'SNL': Pedro Pascal's next HBO prestige video game drama is apocalyptic 'Mario Kart' after 'Last of Us' - USA TODAY

Guest host Pascal showed off the trailer for his next upcoming (and fake) prestige drama based on another iconic video game – an apocalyptic "Mario Kart."

Pascal starred as Super Mario turned brooding and cynical now that Bowser (Kenan Thompson) has taken over the kingdom.

The duo encounters characters made more complex for the drama, like hipster Yoshi (Bowen Yang), who proudly announces, "I’m bisexual."

During his opening host "SNL" monologue, Pascal compared working on the post-apocalyptic "The Last of Us" to HBO's hit show "The White Lotus."

"For some HBO shows, you get to shoot in a five-star Italian resort surrounded by beautiful people, but I said, ‘No, that’s too easy,' " Pascal said.

“I wanna shoot in a freezing Canadian forest while being chased around by a guy whose head looks like a genital wart.”