Even before it went into production, one of the debates sparked among fans about Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” was that Pedro Pascal would not be going clean-shaven in the film – the actor keeping his signature moustache and slight beard.
In a new video for LADbible, he and co-star Vanessa Kirby were asked which is sexier: moustaches or beards? Pascal brought his experience to this, confirming that the one role in which he went clean shaven in recent years – as the villain Maxwell Lord in “Wonder Woman 1984” – turned him off doing it ever again.
However, he said he was willing to do it if Marvel insisted – but that wasn’t the case. He explains:
“I grow such s— facial hair, but if I were to shave it all off… I really look very [awful]. Strongly disagree with a clean shaven me. I was so appalled by the way I look in ‘Wonder Woman 1984.’
I loved the movie, but I was so appalled by the way that I looked that I never have gone back unless it were completely necessary. If they asked me to be clean shave for ‘Fantastic Four’ and insisted then I would’ve done it. But it was a very collaborative creation for all of our looks in the movie.”
Pascal says he was “more aware of disgruntlement around my casting than anything I’ve ever done” in past projects, constantly hearing complaints that “He’s too old. He’s not right. He needs to shave.”
Now that the film is out, reviews have been praising the performances and very few seem to be discussing facial hair.
