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Pedro Pascal may have starred in the biggest franchises, from “The Mandalorian” to “Game of Thrones” and “Wonder Woman 1984”, but the actor’s best role is an older brother.
On Tuesday, Pascal proudly introduced his sister Lux on Instagram after the actress appeared as a trans woman on the cover of Chilean magazine Ya.
“Mi hermana, mi corazón, nuestra Lux”, Pascal subtitles the cover photo in his native Spanish, which translates to “My sister, my heart, our Lux.”
And the feeling is mutual. Lux attributed the older brother to an “important part” of his transition in his cover story. She remembers talking to Pascal over the phone.
“When I officially told him about my transition through Facetime, he asked me how I felt … because I remember he was worried”, said Lux. “I said to him, ‘I’m happy.’ And his response was, ‘Perfect, this is incredible.’ ”
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Lux is currently studying acting at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York with the hope of following in her brother’s footsteps, according to People and Remezcla.
“He is also an artist and served as a guide for me,” said Lux, according to an excerpt from People. “He was one of the first people to give me the tools that started to shape my identity.”
The actress said she had previously identified with her family as “non-binary” before the transition.
“I’ve been talking about it with my whole family, little by little, how to come out of the closet as non-binary for about three years,” she said, according to an excerpt from Remezcla. “But now it was much more, I can finally say that I am a woman.”