He’s been wearing a grey wig to play disgraced Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in the upcoming TV show The Loudest Voice In The Room.
But Russell Crowe was spotted without his hairpiece on Tuesday as he made his way to the set of the series in New York City, revealing a completely bald head.
The 54-year-old was completely unrecognisable without his signature salt and pepper locks.
Bald move! Russell Crowe is completely unrecognisable with a bare head as he heads to the set of his new Showtime series about the disgraced Fox News boss Roger Ailes
Unrecognisable! The 54-year-old was completely unrecognisable without his signature salt and pepper locks
The actor was dressed down in a Carhatt jacket and tracksuit pants as he accompanied by a minder who held an umbrella over his head in the rain.
Russell, who has been rocking a prosthetic belly for his new role, appeared to be wearing his fatsuit underneath his casual clothes.
Production for the still unnamed Showtime series, based on the book The Loudest Voice in the Room, began in New York City earlier this month.
Casual: The actor was dressed down in a Carhatt jacket and tracksuit pants as he made his way to set
The show will also star Naomi Watts as Gretchen Carlson, Sienna Miller as Ailes’ wife Beth, and Simon McBurney as Rupert Murdoch.
Showtime’s new limited series will mainly focus on the last decade of Ailes’ life, including his fall from Fox after a slew of women accused him of sexual harassment.
Aide: Russell was accompanied by a minder, who held an umbrella over his head in the rain
It will also include flashbacks to defining events in Ailes’ life and will be told through multiple points of view.
‘In many ways, the collision between the media and politics has come to define the world we live in today,’ Showtime Networks president and CEO David Nevins told Variety.
We’ve seen this phenomenon depicted on screen as far back as the story of Charles Foster Kane, and it finds contemporary embodiment in the rise and fall of Roger Ailes.’
Hairpiece: Russell, who has been wearing a prosthetic belly for his new role, has also been wearing a grey hairpiece to get into the character of Roger Ailes
‘With Russell Crowe in the lead role, this limited series promises to be a defining story for this era.’
Sherman has written the first episode of the series with Tom McCarthy, who won an Academy Award for his script for Spotlight.
The show marks Crowe’s first major foray into American television.
In character: Russell was seen jiggling his fatsuit during filming in Times Square last week
Showtime’s new limited series will mainly focus on the last decade of Ailes’ life, including his fall from Fox after a slew of women accused him of sexual harassment. Roger Ailes is pictured here in 2014