Most people assume celebrities have led easy lives and stardom just knocks on their door — but for Pedro Pascal, that was not the case. From very early on, when he was a 9-month-old baby, his life changed drastically, creating a path that he had no control over. "I didn't choose to come to the United States but being raised here has shaped exactly who I am today, and I can't imagine that being taken away from me," he once told Fusion's "America with Jorge Ramos" (via Latino USA).
In the mid-1970s, Chile found itself under the Pinochet regime. At the time, many families had to leave their homes and seek asylum for their own protection. The Balmaceda Pascal couple was among them, having to take their children out of the country to guarantee their survival. The family was at risk because the actor's parents offered protection to a militant relative of his mother's who had been sought out by the military.
"Still, helping some people hide got them into hot water — eventually they got to the Venezuelan embassy and claimed asylum. We were sent to Denmark and then the U.S.," Pascal shared with Time. "My sister and I were born in Chile and raised in the States, and my little brothers were born in the States and raised in Chile after my parents moved back in 1995."
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