Pedro Pascal says Buffy residual checks prevented him from ending up homeless

[genbu_no_miko24]

Pedro Pascal says a residual check for ‘BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER’ saved him from going homeless when he only had $7 in his bank account.

“It literally is the reason I was able to stay in acting and not give up.”

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- DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 18, 2024

"Pedro Pascal says a residual check for ‘BUFFY

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[screamingintune]

one of my mom's closest friends, an old sorority sister, is an actor who's gotten a lot of work in stuff that gets a lot of replay and even though she's not a household name to anyone, the residuals have meant she's had a really comfortable life (especially since she played the mom in Hocus Pocus -- Halloween is her favorite holiday because the residuals she gets from that getting replayed on a bunch of channels are REALLY nice). When my mom would visit her while I was growing up, she would always come back with really fancy nice presents. She is not someone people know instantly on the streets, she's a working actor who has been able to have a comfortable life with a career spanning fifty years and survived even the down times because the residuals were there for her. She came from a working class background, she was in college on scholarship. My mom loves telling the story about how she had a hand in her career because my grandfather fixed her teeth a major discount before she got her first head shots taken and moved to

[lamppost1911]

Your mom’s friend is this icon??

[screamingintune]

haha yes they were sorority sisters together in college. a lot of actors went to their school (Illinois Wesleyan) that were pretty successful as they had a very good performing arts program, which was why my mom went as she was considering going into acting as well, but decided to do the more practical elementary education instead. But Frankie Faison and Richard Jenkins also went to school around the same time as my mom though she didn't know them very well.

the stories the OITNB actors told were horrifying. That was one of the shows that was a cornerstone of netflix's original series success. Absolutely unforgivable that they cheaped out on the cast so badly (and I'm sure the writers too).

[lamppost1911]

Omg I love it!!! and yessss to your mom becoming a teacher! I’m sure it wasn’t easy (I say that because I have no patience). Giving her all the props 👏👏👏👏

But omg Frankie Faison??? I’m a Silence/hannibal nerd (except the Hannibal show with what’s his fave so maybe I’m not a nerd) so I I love it and Richard Jenkins is an underrated fave. “The Visitor” is so good!!!

[milotic2]

My crazy dream is to compose a dumb but catchy song like la Macarena or something like that, and get to receive those sweet royalty checks for the next 50 years

[benihime99]

"born to be alive" dreamlife

[freakative]

i haven't heard or thought about that song in years. it's gonna be stuck in my head all day now lol

[anyaroses]

I think your best bet would be to write a novelty Christmas song. They only come around once a year so people don't get sick of them the way they do regular dumb songs. Plus, then you can license it for Christmas toys.

[genbu_no_miko24]

It's from last year but he says Sarah was kind

[hellojeds]

Awh that's lovely, he's surprised that SMG posted about him ☺️

[insomniachobs]

he was so fanboying about it later too, it was adorable

[thrysus]

this is so sweet lol

[hay_nako]

queen buffy saved the worlds future leading man bless

[alwayspolaris]

I so wish Pedro could have stayed on the show and been her new human bf rather than Riley (or just been a friend and slowly replaced Xander lol). I mean for one, Pedro can act lol. But mostly I love how easily he was able to accept help from a girl, unlike a certain commando.

[pseudonygma]

The show had such a weird stance on Buffy's judge of character. Every single friend she made on her own in college and beyond did not last. It's almost like the show was saying that the Scoobies were her friends because they picked her.

[alwayspolaris]

It happened a ton to her in school too. Giles, Willow, and Xander (and Tara and Oz, who we lost for other reasons) were for the most part the correct combination of brave and excess-danger-avoidant, though they occasionally messed up on loyalty. A lot of people abandoned her because they either weren't ready to face her reality (Scott, Riley, Faith, etc.) or were killed/would have been killed because they were too gung ho about joining the fray (Owen, Eddie RIP, Robin, alao Riley, the potentials etc.). But really I think the show mostly knew to provide some character stability and that audiences don't always love new characters. We would have loved Pedro though :(

Also I don't think she spent enough time at college to make new friends even if they survived - she barely attended classes and didn't do any after hours clubs or parties. I wish we could have seen more of her friendship with Tara though.

[pseudonygma]

That's true about character stability. But I was also thinking about characters like Jonathan and Anne/Chantarelle/Lily. Those two had little to no connection to the rest of the Scoobies outside of Buffy