Pedro Pascal tributes Willem Dafoe with funny anecdote about watching ‘Platoon’ as a kid

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Pedro Pascal recently paid tribute to fellow actor Willem Dafoe in a heartwarming way. Pascal recounted a funny anecdote about watching the classic war movie “Platoon” as a kid with his dad, which involved Dafoe’s memorable performance.

The talented Latino actor known for his roles in hit shows like “Game of Thrones” and “The Mandalorian,” said Willem, who is the first star to receive a star at the Dafoe’s Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024, is his “greatest teacher.”During the ceremony held on Monday, January 8, Pascal, who worked with the four-time Oscar nominee in the 2017 film “The Great Wall,” said: “I’m gonna go off the book just for a second,” he informed, referring to how he was going to go ignore the script.The first Hollywood Walk of Fame Star of 2024 goes to Willem DafoeZac Efron tributes Matthew Perry as he’s awarded with Hollywood star‘Home Alone’ star Macaulay Culkin to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame“I saw ‘Platoon’ in the movie theater with my father and [Dafoe] made me cry so hard my dad sent me to the bathroom,” he said. “This was 1986.

I was like 10 years old — and I still wanted to be an actor.”Pascal reminisced about his time on “The Great Wall” and a birthday dinner with Dafoe and Giada Colagrande. “It was the warmest introduction into a world I’d spent my life admiring and learning from.

He has been my greatest teacher,” Pascal said.Pascal described Dafoe as “the greatest American actor in our lifetime.” Adding, “you cannot compare his career to anyone’s, truthfully.