Overview

• Pedro Pascal clarified on NYT Cooking that the layered treat in question was Argentina’s alfajor, not Chile’s torta chilena.
• The correction went viral across Argentine social media, with fans praising his cultural solidarity and creating memes.
• At Mexico’s CCXP, Pascal jokingly showed jealousy over Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, hinting at a potential love-triangle angle in Avengers: Doomsday.
• His Chilean roots and ties through sister Javiera Balmaceda, an Amazon Prime Video executive in Argentina, have deepened his Latin American appeal.
• These viral moments have amplified momentum for MCU Phase 6 and fueled anticipation for the forthcoming Avengers crossover.