LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT HAT HI -- HAD HIS
FACE RIPPED OFF HIS SKULL IN "GAME OF
THRONES."
HE NOW HE STARS IN "NARCOS."
(SPEAKING SPANISH) >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME,
PEDRO PASCAL!
( BAND PLAYING ) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: DID YOU MIND ME DESCRIBING YOU AS SOMEONE WHO
HAD HIS FACE RIPPED OFF HIS SKULL?
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST GRUESOME DEATHS.
>> IT WASN'T RIPPED OFF.
IT WAS CRUSHED -- WELL, MY TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT, MY EYES WERE
GOUGED IN, AND THEN IT WAS CRUSHED.
>> Stephen: LIKE A ROTTEN MELON.
>> LIKE A ROTTEN MELON, LIKE GALLAGHER'S MELONS, THE BIG
FRUIT.
>> Stephen: NOT AS FUNNY.
IT WAS FUNNY WHEN WE WERE DOING IT
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: HOW DID THAT FEEL?
DID YOU ENJOY HAVING THE MOST GRUESOME DEATH IN THE HISTORY OF
"GAME OF THRONES"?
WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING.
>> IT'S SAYING A LOT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
I LOVED IT.
IT'S AN HONOR.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) I'M A HUGE FAN O OF "THE NIGHT
OF."
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN THE LAST EPISODE?
>> I WAS ON A PLANE.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
I SORT OF WATCH IT ON MY TERMS.
I WASN'T ABOUT TO CATCH IT MIDWAY IN MY HOTEL ROOM SO I
HADN'T SEEN IT?
NEITHER HAVE I.
>> SO LET'S MOVE ON.
>> Stephen: STAY AWAY FROM BACKSTAGE.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE HE WAS BRITISH WHEN I MET HIM.
>> Stephen: I HAD NO IDEA TILL HE STARTED TALKING TO ME.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS SO EXCITING.
AND THEN YOU SAID HE WAS ENGLISH AND I THOUGHT, OH!
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DROP AN ACCENT ON ME, ARE
YOU?
>> I WAS BORN IN CHILE.
>> Stephen: THERE IS SOMEONE FROM EVERY COUNTRY IN THE SHOW
EVERY NIGHT.
LEGALLY, IT'S FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) NOW, IN "NARCOS," THE CHARACTER
IS JAVIER PENA, BASED ON A REAL D.E.A. AGENT.
>> JUST RECENTLY RETIRED, JANUARY 2014.
WHAT YEAR IS IT NOW?
>> Stephen: 2016.
ALL RIGHT, SO A LONG CAREER.
>> Stephen: AND DID YOU GET TO MEET THIS GUY, THE GUY YOU'RE
PLAYING?
>> I DID.
I MET HIM, SPENT TIME WITH HIM.
WE WENT TO QUANTITY CO-, AND I TRAINED FOR A WEEK WITH THE
OTHER ACTOR BOYD HOLBROOK AND STEVE MURPHY, WHO HE PLAYS, AND
IT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I'M FROM CHILE, AND I'M A
CHILD OF SOCIALIST POLITICAL REFUGEES, WE ARE VERY, VERY
LIBERAL, AND I CAN'T SEEM TO SHAKE THE FEELING AMONGST THE
D.E.A. BECAUSE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO ACCUSE THEM OF BEING
CONSERVATIVE -- (LAUGHTER)
-- BUT -- (LAUGHTER)
>> Stephen: LET ME ASK YOU THIS -- IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
IN THE PAST -- IN YOUR PAST YOU MIGHT WANT TO HIDE FROM THE
D.E.A.?
>> EVERYTHING I DON'T REGRET DOING, WHICH IS SORT OF --
>> Stephen: YOU WERE WITH HIM THE WHOLE TIME, DID IT FEEL LIKE
YOU WERE IN TRAFFIC AND A COP WAS BEHIND YOU THE WHOLE TIME.
>> LIKE I'M GOING TO GET CAUGHT FOR MY THOUGHTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
EVERY DRUG THEY TALK ABOUT, I CAN ONLY THINK ABOUT DOING IT.
NOT THAT I HAVE, BUT IT'S THAT OPPOSING, CONTRARY --
>> Stephen: THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CATCH PABLO ESCOBAR.
