Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn: The Pizza Interview | NYT Cooking

The Pizza Challenge

• 💡 Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn, stars of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," participated in The New York Times Cooking's "Pizza Interview" series.
• 🎯 The challenge involved the co-stars working together in the kitchen to prepare pizzas.

Cooking Preferences & Favorites

• 🍳 Some actors, like Pedro Pascal, enjoy cooking, while others, like Vanessa Kirby, expressed a desire to learn.
• 🍕 Favorite pizza spots mentioned included F&F in Carroll Gardens, Lucali, Julia's in Bogota, Spizza in London Bridge, and Well Street Pizza.

Pizza Making Tips & Debates

• 🛠️ Key advice for dough preparation included using semolina first to prevent sticking and aiming for a stretchy, thin crust.
• 🧀 They utilized low-moisture mozzarella and Parmesan, with a stated preference for Pecorino.
• 🌶️ Debates arose over ingredients like garlic (cautioned against too much in the oven due to bitterness), chili oil, fresh tomatoes, red onion, black olives, arugula, and basil.
• 🍍 A significant disagreement emerged regarding pineapple on pizza, with most actors rejecting it, but Joseph Quinn admitting he likes it.

Comfort Food & Restaurant Roles

• 🍽️ Comfort foods discussed ranged from pizza and cheeseburgers to traditional English roast dinners.
• 👨‍🍳 If they owned a restaurant, Ebon Moss-Bachrach would be the chef, drawing on his 10 years of server experience, while Pedro Pascal was noted for his generosity in picking up the bill.
• 🎭 The actors humorously described each other as food dishes, such as Joe as "bangers and mash with mustard," Vanessa as "Pavlova," Ebon as "the perfect martini," and Pedro as "ceviche" or "Torta Chilena."

Final Verdict & Movie Promotion

• ✅ The actors expressed pride and satisfaction with their pizzas, with Pedro Pascal declaring them "some of the best" he'd ever worked on.
• 🎬 They concluded by promoting their movie, "Fantastic Four: First Steps," confirming its release.