Pedro Pascal labels his role in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ intimidating

Pedro Pascal recently labelled his role Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards in upcoming movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps really “intimidating”.

The 50-year-old actor told Entertainment Weekly that he always feels under immense pressure when joining established franchises because he wants to make audiences “happy”.

“It was really intimidating,” Pascal said, adding, “I relied on the people that I was around to hold me to the experience and help get me through it.”

The went on to say, “Stepping into something like Game of Thrones and then going into the early days of Netflix with Narcos and then Star Wars and the world of video games with The Last of Us, each time I’ve felt like I couldn’t top how intimidating the last one was.

“They’re all scary because you really want to make people happy, especially if it’s something that’s widely known with particular expectations around it because you want those expectations to be met.

“You also want to be authentic to yourself so that it can be the best that it can be for anybody who wants to be entertained by a story and travel with us into this world.”

Pedro Pascal starrer The Fantastic Four: First Steps set to be released on July 25, 2025.