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Bryan Cranston shocks fans with unrecognisable new look: 'Omg!'

Rachel Choy
Updated ·2-min read
Actor Bryan Cranston smiles after catching a foul ball during the MLB All Star Celebrity Softball game, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Bryan Cranston at the MLB All Star Celebrity Softball game in Los Angeles. (AP)

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston shocked fans with his unrecognisable new look while taking part in a celebrity softball game over the weekend.

The actor is best known for rocking a shaved head as character Walter White in the acclaimed drama, but sported long hair and a bushy beard during a Major League Baseball All-Stars match.

The Emmy-award winner also added two stick-on moustaches underneath his eyes while he was batting at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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The 66-year-old stepped up to pitch during the game, but ended up striking out and being sent off the field.

Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad. (AMC/Sky)
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad. (AMC/Sky)

Cranston didn’t take lightly to the umpire’s decision, and ended up kicking dirt on the umpire as well as throwing an entire bucket of gum on him.

Fans went wild for Cranston’s new look, with some even saying his beard was the real star of the charity softball match.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 16: Bryan Cranston holds up a bat during the MGM All-Star Celebrity Softball Game at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Bryan Cranston holds up a bat during the MGM All-Star Celebrity Softball Game. (MLB Photos via Getty Images)

“Omg I did not recognise Bryan Cranston with that beard and long hair!!!” one fan wrote on Twitter.

“That’s Bryan Cranston? Is he growing a beard to play Zeus in the live-action Hercules or something? Golly!” another asked.

“Is that Bryan Cranston with a Grizzly Adams beard?” a third added.

Los Angeles, CA - July 16: Actor Bryan Cranston is hugged by Andre Either after catching a pop up by Adrian beltre in the first inning of the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
Bryan Cranston is hugged by Andre Either after catching a pop up. (MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

Another fan joked that Bryan Cranston looked like ‘Willem Dafoe as Robin Williams in Jumanji”.

Other celebrities playing in the charity game included Marvel’s Simu Liu, Dance Mom’s JoJo Siwa plus rappers Bad Bunny and Quavo.

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Cranston ended up being on the losing team, after Team Brooklyn defeated Team Los Angeles with a final score of 15-13.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 16: Bryan Cranston looks on during the MGM All-Star Celebrity Softball Game at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Bryan Cranston looks on during the MGM All-Star Celebrity Softball Game. (MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Cranston's new look is for and upcoming role. Appearing on US chat show Live With Kelly and Ryan recently, he teased the hosts that he would be playing 'an old prospector panning for gold', before adding that was a fib.

He did tell them though that his hirsute new look was for an upcoming villain role. "It's very on the nose for a bad guy," he added.

This article originally appearing on Yahoo Australia.

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