
The Mandalorian and Grogu — the movie extension of Disney’s hit series The Mandalorian — landed in a cineplex far, far away over the long weekend. As is always the case these days, the stakes were high for the first weekend box office results (unless it’s a female-led film, in which case high numbers are flukes and there are no lessons for studio heads to learn on what to greenlight). Adding pressure for M&G is that the Star Wars franchise in particular has been in a bit of a struggle era (which has absolutely nothing to do with a toxic subgenre of fanboys desperate to keep out any characters that aren’t straight white men). So all that world building background to report that the numbers are in ($163 million worldwide) and… M&G is making headlines for opening with a lower box office than 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. Disney is trying to bibbity-bobbity-boo the results with qualifiers like, “Mandalorian and Grogu didn’t cost as much to make as Solo” and something something “the merch will make up for it!” But the message being projected by the trades is that this was not a big win.
Which bums me out, because I don’t want any negative repercussions to befall The Mandalorian himself, star Pedro Pascal! Pedro has been out of the promo trail doing everything he can to sell this movie (unlike his titular costar Grogu, who’s done f–k all), and that included one of the greatest gifts bestowed to this timeline: Pedro Pascal playing with puppies! BuzzFeed knew what we the people of planet earth wanted, and they delivered.
For years, you’ve asked, and you’ve begged for Pedro Pascal to do the puppy interview.
And now the day has finally arrived! That’s right, to celebrate The Mandalorian and Grogu, we had Pedro answer questions while playing with, dare we say, the cutest puppies on the planet.
He talked about his past roles and work, like how he’d return to Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones if he could.
Pedro shared his love languages, his go-to fast food order, the TV show he’s obsessed with right now (spoiler: it’s Widow’s Bay on Apple TV), and so much more.
But mostly, he cuddled with these cute puppies, who he might love just as much as we love him.
The whole thing is simply the best. You can watch Pedro’s full puppy interview below.
And be sure to watch The Mandalorian and Grogu, which is in theaters now!
Also, all of these puppies are available for adoption at Pawsitive Beginnings.
Oh da floofs! Between a half dozen six-week-old pups and Pedro Pascal, this video is both life-affirming and out to end us all. And that’s not a complaint! The sweetest moment happened just before the pups crashed the party, when Pedro paid tribute to his rescue dog Gretta, calling her “the love of my life.” Gretta was a foster fail who hopped into Pedro’s bed and heart while he was struggling to make it as an actor, and sadly crossed the rainbow bridge just as his career was taking off. Pedro full on says in this video that he hasn’t recovered from her loss, at which point an off-camera producer helpfully reminds Pedro that all the dogs on set are available for adoption. (Which they still are, check them out, LA bitches!) Once the hounds are unleashed, I love how Pedro unseats himself from the pillow and just goes completely horizontal for the rest of the video. Being down at their level, plus Pedro wearing his shirt unbuttoned about halfway down his chest, also set him up for this internet-breaking line: “Unfortunately I can’t milk them.” Come on, stop it Pedro! (DON’T stop.) And then there’s the pup who curls up for a nap… at Pedro’s crotch. You know what, forget, “Aw, how cute.” This video is obscene. It’s pure filth. Enjoy.
Photos via YouTube/Buzzfeed and credit: Cat Morley/Avalon, Cat Morley/Avalon, Davide Di Lalla/Avalon




















I am not a Star Wars fan and I did not watch the Mandalorian show. But my oldest child dragged me this and I was amazed at how fun of a movie it was. Standalone (I’m told) story, so low stakes, tons of adventure, adorable Henson-esque creatures. If it isn’t doing well, it’s more likely because people have no money to spare for leisure activities right now.
Thank you for the lighthearted puppies and Pedro!
My husband, son and I saw it, too, and really enjoyed it. My son is not normally a Star Wars fan (breaks his mother’s heart!), and he called “f***ing awesome”.
Same! My husband and I saw it with another couple and we all loved it (even my friend who hadn’t seen the show).
I hope it does well- it’s infinitely better than Solo
Pedro and puppies, is very dangerous. My ovaries almost exploded!
But he is such joy, a natural treasure.
I think this movie is going to be a cult classic in time. I just hope they continue the series.
I often refer to my late dog as my soulmate so I completely understand…
Exactly how I feel about my Lab who has been gone for a year. I even have dreams about that sweet dog.
I get it. I had a dog for over 18 years that was absolutely my soulmate. She has been gone for 10 years now and her passing is like a wound that will never heal for me.
My pup is one of the loves of my life too.
Love the darling Pedro and pup photos.
Awwwww….Pedro and Puppies!!! I’m going to keep a tab open just for this video — for those times when I need major balance in the face of current events and other chaos.
As an aside, there is a truly awful pop up ad that’s covering the screen so I can’t see what I’m writing while I’m trying to write it. Ugh. It might mean more inadvertent clicks and page views for the ad, but I’ll be posting a lot less and viewing ads a lot less if it means struggling with pop ups in order to do so.
Went to see it this weekend. I and my friends loved it! It was tons of fun and Grogu was adorable.
Saw it Thursday night in a packed theater. Is it the best Star Wars film ever? No, the original and Empire will forever battle over that title with Rogue One sitting right behind, but it’s much better than middling. It’s fresh and fun, full of danger and adventure and thrills,
and hilarious lines, repeats some fun tropes from the original, and is a really enjoyable trip to the cinema, best seen on a really big screen. “Bad baby!”
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My dog Lucy absolutely is my soul mate. We have been living alone together for going on twelve years 🤞🤞🤞I try not to imagine life without her…I’d rather go first as my friend would gladly take Lucy in. I’d have more trouble lol…
Pedro doing puppies interview was the best, loved how he interacted with the puppies and that they curled up next to him to sleep, which others have said is the first time this has happened.
Also the puppy rescued posted that they don’t pick favourites but this was their favourite shoot & in the end he told everyone to stop speaking so they could nap.
Finally love how his hair went to nicely groomed to a bit of a (still lovely) mess because the puppies were biting & playing with it
Oh saw the movie in Imax and loved it, good action & characters but I also found the mando&grogu bits rather touching.
I’m glad he’s a good guy. I hadn’t been in a theater since Endgame, but I love Mando and Grogu. Loved the movie!