[laughs] I got whiplash.
You got whiplash. From 50 Shades.
[both laugh]
Hi Vogue, I’m Dakota Johnson.
I am-
Pedro Pascal. I am Pedro Pascal.
[chuckles] And this is Off The Cuff.
Bitch. Bitch.
[both laugh]
What is your most used emoji?
What is my most used emoji?
[laughs] Yeah.
Or crying emoji, some form of crying-
Mostly the crying, the full tears.
The full tears. The not crying, laughing,
it’s full tears emoji. Yes.
That’s yours, yeah.
Yes. Okay.
I had no idea that you were paying such close attention.
I’m gonna be nicer to you here from this day.
You heard it here first. From this day forth.
You have it on camera, Off The Cuff.
Yeah. What is something
that never fails to make you laugh?
You. Other than me?
Your face. My face.
[both laugh]
What was the last photo you took?
I just took a picture with you.
I just took a bunch of pictures with you.
Oh, that’s right. We just did a photo shoot.
What is the last DM you sent?
You never send DMs. No.
So what’s the last text you sent,
other than the middle finger to me?
[laughs] It was the middle finger to Chris.
[both laugh]
Describe your ideal night out with me.
My ideal night out? Yeah.
Is a night in.
Okay. Boring.
What is a secret skill you have that nobody knows about?
I can balance stuff on my head.
Yes. You also speak Hungarian.
I speak Hungarian.
[both laugh]
I cook. I can cook.
Yeah, you make a very good hummus.
Or somebody else made that.
Remember you were like, Here, have a bite.
And I finished the entire thing and-
Where? I was like,
Do you need this?
At your house. Which one? [laughs]
The green hummus. Which house? [laughs]
I didn’t make that hummus.
If you could be in any series of reality show,
what would you be in?
Ooh.
Well, the ones that I love are so punishing,
so I don’t want be on any of them.
I don’t know any, I don’t enjoy any of the ones
You loved Couples Therapy.
I was obsessed with Couples Therapy,
but, fuck, I would not wanna be on Couples Therapy.
Yeah.
I love like old A&E shit
that was like about Southwest Airlines
and people losing it at the airport and shit,
but I don’t wanna be at the airport.
What about like- It’s called Airline.
Great British Bake Off.
Yeah. Yeah, I would love that.
I would like the Canadian Bake Off.
Sorry, England.
I’m coming around for dinner, what are you cooking?
I would mash up avocado
and I’d sprinkle some olive oil on it.
maybe a little chili pepper, some salt,
and I’d toast you some gluten-free bread.
Thank you, that’s considerate.
And I’d get you drunk.
[both laugh] Hey.
Yeah. Okay.
What’s your favorite book as a kid?
Goodnight Moon.
Goodnight Moon? Yeah.
Can I answer this one too? Yeah.
Anything Judy Blume and anything Beverly Cleary.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
[both laugh] That one.
Do you love that one? About getting your period.
Yes. Yeah. [laughs]
All about getting your period-
How old were you when you got your period?
Your first period.
Round two, personal questions.
That’s a good segue. Okay, go on.
What was your first job?
Hooking?
[both laugh]
Hooking, because I’m…
Gorgeous, intelligent, powerful.
That’s not what he normally says.
It is, it’s what I normally think.
It’s what I wake up thinking.
It’s what I go to bed thinking.
[laughs] Every day.
♪ Every day of my life ♪ ♪ Every day of my life ♪
I worked at an art gallery
that was next door to my school, my high school.
And I hated it because it was like doing more homework.
What kind of kid were you in high school?
I changed a lot, like Madonna. [laughs]
I was like a theater nerd
and also like a little bit of a raver.
Raver, like EDM?
Like techno.
It was the early nineties, proper, proper techno.
Glow sticks and shit?
Like Dr. Seuss fucking hats,
very like parachute type pants,
like real thick rubber sole sneakers.
Like, yeah. That sounds fabulous.
Yeah, it was pretty great.
What country is on your bucket list to visit?
Vietnam?
Are we dreaming?
Are we dreaming? Do we go together?
Let’s go, ’cause I looked at this
and I answered it immediately.
I was like, I knew exactly what I wanted to say
and it was Vietnam, and then you said Vietnam.
Do we go together?
I would love to.
Okay. Wow, that’s weird.
What is your favorite takeaway food?
My favorite takeaway food is cheeseburgers.
Yeah. Yeah.
What was your nickname as a kid?
[laughs] Coqui.
Coqui? Mm-hmm.
[both laugh]
Spelled the way the frog is spelled.
Koki. C-O-Q-U-I.
Ah, Coqui, Coqui.
Cock.
[both laugh]
Yeah, my nickname as a little girl was cock.
You fucking idiot.
Oh my God.
Get out.
I’ll do this with somebody else.
I’m gonna suffocate.
Okay.
Did I ask you a question?
Cock. [both laugh]
No.
No.
Go.
Where’s your favorite place in the world?
♪ In your arms ♪
[both laugh]
If you could only listen to one album
for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I would listen to, OK Computer.
OK Computer, I would listen to Purple Rain,
Prince and the Revolution.
What is one sport you could beat everyone else at?
Swimming.
