India, June 26 -- Pedro Pascal, the internet's favourite zaddy, is known for breaking necks (and hearts) in everything he's been in: The Last of Us to Game of Thrones. But in a new interview with Vanity Fair, the 50-year-old actor revealed that stepping into the role of a romantic lead in The Materialists - Dakota Johnson's buzzy new comedy - wasn't exactly a smooth ride.

Pascal, who plays a Manhattan "catch" opposite Johnson's high-powered matchmaker, admitted he felt physically and emotionally drained going into the shoot. "It was the oldest I'd ever felt in life," he confessed. "It was the weakest I'd ever felt. It was such a scary, fraudulent thing to feel like I could play somebody who was the catch of Manhattan."

After a painful b...