Brad Pitt Brings Back His Iconic 2004 Buzz Cut in One of the Biggest Hair Transformations of the Year

Brad Pitt is transporting america backmost to 2004.

The Oscar victor has had galore hairsbreadth phases and transformations passim nan years, but nary arsenic celebrated arsenic nan shaved caput he rocked successful nan early aughts.

And conscionable successful clip for summer, nan prima was photographed successful Los Angeles sporting a cleanable buzz trim reminiscent of nan look he wore connected reddish carpets successful 2004 and his 2005 movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

In summation to saying goodbye to his signature long, chromatic blonde hair, which precocious took connected a shaggy unit trim look connected nan group of his new racing-inspired movie F1 (out June 27), Pitt besides ditched nan grown-out salt-and-pepper beard that he was photographed pinch earlier this year.

At nan time, he had his longer hairsbreadth covered pinch a bucket chapeau while displaying his facial hair, which he precocious shaved down to a spot of sexy scruff connected his chin, jawline and precocious lip.

It's unclear if Pitt's haircut is for a caller role.

Hair transformations are communal for Pitt, who has experimented pinch galore looks, for illustration nan shoulder-grazing, sun-kissed strands that carried him done filming celebrated movies for illustration Legends of nan Fall and Interview pinch nan Vampire of nan matching blonde expanse that he and woman astatine nan time, Gwyneth Paltrow, rocked successful nan precocious '90s. (In 2021, Paltrow revealed nan communicative down nan haircuts, revealing, "We went to nan aforesaid stylist for nan cut. [Celebrity hairstylist] Chris McMillan cut some of our hairsbreadth for illustration this.")

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While promoting Wolfs astir nan world pinch his costar George Clooney successful 2024, Pitt was seen pinch an ashy blonde haircut pinch hints of gray.

The look made him almost recognizable astatine nan Cannes Film Festival, wherever he and Ines de Ramon made their dazzling reddish carpet debut astatine nan movie's premiere.

Pitt isn't nan only stud switching up his look. Fellow Oscar victor and adjacent friend Clooney dyed his celebrated metallic strands brunette for his Broadway debut successful nan shape production of Good Night, and Good Luck. Meanwhile And Just Like That... and Sex and nan City prima John Corbett decided to actually turn retired his hair successful a mullet style for nan summer.

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