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Anchorman star is getting Oscar buzz for serious role.
Steve Carell has got serious. Seriously unrecognisable, actually.
The 'Anchorman' star has donned some identity-altering prosthetics for his latest movie, 'Foxcatcher', a stark departure from the fine comedy work he's known and loved for.
In a serious dramatic role that's already getting much-desired 'Oscar buzz', Carell stars in the new movie from 'Moneyball' and 'Capote' director Bennett Miller.
[Bradley Cooper unrecognisable as he gains 40 pounds and grows a bushy beard]
The film is based on the harrowing true story of the murder of Olympic wrestling champion Dave Shultz in 1996.
Carell... unrecognisable in new movie Foxcatcher (Credit: Sony)Carell plays John Eleuthère du Pont, one of the heirs to the Du Pont fortune who as an amateur sports enthusiast set up a wrestling facility at his Foxcatcher Farm in Pennsylvania.
Du Pont, a paranoid schizophrenic, murdered Shultz, the story being told in the book 'Wrestling With Madness', on which the film has been based.
Mark Ruffalo plays Dave Shultz, with Channing Tatum playing his younger brother Mark, in a role he's described as 'the hardest acting challenge I've had to date'.
Carell... as he looks without the prosthetics (Credit: PA)Also making up the cast are Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Michael Hall.
The movie is among those competing for the coveted Palme d'Or at Cannes, and it's already getting rave reviews.
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw says: “It is a trio of wonderful performances. Channing Tatum's Mark is vulnerable and sad; Mark Ruffalo's Dave is smart and professional and his shame at taking the DuPont shilling is correspondingly intense.
“And Steve Carell's DuPont is a compelling monster – but a monster who inspires not fear but pity. It is a gripping film: horrible, scary and desperately sad.”
Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph's Robbie Collin says: “A film to be considered alongside David Fincher's The Social Network and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master as a swirling, smoke-black parable of modern America.”
A release date for the UK is to be confirmed.
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