The press tour for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, featuring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, has been full of laughter and playfulness.
And based on the many interviews and promotional videos, it’s obvious that the stars are good friends both on and off the screen.
But that doesn’t mean that they haven’t had some tense moments.
As Vanessa and Pedro recently revealed during an appearance on The Spill podcast, filming for hours on end can really exacerbate those moments – especially for Pedro.
During the interview, a reporter asked the two – who were sitting closely together – what they might have learned about each other during long days of filming.
Vanessa immediately started giggling in response, to which Pedro jokingly said, ‘You, hush.’
The reporter then egged Vanessa on, saying, ‘Oh, I feel like you need to say something.’
Before Vanessa could explain what she was laughing about, Pedro interjected and said, ‘Look, I’m a grump. I’m a grump. It doesn’t make me a bad person.’
During The Spill podcast, Pedro Pascal revealed that his Fantastic Four costar Vanessa Kirby snapped at him for his behavior
Vanessa agreed that Pedro wasn’t a bad person, pointing at his smile and the fact that he’s always wearing it as proof.
However, she then explained that at about 6pm, if the actors ever went into overtime, Pedro tended to get ‘a little bit snappy and a bit cranky.’
Pedro decided in that moment to be honest.
He explained that his costars (including a pregnant Vanessa) were complaining about being tired from filming so much – the cast and crew were shooting 18-hour days which included promo.
This pushed him into protective mode, spurring him to decide to go in the next day trying to get things done as fast as possible.
But as soon as they arrived to start filming, these same costars would be offering ideas for different ways to shoot the scenes, extending their time themselves.
‘And then the two of them are like “Well why don’t we try it like this?”, “Oh why don’t we try it like that?”, “Can we have another go?”, “Let’s talk about this a little bit longer,” he mocked.
This, in turn, frustrated Pedro turning him into what he and Vanessa called ‘a snappy turtle.’
Pedro explained that despite complaining about the long hours, Vanessa would encourage trying different ways of filming which eventually frustrated him
He even admitted that she had scolded him because of his attitude, telling him, ‘Don’t get snappy with me!’ – finger wave included.
Vanessa laughingly admitted to this before the co-stars hugged in yet another demonstration that Pedro’s outburst didn’t affect their close knit bond.
Joking around with his costars on set seems to be a common theme for Pedro, who had many viral moments promoting his movie The Materialists with Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans which came out earlier this year.
So despite his ‘snappy’ attitude, it seems as though his costars enjoy his company.
