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Pedro Pascal has long been open about his struggles with anxiety. During the Fantastic Four press tour, however, that social anxiety seems to being fixated on by fans.
While out promoting The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Pascal’s co-star Vanessa Kirby has emerged as an outlet for Pascal’s apparent anxiety. At San Diego Comic-Con last year, for example, Pascal looked visibly anxious onstage, leading Kirby to immediately take his hand to comfort him.
Since then, their interactions — like hand-holding, arm strokes, and cheek touches — have sparked online reactions, with people seemingly now taking issue with it.
Movie fans are making fun of Pedro Pascal’s social anxiety and his interactions with Vanessa Kirby
Me alone Pedro Pascal
with anxiety with anxiety pic.twitter.com/184XYUPwnz— autist (@litteralyme0_) July 23, 2025
Pedro Pascal and his female co-worker because of his “social anxiety” https://t.co/oXMDOKv5MV
— Bibawen (@asimbawe) July 23, 2025
me wondering why Pedro Pascal never has “anxiety” around his male co-workers pic.twitter.com/dfPsqBBGtp
— duck (@ExtremeBlitz__) July 23, 2025
“Pedro Pascal the first guy not allowed to have a work wife,” one viral tweet defending Pascal joked.
Alongside Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and the Oscar-nominated Kirby as Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, The Fantastic Four: First Steps also stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch.
Additional cast members include Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer, Ralph Ineson as Galactus, Paul Walter Hauser as Mole Man, Natasha Lyonne, and Sarah Niles.
Check out the final official trailer and synopsis for The Fantastic Four: First Steps below.
“Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer. And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone in it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.”
The Fantastic Four: First Steps begins playing in movie theaters across the United States tonight, Thursday, July 24.
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