what does it mean if I keep attracting betrayal and fire?”
He gives us dangerous mystery man with chaotic instincts. Scorpio for the intensity, Aries Moon because he reacts first and reflects never, Sagittarius Rising because there’s something restless and untamable about him.

Dave York
Sun: Capricorn
Moon: Scorpio
Rising: Libra
His opinion on astrology: Thinks it’s nonsense, but would absolutely weaponize what he learns about your sign against you in an argument.
He is all control, image, discipline, and hidden menace. Capricorn runs the operation, Scorpio Moon keeps the emotional basement locked, Libra Rising is the polished suburban husband packaging.

Francisco “Catfish” Morales
Sun: Taurus
Moon: Cancer
Rising: Virgo
His opinion on astrology: Doesn’t really believe in it, but lets you read his chart and listens very politely.
Catfish is comfort, loyalty, steadiness, and unhealed sadness in a flannel-adjacent form. Taurus Sun is grounded and dependable. Cancer Moon makes him deeply feeling. Virgo Rising gives quiet competence and that humble, capable energy.

Harry Castillo
Sun: Libra
Moon: Taurus
Rising: Leo
His opinion on astrology: He doesn’t believe in astrology because it’s spiritual. He believes in it because it told him he was born for success.
Harry has flirtatiousness, taste, and ego, but also some softness. Libra Sun gives charm and social shine, Taurus Moon gives sensuality and stubborn attachment, Leo Rising gives that effortless “yes, I entered the room, thank you for noticing” energy. He’d love astrology mostly because it feeds the narrative that his success was cosmically pre-approved.

Jack “Whiskey” Daniels
Sun: Aries
Moon: Sagittarius
Rising: Leo
His opinion on astrology: Calls it “space bullshit,” then demands to know which sign is best in bed.
He is swagger, fire, impulsiveness, and theatrical masculinity turned up to cartoonishly lethal. Aries Sun charges in, Sagittarius Moon wants freedom and appetite, Leo Rising enters every room like it’s his own rodeo arena.

Javi Gutierrez
Sun: Leo
Moon: Libra
Rising: Pisces
His opinion on astrology: Fully obsessed. Has definitely said “I knew it” after learning someone was a Gemini.
Javi is a sweetheart in expensive fabric. Leo Sun gives the glamour, Libra Moon gives the romantic/social softness, Pisces Rising gives dreamboat whimsy and a general air of “sad rich himbo who means well.”

Javier Peña
Sun: Scorpio
Moon: Capricorn
Rising: Aries
His opinion on astrology: Hates it on sight. Deeply offended by how accurate it is.
This is a man made of suspicion, obsession, controlled damage, and bad coping mechanisms. Scorpio Sun does the intense fixation. Capricorn Moon clamps the feelings into a steel box. Aries Rising gives that blunt, aggressive first impression.

Joel Miller
Sun: Libra
Moon: Scorpio
Rising: Capricorn
His opinion on astrology: “You’re telling me a month decides how a person acts? That’s stupid.”
Also Joel: textbook trauma fortress. Libra Sun makes him more relationship-driven than he’d ever admit — a man defined by love, loyalty, and the people he’d burn the world down for. Scorpio Moon is grief buried under concrete. Capricorn Rising makes him seem colder than he is — practical, severe, hard to reach.

Marcus Acacius
Sun: Capricorn
Moon: Libra
Rising: Taurus
His opinion on astrology: Respects the heavens in a Roman way, but would pretend this is beneath him.
He feels like discipline and honor wrapped around exhaustion and doomed tenderness. Capricorn Sun is command and burden. Libra Moon is conscience, diplomacy, and longing for peace. Taurus Rising gives him that grounded, solid, immovable general energy.

Marcus Moreno
Sun: Cancer
Moon: Capricorn
Rising: Virgo
His opinion on astrology: Indulges it for his daughter’s sake and secretly remembers everything you said.
He is peak protective dad with capable leader energy. Cancer Sun is the heart. Capricorn Moon is the responsibility. Virgo Rising makes him efficient, modest, and perpetually in competent single-dad mode.

Marcus Pike
Sun: Libra
Moon: Cancer
Rising: Taurus
His opinion on astrology: Very open to it, but mostly wants to know whether the chart says he’s a good boyfriend.
Marcus Pike is gentle, cultured, sincere, and a bit too idealistic in love. Libra Sun is obvious. Cancer Moon gives emotional sweetness. Taurus Rising makes him feel safe, warm, and aesthetically well put together.

