Pedro Pascal and Paul Rudd Leave Netizens Side-Splitting on ‘Saturday Night Live’ 50 Concert With a Funny, Starry Difference

Published 02/15/2025, 2:53 AM EST

As Valentine’s weekend bloomed with Cupid’s love showers, Hollywood rolled out the red carpet for a golden milestone—Saturday Night Live’s 50th season bash. A-listers shimmered under the city lights, and Tinseltown lit up in a festive spirit, turning the night into a dazzling spectacle of star power. But what is a celebrity soiree without some hilarious highlights? Amidst the galaxy of Tinseltown’s finest, two Marvel heavyweights, Pedro Pascal and Paul Rudd, sprinkled just enough cosmic charm to send the Internet into a side-splitting tailspin, all over a hilariously star-crossed mix-up.

Saturday Night Live cranked up the confetti cannons for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, turning the night into a comedy-meets-symphony spectacle. Among the A-list party were Ant-Man and The Fantastic Four: First Steps stars, Paul Rudd and Pedro Pascal, who became an unintentional highlight of the starry night. In a blink-and-you-miss audience clip, Pascal was living his best life, grooving like there was no tomorrow while Rudd stood adjacent lip-syncing with the enthusiasm of a man who forgot his dance moves.

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If Paul Rudd and Pedro Pascal’s reactions were Marvel storylines, Rudd’s would be the post-Endgame slump like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But Pascal’s reaction gave in the pure The Fantastic Four: First Steps energy, bursting with anticipation, and hope, ready to sweep the audiences off their feet. Although a duo for the ages, one brought the party while the other waited for an invitation.

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Though Pedro Pascal already had fans on their toes with a Marvel vs. DC showdown on the horizon, SNL50 highlighted a Marvel-ous difference on screen, breaking the Internet in a frenzy. 

Pedro Pascal and Paul Rudd’s SNL50 reactions spark a troll fest online

Hollywood dwells in a universe that may look the same from afar. But showbiz illuminates certain spectrums that make one believe otherwise. As Saturday Night Live’s 50th season saw A-listers flocking the arena, Pedro Pascal and Paul Rudd’s candid moment prompted a troll-a-palooza online. With fans matching the hilarity as quickly as Pascal’s dance moves, some were even brought to tears from laughing too hard.

As the post highlighted the difference between Pascal and Rudd, fans read it as a contrast between Pascal and literally everyone else.

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In fact, some thanked Rudd’s stars for his social absenteeism, given the laugh-out-loud moments he delivered unknowingly, setting off a chain reaction of rib-tickling reels. But fans also could not resist patting Pascal for being too real, even when the cameras flashed in full force. Though celebrity gatherings are always a magnetic pull for spectators, no one saw this one coming for sure.

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Anushka Bhattacharya

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I'm Anushka Bhattacharya, an entertainment journalist at Netflix Junkie. Armed with a degree in literature, I once wielded my words to catalyze change within society through my work with NGOs. However, as I stumbled into the exuberant hole of crime thrillers and documentaries on Netflix, it was love at first sight and pushed me into entertainment journalism.

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