04/01/2026
A few years ago I was sitting at a random gate in a small airport in California after a delayed flight. One of those slow days where everyone’s just kind of existing.
There was a guy across from me who was super approachable, good energy, just very normal. We started talking after he saw me going through some cases on my laptop. He asked what I did, said he’d always been a little self-conscious about his smile, and I did a quick smile analysis for him.
At the time he told me he was an actor. Nothing crazy yet, just working his way up. No ego, just a genuinely solid guy. Before we boarded he joked that one day, when things worked out, he’d come find me to fix his smile.
Fast forward a few years… I get a message out of nowhere.
“Hey man, I think it’s time we fix my smile.”
That guy ended up being Pedro Pascal
Since then, whenever he’s near the city, he makes it a point to come out to Hudson Dental Co. Not because it’s convenient but because he wanted the best experience he could find. His words, not mine.
No big announcements, no posting, just quietly coming in, hanging out, trusting us with his smile.
Kind of crazy how a random airport conversation can come full circle like that…
…or at least it would be if any of this actually happened.
April Fools 😂