Fans all over the world are saying that they hardly recognize the legendary actor after Russell Crowe shaved off what has come to be known as his characteristic silver beard.

Five years after starting to grow out his beard, Gladiator star Russell Crowe has finally opted to grab a razor and shaving foam in preparation for an as-yet-unspecified part.

What was the outcome? Fans are unsure of what to believe after the 59-year-old revealed his new appearance on social media.

The Australian actor’s post-shave transformation startled most viewers, and many weren’t afraid to express their emotions in the comments section.

With the caption, ‘The actor prepares #20,’ Crowe posted the aforementioned photo to X. first shave since the year 2019.

As previously noted, fans weren’t slow to voice their ideas and opinions, with the majority expressing shock at the transformation the Robin Hood hero had endured.

‘You’ve become much more fascinating with age. Additionally, you shouldn’t cover up your attractive face,’ a fan wrote.

‘Wow, you look 20 years younger!’ said another. It looks fantastic! Changing things up and shaving is good. Your attractive face was visible through all of that hair.

Twenty years younger instantaneously! wrote a third. Clean Shaven is a nice movie, but I’m curious about what you’re about to make.

With almost 30,000 likes on the post in less than a day, it is evident that Crowe is still as well-liked as ever.

The actor, who was formerly regarded as a Hollywood heartthrob, has adopted a new persona recently.

Despite criticism for the ‘unreliability’ of his most recent picture, The Pope’s Exorcist, Crowe’s collection of work is impressive these days.

The actor told Variety last year that he wasn’t sure about the script for Gladiator, despite having a role in one of the biggest movies of his remarkable career that almost never happened.

‘With Gladiator, it was not the world around me that gave me confidence.’ Although the idea behind what we were doing was brilliant,

the screenplay was terrible, terrible, terrible. Additionally, it had a variety of peculiar scenarios.

Crowe contemplated ending the production because he was so certain the movie would fail. He told Variety that ‘the energy around what we were doing was very fractured.’

‘A few times, I did consider that maybe leaving on a plane would be the best course of action.’
‘I had faith in my abilities as a leading man,’ stated Crowe.