Max Phillips
Sun: Gemini
Moon: Leo
Rising: Scorpio
His opinion on astrology: Knows just enough to use it to seduce people badly.
Max is pure sleazy charisma with supernatural ego. Gemini Sun talks for sport, Leo Moon needs worship, Scorpio Rising gives predatory magnetism and that dangerous-sex-appeal nightmare fuel.

Max Lord
Sun: Leo
Moon: Gemini
Rising: Capricorn
His opinion on astrology: Loves anything that can be turned into branding. “Manifestation” nearly killed us all, so this tracks.
Leo Sun is ambition and performance. Gemini Moon is mental chaos, salesmanship, and emotional inconsistency. Capricorn Rising gives the CEO shell and hunger to conquer the room.

Pero Tovar
Sun: Aries
Moon: Virgo
Rising: Scorpio
His opinion on astrology: Thinks it is witchcraft and therefore probably your problem, not his.
Pero is all blade, bite, and unexpected loyalty. Aries Sun gives aggression and heat. Virgo Moon makes him more observant and practical than he seems. Scorpio Rising gives the feral, distrustful, “I have been through some things and now I hiss” exterior.

Reed Richards
Sun: Aquarius
Moon: Virgo
Rising: Capricorn
His opinion on astrology: Dismisses it as statistically unsound, then accidentally becomes fascinated by pattern structures in birth-chart systems.
Reed is pure brain-hurricane. Aquarius Sun is the visionary weirdness. Virgo Moon is anxious perfectionism. Capricorn Rising gives reserved authority and “I have not slept because the equations are whispering.”

This week’s artist highlight goes to @5healthMONO, who recently shared two striking portraits of Din Djarin - one unmasked, one helmeted - in a beautifully balanced black-and-white style. The pair works almost like a visual diptych: two sides of the same character, two identities held in tension, and both rendered with an incredible sense of texture, depth, and quiet emotion.

Our friend teshiiex is putting together a fan-led Pedro Pascal colouring book for a beautiful cause. The project will raise funds for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), supporting relief efforts in Sudan, Palestine, and Congo, and brings together artists and Pedro fans in a shared act of creativity and care.

All the details, guidelines, and submission info are in the original post linked below - but above all, it’s such a lovely fandom-led project, and we’re excited to see it come to life.

The #Raindro2026 Pedro Pascal art challenge returns April 3. Created by @kiyomeje and hosted this year by @alyssamariag and @north.the.lemon, the challenge invites fans to create Pedro-inspired art based on a different color assigned to select dates throughout April. All mediums are welcome, but AI submissions will not be shared.

To participate, tag @alyssamariag and @north.the.lemon and use #Raindro and #Raindro2026.

For full details and how to participate, check out the official announcement post here:

A beautiful Pedro-inspired piece donated by artist @pink_pigtail recently helped turn creativity into real impact. Through the sale of the prints, $175 was raised and donated to Artist for Aid in support of the Sudanese American Physicians Association and the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. It’s a beautiful reminder that when fandom channels its creativity, it can do real good in the world. 💛

As we mentioned earlier in this issue, Din and Grogu are featured on the latest cover of Empire Magazine, celebrating their upcoming big-screen adventure in The Mandalorian and Grogu.

If you’re looking to add this one to your collection, our friends at Your Celebrity Magazines have copies available and ship worldwide, which makes it much easier for international fans to grab one. We’ve also had much better luck ordering through them. Sometimes ordering directly from Empire can be a bit hit or miss with delivery, but we’ve never had issues with Your Celebrity Magazines.

So if this cover is calling your name… well, you know the drill. 💸

Created by Fans, for Fans

Maiev @LittleMrsMorales & Mel @StainsOfPascal & Jackie 💜

Special Thanks:

To Pedro - thank you for proving that sometimes, society does make the right person famous. Thank you for standing beside those who feel unseen, unheard, and uncertain of their place in the world. You remind us that visibility can be an act of grace.

To our readers - thank you for filling our inbox, our hearts, and this tiny corner of the internet with your brilliance. You turn a project into a community.

See you in the next issue!
Remember: you’re not too much.
You’re exactly the right amount of obsessed.
Until next time