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Pedro Pascal was overcome with emotion at the MTV Movie & TV Awards as he paid homage to the power of ‘young people’ in his speech, describing them as his ‘heroes’.
This year’s awards ceremony, which featured winners including The White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge, Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn and Hollywood sweetheart Drew Barrymore, was cancelled last minute as a result of the writers’ strike.
This meant that the show was pre-recorded, with the winners of each category filming themselves receiving their accolades and making a speech to the masses.
Pedro, 48, picked up three gongs overall – best hero for his performance in The Last of Us, best duo with Bella Ramsey, 19, in the dystopian series, and the drama was also recognised as best show.
As he expressed his gratitude for his best hero recognition, wearing a bright yellow T-shirt while filming outdoors in a garden, the actor admitted that he wished everyone could be together ‘so I could look into your eyes and tell you that all the young people in the world are my heroes and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you’.
In his moving tribute, he continued: ‘I wanna say that you deserve a world that serves your interests. You deserve to be healthy, you deserve to be safe, you deserve for your individual rights to be fought for and protected. You deserve real heroes in this world, because you are real heroes to me, and, I love you.’
As Pedro said ‘you are real heroes to me’, his voice became choked up, before he broke out into a huge grin.
Honestly, could the Game of Thrones star be any more lovable?
Later on when Pedro was seen with all three awards received by The Last of Us on the night, he explained that showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann were unable to be there, while he shared his support for the striking writers.
Holding all three of the popcorn trophies, he stated: ‘We are all … standing in solidarity with the WGA that is fighting very hard for fair wages. We thank you, we love you.’
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 winners: Full list
BEST MOVIE
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Nope
Scream VI (WINNER)
Smile
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST SHOW
Stranger Things
The Last of Us (WINNER)
The White Lotus
Wednesday
Wolf Pack
Yellowstone
Yellowjackets
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Austin Butler — Elvis
Florence Pugh — Don’t Worry Darling
KeKe Palmer — Nope
Michael B. Jordan — Creed III
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Aubrey Plaza — The White Lotus
Christina Ricci — Yellowjackets
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday (WINNER)
Riley Keough — Daisy Jones & The Six
Sadie Sink — Stranger Things
Selena Gomez — Only Murders in the Building
BEST HERO
Diego Luna — Andor
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
Paul Rudd — Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Pedro Pascal — The Last Of Us (WINNER)
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick
BEST VILLAIN
Elizabeth Olsen — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (WINNER)
Harry Styles — Don’t Worry Darling
Jamie Campbell Bower — Stranger Things
M3GAN — M3GAN
The Bear — Cocaine Bear
BEST KISS
Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux — The Last Of Us
Harry Styles + David Dawson — My Policeman
Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow — Outer Banks (WINNER)
Riley Keough + Sam Claflin — Daisy Jones & The Six
Selena Gomez + Cara Delevingne — Only Murders in the Building
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Adam Sandler — Murder Mystery 2 (WINNER)
Dylan O’Brien — Not Okay
Jennifer Coolidge — Shotgun Wedding
KeKe Palmer — Nope
Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Bad Bunny — Bullet Train
Bella Ramsey — The Last Of Us
Emma D’Arcy — House of the Dragon
Joseph Quinn — Stranger Things (WINNER)
Rachel Sennott — Bodies Bodies Bodies
BEST FIGHT
Brad Pitt (Ladybug) vs. Bad Bunny (The Wolf) — Bullet Train
Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface — Scream VI (WINNER)
Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna) vs. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) — Stranger Things
Keanu Reeves (John Wick) vs. Everyone — John Wick 4
Escape from Narkina 5 — Andor
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Coolidge — The White Lotus (WINNER)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson — Cocaine Bear
Justin Long — Barbarian
Rachel Sennott — Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie Bacon — Smile
BEST DUO
Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke — Do Revenge
Jenna Ortega + Thing — Wednesday
Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey — The Last Of Us (WINNER)
Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Grannò — The White Lotus
Tom Cruise + Miles Teller — Top Gun: Maverick
BEST KICK-ASS CAST
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Outer Banks
Stranger Things (WINNER)
Teen Wolf: The Movie
BEST SONG
Demi Lovato — Still Alive (Scream VI)
Doja Cat — Vegas (Elvis)
Lady Gaga — Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick)
OneRepublic — I Ain’t Worried (Top Gun: Maverick)
Rihanna — Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Taylor Swift — Carolina (Where The Crawdads Sing) (WINNER)
BEST DOCU-REALITY SERIES
Jersey Shore Family Vacation
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition
The Kardashians (WINNER)
Vanderpump Rules
BEST COMPETITION SERIES
All-Star Shore
Big Brother
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars (WINNER)
The Challenge: USA
The Traitors
BEST HOST
Drew Barrymore — The Drew Barrymore Show (WINNER)
Joel Madden — Ink Master
Nick Cannon — The Masked Singer
RuPaul — RuPaul’s Drag Race
Kelly Clarkson — The Kelly Clarkson Show
BEST REALITY ON-SCREEN TEAM (presented by SONIC®)
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Pauly D (MVP) — Jersey Shore Family Vacation
Tori Deal and Devin Walker — The Challenge: Ride or Dies
RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage — RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, LaLa Kent — Vanderpump Rules (WINNER)
Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke — The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Halftime
Love, Lizzo
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (WINNER)
Sheryl
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie
In addition to the three awards it won, The Last of Us was nominated for best kiss, for the grotesque moment in the series featuring Anna Torv and Philip Prajoux, as well as breakthrough performance for Bella.
While filming his acceptance speeches for the MTV Movie & TV Awards, Pedro was still bearing remnants from his eye-catching Valentino Met Gala look, with two of his fingernails embossed with the ‘V’ logo of the Italian fashion house.
Both he and Bella were present at the event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last Monday, with Pedro donning an ensemble featuring a bright red coat, shorts and slicked-back hair, and Bella opting for a suave double-breasted skirted tuxedo by Thom Browne.
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The pair emphasised the love that they have for each other when receiving their joint award, with Bella telling viewers: ‘Me and Pedro love each other deeply. I love him, and I couldn’t imagine doing this without him.’
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