What is your favorite board game?
Scrabble.
I like Clue.
What is one outfit from your childhood
that you wish you had the grownup version of it?
I’ve seen a picture, like, emerge
of me in these like red overall shorts.
I feel like you could do that now.
Like red overall shorts.
I feel like you might soon do that
’cause you’ve been doing some wild shit recently.
I’ve been doing some stupid shit.
Yeah. And I ain’t gonna stop.
Okay.
Name a TV show that you’ve recently binge watched.
I didn’t binge it.
I’ve been waiting every week for The Studio.
I think it’s hilarious. Have you seen it?
Yeah, it’s very funny. It’s really good.
How do you like to relax after working on a big job?
I like to go to sleep for days.
For days.
What has been the strangest gift
you’ve received from a fan?
Just a human head.
[both laugh]
[laughs] Me too. So weird. Just one of those.
What was your dream job as a kid?
Being an actress. Yep.
If you weren’t a performer, what job would you want to do?
I would teach and probably just-
What would you teach?
I wish I would like- How to be a bitch?
Yeah, exactly.
I would be like, how to be a bitch 101.
Literature, teach literature. Oh, okay.
He can’t read.
[chuckles] I would teach you how to read
and then I would teach you how to be a bitch who reads.
Okay. [both laugh]
What is one role that you would love to play?
Hannibal Lecter.
[both laugh]
What was your first paid acting job?
Crazy in Alabama when I was nine.
Oh wow. Have you ever
had any accidents while filming?
Yes, I have, I’ve gotten hurt for real.
Me too.
Yeah. Okay.
What’d you get hurt on?
I got, [laughs], I got whiplash.
You got whiplash. From 50 Shades.
[both laugh]
[Pedro] Oh.
Oh God.
That’s my favorite, that’s my favorite thing.
It’s all meaningless after that.
What’s the best piece of advice
you’ve been given about acting?
[both laugh]
What’s the best piece of advice that you,
what is the best piece of advice-
To stop. About acting?
Please stop, please stop. To stop acting.
Me too.
If you could switch styles
with any of the characters you played,
what would it, who would it be?
I recently did a job where I had just like a lot of-
Madame Web.
Madame Web.
[both laugh]
Yeah, [indistinct].
How do you approach dressing for a red carpet?
What’s going on?
What’s going to look stupid?
What shows just my kneecaps?
[both laugh] Oh.
Kneecaps have been shown like twice in my life.
But that recent one with the boots
and then the shorts, just this.
For a celebration that is literally about cosplaying,
everyone’s like dressed up
as Star Wars characters and stuff like that.
What Star Wars character were you dressed up as?
I was just having a little fun.
[both laugh]
It was cute.
You hated it?
I…
You hated it. Felt-
Embarrassed for me.
[laughs] I felt confused. Join the rest.
Who is your style icon?
Me at the Star Wars celebration?
100%.
What is the best fashion advice you’ve ever received?
Wear these boots.
[both laugh] Yeah.
Dressing up or dressing down?
Both.
What has been the most extravagant
fashion purchase you’ve ever bought?
I know.
A ring.
Yeah, the emerald ring.
Then I found that it was on loan
for our movie Materialists.
Okay, this round is called Guess the Look.
Bitch. Bitch.
Guess this look, bitch.
Let me see.
Ooh, the meatball.
Oh, you have to guess the designer.
Yeah. Valentino.
Yeah. Guess this look.
Gucci. Bitch.
Your fave. The Golden Globes.
Bottega.
Stella McCartney? Gucci?
I don’t know this.
You? Your bathrobe.
That looks like- Bed, Bath and Beyond.
[chuckles] This looks like Haider Ackermann.
I bet you you’re right. I bet I am.
Oh.
Gucci.
Was that recent? Yes.
I mean, the only thing that matters is the shirt.
It’s Conner Ives, protect the dolls.
Lightning round.
Lightning round. Lightning round.
[Pedro imitates lightning crackling]
Fashion or function?
Function. Beach or mountains?
Ooh, both. Dinner party or rave?
Today or the past? Rave.
You would go to a rave for sure.
Rave, over a dinner party, yeah.
Starter or dessert?
Starter. City or countryside?
City. Pop or hip hop?
Can’t choose. Sweet or sour?
Sour. Text or voice note?
Love both. You, text.
You text. I text. Iced or hot coffee?
Iced. Movie or box set?
Movie. Big spoon or little spoon?
Pizza or pasta? Oof.
Pasta. Pizza or pasta?
There is a T in pasta. [laughs]
Are you okay?
Oh my God. I’m having a seizure.
It’s the end of the day. I’m having a seizure.
Yeah. Pasta.
[both laugh]
Like, oh my God, I’m putting a T in pasta.
Pizza, I guess. Pizza.
Pizza. Pizta.
[both laugh]
Cinema or theater?
I won’t choose between the two.
Oh, I would never.
I could not choose.
I would never- Between the two.
Yes or no?
Yes. Left or right?
Left. Left, baby.
[hands smack]
[laughs] , the groans. Goodbye.
Thanks for watching. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for watching. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for watching Vogue.
Pasta. Pasta.
[Pedro laughs]
[upbeat music]
