Long before Pedro Pascal took on the mantle of the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards, the Mandalorian and The Last of Us star appeared in another comic book movie: Wonder Woman 1984.

Suiting up for Marvel’s rival DC, Pascal played villainous businessman Maxwell “Max Lord” Lorenzano in the second Gal Gadot-starring Wonder Woman movie — which is notable for being one of Pascal’s few roles to feature the actor clean shaven.

And it’s this lack of facial fuzz that sticks in Pascal’s mind of his time on the film — as he says now he remains “appalled” by how he looked without his trademark moustache (which thankfully returns once again in The Fantastic Four: First Steps).

“I grow such s**t facial hair, but if I were to shave it all off… I really look very [awful],” Pascal told LadBible, via Variety. “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.”

While Pascal might not have had much say over his appearance in the DCEU, the actor has said he was able to discuss the look of Reed Richards with Marvel and come to a “collaborative” decision that the moustache would stay.

“If they asked me to be clean shave for Fantastic Four and insisted then I would’ve done it,” Pascal noted. “But it was a very collaborative creation for all of our looks in the movie.”

Thankfully, Pascal will not be reviving his DC role anytime soon, with plans for a third Wonder Woman movie scrapped following the arrival of James Gunn, and the launch of the new DCU with the just-released Superman. When we next see the character, in a fresh Wonder Woman movie that’s currently being written, it will be a new incarnation.

Marvel fans should expect to see much more of Reed Richards, however. After his debut this week in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Pascal will reprise the character for a key role in Avengers: Doomsday — just don’t call him the new leader of the Avengers.

Tom Phillips is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social