Pedro Pascal: ‘I Was So Appalled by the Way I Look’ in ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ That ‘I’ve Never Gone Back’ to Being Clean Shaven for an Acting Role

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/pedro-pascal-appalled-wonder-woman-1984-appearance-1236466813/

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  1. > “I grow such shit facial hair, but if I were to shave it all off… I really look very [awful]. Strongly disagree with a clean shaven me,” Pascal said. “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.”

  2. The highlights didn’t help! Definitely better with a stash. That’s not usually the case !

  3. That’s a part of being an actor though, you alter your appearance. Some go to more extremes than others.

    Its better that he doesn’t look like his 24/7 self, its easier to forget you’re watching X person play a character.

    Thought he looked fine in WW84

  4. Happy for this guy being a big success. He’s everywhere right now and seems a great person from what I can tell!

    Is there something I missed why only recently he’s blown up?

    I can’t remember ever seeing in Hollywood someone ever being ‘in the game’ and in so many different shows (I likely watched him in things Buffy The Vampire Slayer For An Example) and then he has now exploded career wise. Quite unique and cool.

  5. He really does look very different with facial hair I think it’s why even huge Buffy fans didn’t recognize him in GoT

  6. “Being shaved is good, but it could be better having a beard.”

  7. It wasn’t his facial hair that was the issue with that movie.

  9. Watch for the usual clickbait blogs especially comic movie ones to run a headline on Pascal being “appalled” by Wonder Woman 84.

  10. I thought the clean shaven look was great in Equalizer 2.

  11. I’m watching through The Good Wife for the first time and I cannot reconcile in my brain that it’s the same person when he pops up. He’s only familiar to me with facial hair. I explained this to my husband that it would be like only knowing Noah Wylie from The Pitt then seeing his fresh faced ER stuff.

    It’s not that either one looks bad clean shaven but they look so good with it that the difference is hard to ignore.

  12. He looks much better with facial hair, he’s right.

  15. As someone that at best can manage a just a scruffy beard, but looks like a giant man baby without that scruff, I completely understand his plight lol.

  16. Nothing to worry about, nobody will watch it ever again. 🙂

  19. I get it because when I shave, due to the size of my face, head and gapped teeth, I look like a jack-o’-lantern.

  20. He looks like Tom Cruise’s cousin, William Mapother, when he’s clean shaven.

  21. Holy shit, it’s a completely different guy. He looks like a realtor.

  23. i don’t get why redditors always complain that he’s “in everything”

  24. His look in Wonder Woman ’84 would work perfectly for a televangelist or smarmy politician.

  25. But… he looked good? He looked fine? He was himself? It was a shit script be he gave a great performance despite it? Don’t know what this issue is here. But I get body dysmorphia and reaching a level where you can define your image more.

    He had also talked about himself being overweight when he was in a sling at awards ceremonies when he looks amazing in those photos.

    Pedro you look good and amazing always.

  26. It’s the hair, Pedro, not the lack of your wonderful moustache.

  27. We watched this on my moms TV and we couldn’t figure out how to turn off motion smoothing and it looked just like a sitcom.

  28. Don’t feel bad, Pedro. Many were appalled by the entire movie.

  29. He looked like he could be Nathan Fillion’s brother

  34. One of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time.

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