The New York Post is being ridiculed for saying Leonardo DiCaprio looks 'unrecognizable' in his new movie
- The first photo of Martin Scorsese's upcoming movie "Killers of the Flower Moon" has been released.
- The New York Post described Leonardo DiCaprio as "unrecognizable" in the photo.
- But the Post are now being mocked because Leonardo DiCaprio looks very much like Leonardo DiCaprio.
The New York Post is being mocked for its headline claiming that Leonardo DiCaprio - a famously recognizable man - looks unrecognizable in his new role in Martin Scorsese's latest film.
"Leonardo DiCaprio unrecognizable in first photos of new Scorsese film," the Post tweeted Monday alongside an image of DiCaprio and his "Killers of the Flower Moon" costar Lily Gladstone. Unfortunately for them, Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio looks exactly like Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Film writer Scott Weinberg wrote: "The only way Leo is 'unrecognizable' in this photo is if he's playing the woman, the bowl, or the salt shaker."
"Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn wrote: "He must be the person in the left if he's unrecognizable because the person on the right looks exactly like Leonardo DiCaprio."
Writer Duncan Smith joked: "Not sure if I'm comfortable with Leonardo DiCaprio playing a Native woman."
Meanwhile, "Get Out" actor Bradley Whitford joked that he was pretty astonished by the acting capabilities of Christian Bale, writing: "There is nothing Christian Bale cannot do. Nothing."
Another Twitter user wrote: "Completely unrecognizable. I can't tell if Leo is the woman on the left or the one who looks exactly like Leonardo DiCaprio."
While DiCaprio is hardly hidden under make-up or prosthetics here, he has been a little more transformative in previous performances, such as his grizzled, Oscar-winning turn in "The Revenant" or his villainous role in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained."
"Killers of the Flower Moon" is one of the most hotly anticipated upcoming movies, with many wondering if DiCaprio will earn another Oscar nomination to add to his existing seven.
Directed by Martin Scorsese and also starring Robert De Niro, "Killers of the Flower Moon" is a western movie following several mysterious murders in the Osage County in the 1920s.
The movie, which does not have a release date as of yet, will be released in theaters - although it is unclear if it will also be released on Apple TV+, since the movie is part-funded by Apple despite Scorsese's recent comments about streaming services.