Two Pedros are better than one… And a Brooklyn dad was crowned the winner of a Pedro Pascal look-alike contest in New York City on Sunday, June 15.
A man named George Gountas beat out 30 other contestants for the title, $50, and a year’s supply of burritos from Lower East Side’s Son Del North Mexican restaurant.
Gountas — a lighting designer on The Daily Show — started getting comments about having a similar appearance to Pascal's when "Game of Thrones came out the first time — that's when we first heard it," Gountas's wife, Jenny Gania, told The Wrap.
"Then some kids started noting it, too, so I was like, when we saw this [contest], I was like, 'It's Father's Day. You have to go. It's going to be your Father's Day treat," Gania added. "It's funny, because [Gountas is] not on social media at all. But now he's going to be everywhere."
Annisha Garcia, owner of Lower East Side’s Son Del North Mexican, said she hosted the contest in part in response to Pascal's 2023 comment claiming there was no "good Mexican food in New York."
"There is, and we are here," Garcia responded.
The current trend of lookalike contests took off in 2024 after NYC hosted an event for Timothée Chalamet, and the Oscar-nominated actor actually showed up to the event.
Pascal didn't make this contest, but perhaps one day he'll cross paths with Gountas.
The self-proclaimed "lazy 50 year old bougie bitch" has become a viral sensation as of late, following his beloved roles in Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, The Last of Us, and more. He's also an outspoken ally to his transgender sibling – and even slammed J.K. Rowling after the Harry Potter author gloated about a UK Supreme Court ruling that excluded trans women from certain legal protections. "Heinous loser behavior," the actor wrote.
