The Umbrella Academy is returning for its second season in a matter of weeks, so to get fans in the mood for a family reunion, Robert Sheehan has shared what he calls a "nice little Easter egg".

Robert, who plays the troubled Klaus Hargreeves in the Netflix series, spoke with Tom Hopper (aka Luther/Spaceboy) for his podcast, when the pair began to joke about Robert's grooming habits. As one does.

While chatting to Tom, Robert joked that he was wearing an "incredibly revealing mankini", before admitting that such a sight would look like "the Iguazu falls".

"There's been a lack of grooming going on for the past six months," he admitted. "[It's like the] Iguazu falls either side."

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Disclosing an interesting behind-the-scenes Easter egg about Robert's body hair, Tom then asked if it was true that some poor soul in The Umbrella Academy's editing suite had to "CGI some of [his] pubes out".

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In what we hope is a joke but may very well not be, Robert confirmed the rumour, adding that Klaus' leather trousers often posed a problem during filming. "Those leather pants from the first series – y'know the way leather, it kind of ages a bit and loosens?" he said.

"[That happened], and then all of a sudden your hips used to be holding up the pants, and now your waist is... They were barely on."

In other, more SFW news, composer Jeff Russo recently gave fans an update on how season two of The Umbrella Academy will differ musically.

"There are some new characters that we're going to be having some fun with from a score perspective and that's always fun, coming up with new thematic ideas for new characters and how to underscore them," he explained.

"So there's a lot of new and then there's a lot of the same," Jeff added. "It's a lot of both, but it's definitely a thrill ride this year."

The Umbrella Academy season 2 arrives on Netflix on July 31.


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Rianne Houghton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy.