Fantastic Four’s Pedro Pascal Recalls Working With Trainer To Stretch Limbs 50 Feet 

LOS ANGELES—Discussing his preparation for the role during a press junket for the Marvel film, Fantastic Four star Pedro Pascal told reporters Friday that he had spent months working with a trainer to be able to stretch his limbs up to 50 feet. “The moment I got the call that I was playing Mister Fantastic, I got in touch with my trainer and told him I had six months to be in the stretchiest shape of my life,” said Pascal, noting that his team created an intense regimen aimed at getting the star from a 5-foot, 11-inch wingspan to the 100-foot, 8-inch wingspan required to fill out his Mister Fantastic costume. “We started slow with just stretching my arms out 10 or 15 feet, then gradually worked up to shooting my limbs in every direction as I stretched my torso into a trampoline. I was sore every day, but leg day was always the hardest. If you watch Eddington, you can actually tell I’ve been getting stretchy—the costume department really hated me.” Pascal went on to say that, while he’s proud of the work he put in, he’s worried that he could be setting an unhealthy stretchiness standard for young men.