Cannes Film Festival: Pedro Pascal calls for not giving in to Trump's intimidation

Pedro Pascal doesn't mince his words. "We shouldn't be afraid to criticize Donald Trump," the Chilean-American actor said Saturday in Cannes , calling on those who try to intimidate the film world to "go fuck themselves."

The star of The Last of Us and Narcos presented Eddington , a neo-Western about an America on the verge of collapse, on the Croisette. Directed by Ari Aster, he plays the mayor of a small town in New Mexico. The film, which paints a satirical portrait of an America torn apart by conspiracy theories, violence, and racism, was conceived before Donald Trump's return to power.

"Fuck those who try to scare you!" the 50-year-old actor said. "Keep telling stories, keep expressing yourself, and keep fighting to be who you are!" he continued. Pedro Pascal again called for "fighting," still "telling stories ." "Don't let them win!"

I want to live on the right side of history

Pedro Pascal

Asked about Donald Trump's immigration policies , the comedian also shared his family's experience as refugees from Chile. "I want people to be safe and protected. I also want to live on the right side of history. I'm an immigrant, my parents are Chilean refugees, I'm also a refugee," he said.

"We fled a dictatorship, and I had the privilege of growing up in the United States, after finding asylum in Denmark. And if that hadn't been the case, I don't know what would have become of us. So I will always support these protections" for asylum seekers, he continued.

At the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, actor Robert de Niro launched an attack on the American president, calling him "uneducated." In the United States, "we are fighting hard to defend the democracy that we always took for granted," the 81-year-old actor declared, before adding that artists are "a threat to the autocrats and fascists of this world."