He grew a ridiculous beard for his turn as a Victorian academic in The Professor And The Madman.
And Mel Gibson was sporting a preposterous soup-strainer as he got to work on police brutality film Dragged Across Concrete in Canada on Sunday.
The Lethal Weapon star sported his bushy new moustache as he chatted with his co-star Vince Vaughn as they got to work on the police brutality film.
Reunited: Vince Vaughn teamed up with his Hacksaw Ridge director Mel Gibson on the set of Dragged Across Concrete in Canada on Sunday
In a variation on the theme for the 61-year-old Australian star, he plays an old timer cop who has a volatile younger partner, played by 47-year-old Vince.
The film, directed and written by S. Craig Zahler, sees the cash-strapped pair deciding to carry out a heist after being suspended over a video of their strong-arm tactics that causes a media outcry.
However there was some backlash when the project was announced, with one fan musing on Twitter it ‘sounds like Conservative porn.’
The Mad Max legend is currently riding on the crest of a creative wave, with his Oscar-winning latest directorial turn Hacksaw Ridge making him the toast of Hollywood once more.
That thing’s a Lethal Weapon: The Mad Max star was sporting a ludicrous moustache
Taking charge: The Oscar-winning director may only be starring in the film but Mel seemed to be passing on his knowledge
Wig wow? Vince was sporting what appeared to be a ridiculous hairpiece
And he is enjoying a blissful domestic life after girlfriend Rosalind Ross, 26, welcomed their son Lars Gerard on January 21.
He already has seven children with ex-wife Robyn Moore: Hannah, 36, twin boys Christian and Edward, 34, William, 31, Louis, 28, Milo, 26, and Thomas, 17.
Mel also has a six-year-old daughter, Lucia, with former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
It has been a year to remember for the Forever Young favourite, with movie industry observers claiming he has finally been welcomed back into the Hollywood fold after his infamous 2006 DUI arrest.
This sounds familiar: The film features an old timer cop who has a volatile younger partner
A wheely good day out: Vince put on his glasses as he filmed a scene in a car
Caught by the fuzz: Mel showing off his ridiculous beard as he posed up with his Hacksaw Ridge star at the Hollywood Film Awards
Big hit: Vince was one of the main stars in Mel’s Oscar-winning return to form