RDJ's Tony Stark was known for his quick wit and even quicker mouth, with Iron Man having some of the funniest MCU lines ever. It sounds like while Reed Richards is wildly intelligent, he's more reserved personality. Luckily fans won't have to wait too much longer, as First Steps is just days away from its release. Bring on the Fantastic Four.

Many fans extracted that quote and spread it around online, believing this meant the star of Eddington, The Materialist, and The Last of Us would become the new leader of the Avengers in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. Pascal clarifies to Entertainment Weekly that is not the case.

Hold on, this is another Pedro Pascal sci-fi western, and this one came out before The Mandalorian, so you probably missed it.

EXCLUSIVE: Pedro Pascal's Avengers leader role as Mr. Fantastic gets clarified by The Fantastic Four: First Steps director after a previous statement.

Pedro Pascal explains why he avoided a clean shave for Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, after a bad experience at DC.

The new film is set in the 1960s on a parallel world in the Marvel multiverse. Pascal's Reed Richards is a genius inventor in this retrofuturist landscape and a character who follows in the actor's streak of roles that have sky-high expectations from fans of each title's respective books, films, and video games.

First Steps star Pedro Pascal has blamed Wonder Woman 1984 for not going clean-shaven as Reed Richards, but says he'd have considered doing so if Marvel Studios had pushed for

Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards won’t lead the Avengers-yet. Fantastic Four director Matt Shakman clarifies his viral comment and defers to the Russo brothers.

Pedro Pascal got by with a little help from his friends. The Last of Us star tells Entertainment Weekly that he spoke "a lot" to former Fantastic Four stars Chris Evans and Miles Teller before taking on the role of Reed Richards, a.k.a. the stretchy hero Mister Fantastic, for his Marvel debut in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.