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CHILDREN OF THE '80s, CAN YOU EXPLAIN
WHAT A HUGE FIGURE PABLO ESCOBAR WAS?
>> HE WAS THE KING OF THE COCAINE INDUSTRY.
A GUY LIKE AL PACINO IN SCARFACE.
>> Stephen: HE'S THE BILL GATES OF COCAINE.
HE WAS WORTH ABOUT $30 BILLION.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, AND HE WAS ON "FORBES" MAGAZINE AND ONE OF THE
RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: HE SPENT $2,500 A MONTH ON RUBBER BANDS TO WRAP
HIS CASH.
TRUE STORY.
>> YOU KNOW MORE THAN I DO.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE DRUGS I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING WHILE I'M PLAYING THE CHARACTER.
(LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: YOU MET THIS GUY.
YOU SAW WHAT THESE GUYS WERE DOING.
THIS GUY IS INFILTRATING THE CARTEL.
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE DONE THAT AS AN ACTOR?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: NO?
WELL...
(LAUGHTER) WE DID TACTICAL SIMULATIONS.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE TO PERFORM A SO FARIO, GIVEN A-- A
SCENARIO.
I HAD TO BUY DRUGS FROM SOMEONE'S HOUSE, THAT WAS ALL AT
QUANTITY CO-.
A QUAKE CUL-DE-SAC YOU DRIVE UP.
YOU HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO OR ASK,
AND THE ASSIGNMENT IS JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR, YOU MET THIS GUY
BEFORE, BOUGHT DRUGS OFF HIM ONE TIME BEFORE AND YOU'RE JUST
GOING TO BUY THE DRUGS AND GO.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CATCH HIM, JUST FINISH THE ASSIGNMENT.
SO I GO, AND I KNOCK ON THE DOOR, AND THE GUY INVITES ME
INSIDE THE HOUSE MIDDLE EAST AND I AM -- INVITES NEE IMMEDIATELY
AND I AM TERRIFIED.
I KNOW THESE D.E.A. AGENTS ARE HAVING FUN WITH THE STUPID
ACTORS WHO ARE TRYING TO BE COOL AT QUANTICO.
HE SAYS, COME INSIDE.
I'M, LIKE, I DON'T THINK I SHOULD.
HE SAYS, WHAT'S WRONG?
I SAID, NOTHING.
HE SAID, YOU'RE BEING DIFFERENT.
I SAID, SO ARE YOU.
HE SAID, YOU WERE SO CHILL LAST NIGHT.
NO, YOU WERE CHILL LAST TIME.
WE WENT AT THIS A LONG TIME.
FINALLY, HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE HAD TO SELL ME THE
DRUGS.
SO I BOUGHT THE DRUGS AND I LEFT.
SO THEY TOOK ME THROUGH WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME IF I WENT
IN THE HOUSE.
THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE ME INSIDE AND A THIRD GUY WAS GOING
TO COME AND I WAS GOING TO GET SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH, LIKE,
REAL BLANKS.
YEAH, YEAH, SO IT WAS SORT OF AN ACTOR'S SURVIVAL INSTINCT, LIKE
AVOIDING HUMILIATION AND TERROR THAT MADE ME A GOOD D.E.A.
AGENT, I GUESS.
>> Stephen: WOW.
YEAH.
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: I DON'T CARE IF
IT'S JUST BLANKS, THAT WOULD SUCK.
>> YEAH, THAT WOULD REALLY SUCK.
THEY DID IT TO BOYD HOLBROOK, THE GUY WHO PLAYS STEVE MURPHY.
>> Stephen: AND?
WELL, WHEN HE CAME TO GIVE ME THE CAR THAT I HAD TO GET INTO
TO DRIVE TO THE SAME LOCATION, HE WAS PALE AS A GHOST, HE WAS
LIGHTING A CIGARETTE AND HE WAS LIKE THIS --
(LAUGHTER) -- AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, THIS IS
TERRIBLE!
>> Stephen: THAT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU WENT?
SO YOU HAD A HINT.
>> EXACTLY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.
I WAS, LIKE, I'M NOT GOING IN THAT HOUSE.
>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
DELIGHTFUL TO MEET YOU.
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU AS WELL.
>> STEPHEN: SEASON 2 OF "NARCOS" IS AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX ON
SEPTEMBER 2.
PEDRO PASCAL, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY ANGEL OLSEN.