Pedro Pascal Shares His Hilarious Reaction During Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
During his groundbreaking halftime performance at Super Bowl LX in February, Bad Bunny caught many off-guard, including Pedro Pascal, who did not anticipate the level of his participation in the event.
After being seen dancing with an ensemble of celebrities in ‘La Casita’ at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, Pascal candidly revealed that he had initially expected to enjoy the festivities from afar.
“I wanted to participate in any way – literally a volunteer position, like serving coffee if needed – and I put the feelers out through people I work with,” he told Fantastic Man. “When it comes to representation synchronized with celebration, there’s no one better than Benito at the moment, and that fills me with inspiration outside of just being super into his music.”
Pascal elaborated on the moment he received the invitation. “Then I went straight into shooting this project with Tony Gilroy named Behemoth!. I was on set every day, and if I wasn’t shooting, then I was in a cello lesson. Afterwards, I was lamenting about not hearing back and I sent someone an email with a selfie of me sticking my tongue out, being like, ‘It’s really me.’ Within 25 minutes, they called me back and they were like, ‘We want you to come to the show.’”
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During the performance, Pascal joined Cardi B, Alix Earle, Dave Grutman, Karol G, Jessica Alba, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Young Miko on the porch of a pink-painted house facade that Bad Bunny incorporated into his tour.
Participants including Ronald Acuña Jr., Young Miko, Pedro Pascal, Giannina Mourouvin, Karol G, Cardi B, Jessica Alba, David Grutman, and Alix Earle pose onstage during the Super Bowl LX halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)
“I was under the impression that I would be in a suite. There was a dress code – ‘wear beige’ – but I thought it was in case there’d be a photographer,” Pascal recounted. “So we’re up in the stands watching the game, and somebody pulls me from my seat and takes me backstage. Then there’s Cardi B and Young Miko and Karol G and Jessica Alba. They do a wardrobe check and then they tell me, ‘Okay, so the vibe is: you’re dancing.’ I started to realize right before they started, and I was like, ‘It’s the Casita. I’m such a fucking idiot. Oh my god, I’m going to be in the Casita,’ as I was being marched out onto the field. So I think that’s why I seemed like a deer in headlights.”
Bad Bunny’s Spanish-language halftime performance sparked significant cultural dialogue, particularly after Donald Trump criticized the show, calling it “a slap in the face to our country.” Trump’s remarks followed warnings from his former Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that ICE would “be all over that place,” despite Bad Bunny being an American citizen.
