Pedro Pascal lookalike contest won by NYC dad

Dad was THE State of mind that all the participants of the Pedro Pascal Gatchae competition in New York channeled on Sunday, but only one of them left with an additional $ 50 and a year of free burritos.

George Gountas was crowned unanimous winner during the Father’s Day competition, which attracted enthusiastic crowds by waving growing dolls and signs at the Mexican restaurant of the Del North organizer in the Lower East Side. Brooklyn’s father – who was brought to the event by his family – beat nearly 30 other people for the coveted title.

Gountas’ wife Jenny Gania, told the New York Post that her husband began to make comparisons with Pascal after the actor nominated at the Emmys appeared as Oberyn Martell on Game of Thrones. Soon she said, even the children began to indicate his similarity with The last of us And THE Mandalorian star.

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“When we saw that [contest]I said to myself: “It’s Fathers’ Day. You have to go. It’s going to be the pleasure of Father’s Day ”, recalls Gania. “It’s funny because it is not at all on social networks. But now it will be everywhere.

Like Pascal, Gountas also has his own connection with cinema and television – he is a lighting director on which worked The Daily Show For years, by deadline. His IMDB page also credits him as a lighting designer on several Trevor Noah comedy specials, Ramy Youssef, Pete Davidson and Chris Rock.

The double competition was organized by its Del North chief and the co -owner Anisha Garcia after Pascal Sadly asserted in 2023 Hot Interview that there was no good Mexican cuisine in the city.

“I am [like]”Sorry, but there is no good Mexican Mexican cuisine in New York?” “Said Garcia Job. “And we said to ourselves,” There are, and we are here. »»

The event arrives on the heels of the Timothée Chalamet’s look competition last October in NYC, which saw the real Timmy Tim present to the event of Washington Square Park. The competition sparked a global movement, with Glen Powell, Drake, Jeremy Allen White, Paul Mescal, Harry Styles and Dev Patel Look-Alike of competitions all over the world.

Chalamet and Powell, however, both did their competitions, with the Complete unknown actor tapping several of his lookalikes to appear by his side in a Saturday Night Live Promotional sketch before organizing the show in January. Powell also offered the winner of his competition – a man by the name of Max Braunstein – a cameo role in his next film.

And, in the best use of their new internet renown, Braunstein and the winner of the Chalamet competition, Miles Mitchell, were even invited to the Golden Globes 2025. Your move, 2025 Emmys!