United Kingdom, April 6 -- Pedro Pascal relates to the protectiveness of his character in 'The Last of Us'.

The 50-year-old star admits that he sees parallels with his alter ego Joel from the HBO drama as both are "fiercely protective" of those they care about.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the release of the second season later this month, Pedro said: "I'm pretty fiercely protective. I'm protective of the people that I love. And I think that's probably the main component that I relate to."

Pedro's character Joel is the strong-willed father figure to Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in the post-apocalyptic series - which is based on the video game franchise of the same name - and 'The Mandalorian' actor admits that the role does take a t...