Source: Variety: ‘Fantastic Four’ Star Ebon Moss-Bachrach Had to Shave for The Thing’s Suit, Cast Sent Him Flowers for Emmy Nom: ‘I Miss Them Already’

“I’m doing a lot of motion capture on [‘Fantastic Four’],” said Bachrach, explaining the absence of his usual stubble. “So for maximum-data facial capture, I have to be clean-shaven.”

Bachrach said that throughout the roughly six weeks of production, he’s only seen “crude renderings” of himself as Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, but added he is looking forward to seeing the final result soon.

“They got so many amazing animators working on it, literally hundreds of people working on it,” Bachrach said. “We’ve been shooting for about six weeks, and I haven’t been able to see anything yet, I don’t know exactly what the lead time is. I’m very excited to see something.”