Watch ‘The Fantastic Four' Make Pizza (Without Superpowers)
Welcome to the Pizza Interview, a new series from New York Times Cooking where the Q&A has a catch: Our guests have to make pizza.
Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn are superheroes charged with saving a retro-futuristic Earth from the space god Galactus in 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps.' Beyond the action, the story explores the deep bonds and challenges faced by Marvel's first family, and kicks off a new chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Watch the full video below (or on YouTube) and read ahead for excerpts and some outtakes, which have been edited and condensed.
Vanessa Kirby: Yes. Once or twice.
Pedro Pascal: I've observed.
Joseph Quinn: I've observed.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach: I've made a pizza or two.
Pascal: That's why he's my teammate.
Moss-Bachrach: Yeah, I love to cook.
Pascal: I like it, but I don't know how.
Kirby: Today's going to change it all, babe.
Moss-Bachrach: You're going to be great.
Moss-Bachrach: My favorite pizza? A toss up between F&F in Carroll Gardens and Lucali.
Pascal: There was a place I was addicted to in Bogotá, Colombia, called Julia's. And it was — I'm telling you — one of the best pizzas in the world.
Quinn: A place called Spizza in London Bridge, which is delicious.
Kirby: Yeah. London as well for me. I like Well Street Pizza. Do you know Well Street?
Quinn: I've never been there. What's the one in Chiswick? There's a famous one in Chiswick.
Kirby: I don't know Chiswick. Let's try it.
Quinn: Let's go. We'll go. We'll be home soon.
Pascal: Gjelina has a good pizza, too, in Abbot Kinney.
Pascal: I like to keep it simple. I like a spicy sausage. A fellow castmate of ours put a little honey on the pizza, and that worked out really good.
Quinn: Good-quality mozzarella, black olive, a little bit of red onion, basil maybe. Nothing more than that. Simple.
Moss-Bachrach: Vanessa? Broccoli? Cauliflower crust?
Kirby: Cauliflower crust doesn't work for me. Mine is rocket, maybe Parmesan, mushrooms, maybe some peppers or sun-dried tomatoes.
Moss-Bachrach: I made a chili one day that I brought that Pedro really liked. I thought I put too much salt in it, but for him, that was perfect. I made a borscht that I gave to Joe when he was feeling a little run down.
Pascal: I gotta tell you, he's a little light on the salt.
Pascal: Vanessa would be steamed broccoli.
Quinn: Vanessa's far more glamorous than steamed broccoli.
Moss-Bachrach: Vanessa would be like a Pavlova.
Kirby: [Joe's] something Mexican. Something with a real punch.
Pascal: If I've ever met Mexican food in my life, I gotta say it's Mr. Joseph Quinn.
Quinn: Bangers and mash with a bit of mustard.
Kirby: There we go! Mustard, that's what I was looking for.
Moss-Bachrach: Vanessa is most likely to spill something.
Pascal: She's most likely to spill matcha.
Quinn: I think we're all pretty good with secrets.
Kirby: I think we've been trained well.
Pascal: I've gotten away with quite a bit so far.
Pascal: I had a birthday recently, a big birthday bash, and everybody was invited.
Quinn: And what did you serve?
Kirby: Martinis.
Pascal: I served a good time. I served some house. Beats. Some snacks.
Kirby: Good lighting.
Pascal: Food and drinks and some dancing. Lots and lots of dancing.
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