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Pedro Pascal Dances His Way to Joy in New Short Film – and Gay Twitter is Down to Dance Along
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Everyone's favorite zaddy Pedro Pascal tunes out heartbreak, dials up some upbeat music, lip-syncs "You're perfect," and dances his way to bliss in a Spike Jonez short film, titled "Someday," that advertises Apple's AirPods.
The five-minute movie is the latest example of how Apple has "turned to Hollywood A-listers to pitch its wares," Variety noted, before describing the action: Pascal plays a heartbroken guy leaving a cafe and feeling lonesome following a breakup, with the cold and icy city streets around him reflecting his inner desolation.
But once he pops in his AirPods and cues up Guitarricadelafuente's "El Conticinio" – with the racket of the noisy city canceled out – the city's chaos organizes itself into synchronized moves around him. A brief pause to give directions breaks things open even wider as Pascal catches sight of himself in a happier time – summer, to judge from the light's warm, golden glow – and he's being invited over by what appears to be a lesbian couple.
A new song on his play list – Sam i & Tropkillaz' "Perfect" – comes up and, with a flick of a fingertip, Pascal activates noise cancelling once again, transforming the street scene into a surreal music video fantasy, flowers and impromptu dance moves courtesy of Beyoncé and Rihanna choreographer Tanisha Scott turning everything into a cheerful soundscape filled with happy passersby and sudden blizzards of red and yellow flower petals.
"You're perfect!" Pascal lip syncs from the middle of a flash mob of danvers. "Now work it!"
Gay Twitter was giddy with glee at the ad's drop.
Watch the short film below.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
