Fans Think Leonardo DiCaprio Looks Unrecognizable On The Set Of New Movie: ‘Looks Like Cheech From Up In Smoke’

Leonardo DiCaprio is no stranger to transforming himself for his movie roles – and we think his latest transformation might just be one of the biggest ones to date!

The 49-year-old Oscar-winning actor looked almost unrecognizable in pap pictures from the set of his currently untitled new movie, which he is working on alongside director Paul Thomas Anderson. The movie is currently being filmed in the Northern California town of Eureka, and has the temporary title BC Project. It’s rumored to be an adaption of the novel Vineland, but nothing official has been released about the plot of the movie so we can’t say for sure.

In the pap pictures, the Killers of the Flower Moon actor can be seen looking worlds away from his dapper and pristine self. He is wearing some loose-fitting dark blue dirty pants, teamed with a lighter blue stained T-shirt and dark, dirty sneakers. He is also wearing a grey beanie, a dirty red and black checkered bathrobe, and sunglasses, and is carrying a blue duffel on his shoulder, which has a small pink backpack attached to it.

We don’t know much about the movie, as producers seem to be pretty tight-lipped about it, but we do know that it’s being produced by Anderson, as well as Sara Murphy and Adam Somner. Variety reported that the movie has an estimated budget of $100M, while Deadline previously reported that the movie will also star Sean Penn and Regina Hall. We can’t wait to learn more about this mysterious project!

As expected, the Don’t Look Up actor‘s fans had a lot to say about his disheveled appearance, with many deeming him almost “unrecognizable” on various social media posts.

Commenting on a January 30th Instagram post of the actor standing by a payphone, one fan said: “Looks like Cheech from up in smoke lol.” “What??? Love him no matter what,” wrote another, followed by the hand praising emoji and the red heart emoji. Another fan dropped eight heart eyes emojis, and added: “Love his new look.” “I’m sure Leo will be incredible in this movie as always,” commented another fan, followed by the heart eyes emoji.

Commenting on an Instagram post from a Leo fan account, which featured three pictures of the actor on the set, one fan asked: “Leo as a homeless person?” On another post from the same account, someone else wrote: “Thought that was Pedro Pascal.” “Man’s transforming into Jack Nicholson more and more everyday and now I can’t unsee it,” wrote another, followed by the crying laughing emoji. “He looks like Burt Reynolds,” thought another fan, as another insisted he “Looks like De Niro in Jackie Brown.”