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David Harbour looks unrecognizable in new role for crime thriller



Strange things are happening on the “Evil Genius” set.

David Harbour was photographed looking unrecognizable while filming his forthcoming thriller in New Jersey on Monday.

The actor, 50, sported a fat suit while on the Woodbridge set, which he covered up with a blue button-down, overalls and a tan jacket.

David Harbour looked unrecognizable while filming “Evil Genius” in New Jersey on Monday. GC Images
The actor wore a fat suit beneath his short-sleeved shirt, overalls and jacket. GC Images

Additionally, Harbour rocked gray hair, a beard and glasses.

In the Courteney Cox-directed movie, based off true events in 2003, Harbour plays Brian Wells, the so-called “Pizza Bomber” who robbed a bank with an explosive around his neck.

The project, co-produced by Jason Bateman, also stars Patricia Arquette.

He was photographed with gray hair, a beard and glasses. GC Images
Harbour is playing “Pizza Bomber” Brian Wells in the upcoming crime thriller. GC Images

Harbour, notably, has drastically altered his appearance for roles before.

The Emmy nominee lost 80 pounds to play Jim Hopper Jr. on Season 4 of “Strangers Things” in 2022, going from 270 to 190.

He then had his face filled out with prosthetics during flashback scenes.

The movie, directed by Courteney Cox, is based on a true story. GC Images
Harbour acts alongside Patricia Arquette. GC Images

Harbour’s weight loss wasn’t “anything more serious” than cutting calories through intermittent fasting, he told GQ that summer.

“We would do, like, six-hour windows,” he explained in July 2022. “And, like, two days a week I would do 24-hour fasts because I started to get more and more intense.”

The Golden Globe nominee also made his diet “cleaner and cleaner” by consuming “a lot more vegetables and less sugar.”

Harbour previously lost 80 pounds for his “Stranger Things” role. FilmMagic
He vowed in a 2022 interview to “never” do so again. Dave Benett/WireImage

In terms of workouts, Harbour did Pilates, weight training and “a lot of running.”

He subsequently “gained it all back” to play Santa Claus in “Violent Night” in December 2022.

Harbour vowed to the outlet that he would “never again” undergo such an extreme transformation due to “prosthetics [being] too good” of an option.

Harbour has made headlines for his personal life in recent months, including ex Lily Allen accusing him of cheating. Getty Images
News broke recently that Millie Bobby Brown filed a bullying and harassment complaint against him. Getty Images

The Tony nominee has, meanwhile, been making headlines regarding his tumultuous personal life in recent weeks.

Not only did Harbour’s estranged wife, Lily Allen, appear to accuse him of cheating in her scathing “West End Girl” album in October, but reports also surfaced last month that “Stranger Things” co-star Millie Bobby Brown filed a bullying and harassment complaint against him.

Harbour and Brown, 21, put on a united front at the Netflix show’s Season 5 premiere last week — but a body language expert dubbed their camaraderie “overkill.”

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