Pedro Pascal said that filming his ‘Game of Thrones’ character Oberyn Martell’s brutal death scene was so ‘relaxing’ and described it as ‘the best part of the day.’
During an interview on the show “Hot Ones” by First We Feast, the actor known for playing roles in “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us” discussed a violent scene from HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones.’ The scene in question was broadcasted in 2014 and depicted Ser Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane (played by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) crushing Martell’s skull, resulting in blood splattering all over the stone floor.
“I got my head crushed in. It was the best part of the day,” Pedro said. “It was so hot when we were shooting that scene, you know, he’s over me and he puts his thumbs into my eyes and they’ve got tubing through his body into his forearms to his thumbs just like pumping this cool blood. And [he was] so gentle. The gentelest guy ever. I felt no pressure at all, and he was so hyper-aware of it. I couldn’t even feel his weight on me as he basically straddled me.”
‘I was dead asleep’
The star further continued, “There were all of these fleshy bits that they were kind of placing all over my face, and pumping blood so that it would pool, you know, and spread through the amphitheater for this good wide shot of the two of us from above and I was dead asleep.”
Pascal further added, “I went into the depeest sleep I’ve been in. I realize now that because I’m not a very good sleeper I need to be laid out with pieces of flesh, gelatinous cool-to-the-touch face meat and pooling blood and maybe I’ll finally get a good f***ing night’s sleep.”
‘The Last of Us’ starring Pedro Pascal is now available to stream on Netlfix.