Pedro Pascal opens up about his Spanish heritage: 'I felt at home'

Pedro Pascal had the opportunity to reconnect with his heritage while making "Fantastic Four: The First Steps." While promoting the film in Europe, Pascal revealed that some scenes were shot in Northern Spain, the region where his family's roots are from. 

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Pascal is on a press tour for "Fantastic Four," joined by his castmates Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bacharach. At the London premiere of the film, Pascal discussed his experience shooting in Oviedo, where his family's roots date back. 

"Oviedo was amazing. My blood is from Northern Spain, so I felt at home," he said in an interview with the Spanish publication EFE. 

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The film's director, Matt Shakman, provided more details about the Spanish area where they shot a few of the film's key scenes. "We recorded in a beautiful building designed by Calatrava (a Spanish architect) in Oviedo. You felt as if the place was designed for our movie. It was so perfect. It's the vestibule of the Baxter building and also the interior of the Future Foundation."  

More details about Pascal's heritage

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Pascal has often discussed his love of Spain, revealing that he has Spanish roots from both sides of his family. In an interview with El Pais in 2017, Pascal said "My grandfather is Basque, and my grandmother is from Mallorca." 

He also shared that he lived in Spain for some time and loved it. "I almost stayed here for the rest of my life," he said.  

Pascal lived in Madrid in the summer of '96, where he worked at a bar. "I had an aunt who lived on the outskirts of Madrid," he said in a video on TikTok. "I studied anthropology," he said, adding some air quotes, "And I traveled across Spain, and I fell in love with Madrid. I almost started my life there. But then I moved back to New York, and I couldn't leave because I didn't have the money to leave. That was 20 years ago."

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