Russell Crowe has shaved off what has become his signature silver beard, with fans everywhere claiming that they now hardly recognize the iconic actor.
The result? Well, fans don’t quite know what to think after the 59-year-old showed off his new look on social media. The vast majority of people were shocked by just how different the Australian actor looks post-shave, and they weren’t afraid to let their feelings known in the comments.
Another added: “Wow, you look 20 years younger! Looks good! It’s nice to change it up and shave. You have a nice face it was hiding behind all that hair.”
A third wrote: “20 years younger instantly! I want to know what movie you are about to make, clean shaven is good.”
The post itself has accumulated some 30,000 likes in a little over 24 hours, proving that Crowe is every bit as popular as he ever was.
Only last year did the actor reveal that his part in one of the biggest films in his impressive movie career almost never came to fruition, telling Variety that he wasn’t confident about Gladiator’s script.
“I was confident about my abilities as a leading man,” Crowe said.
“What I wasn’t confident about with Gladiator was the world that was surrounding me. At the core of what we were doing was a great concept but the script, it was rubbish, absolute rubbish. And it had all these sorts of strange sequences.”
Crowe was so sure the film would be a disaster that he considered quitting the production altogether. “The energy around what we were doing was very fractured,” he told Variety. “I did think a couple times, ‘Maybe my best option is just to get on a plane and get out of here.’”