Billie Eilish is totally transformed for her leading role in \u201cThe Bell Jar.\u201d Sean O’Neill \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n
Fans don\u2019t even recognize Billie Eilish as she transforms for her upcoming role.<\/p>\n
Paparazzi photos from the Toronto set of the psychological thriller movie based on Sylvia Plath\u2019s \u201cThe Bell Jar\u201d show a red-lipped Eilish looking a far cry from her pop star persona.<\/p>\n
The period piece not only has all in the cast dressed in their 1950s best, but Eilish sports her dark brown hair cut to shoulder length and held back by a matching percher hat.<\/p>\n
Eilish, 24, is set to play protagonist Esther Greenwood \u2014 the aspiring writer who sits at the heart of the 1963 novel.<\/p>\n
She slipped into a 1950\u2019s aesthetic, looking totally different from her pop star persona. Sean O’Neill \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n
Fans were shocked at the transformation, claiming they would not have recognized the \u201cBad Guy\u201d singer on screen. Sean O’Neill \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n
In some of the behind-the-scenes snaps, Eilish wears a fitted short-sleeve knit in a cherry red so bright it perfectly matches her painted lips. In others, she\u2019s styled in a waist-nipped blue button-front dress.<\/p>\n
Her makeup is minimal save for her bold lipstick choice; her hair is parted at the side and she wears a pair of pearl earrings.<\/p>\n
A Reddit thread quickly emerged<\/a> among the \u201cBad Guy\u201d singer\u2019s fans to discuss the multi-hyphenate\u2019s new look.<\/p>\n \u201cIt took me too long to realize it was her. I was like \u2018wow that actor looks just like Billie Eilish\u2019\u201d wrote one commenter.<\/p>\n Another agreed, \u201cShe does NOT look like a pop star at all and one of the most challenging thing to do as an actor is disappearing into a role.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bell Jar\u201d is based on Sylvia Plath\u2019s 1963 novel of the same name. Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n Through her career, Eilish has been known for favoring baggy silhouettes, dark eyeliner and dramatic hair colors. WireImage<\/p>\n This will be the singer\u2019s first feature film after stepping into acting in 2023. billie eilish\/ instagram<\/p>\n More echoed the sentiment, adding, \u201cWouldn\u2019t have recognized her\u201d and \u201cBased on these pictures alone, it\u2019s very possible I could\u2019ve watched this whole movie and not realized it was even her.\u201d<\/p>\n As \u201cThe Bell Jar\u201d novel is widely considered a semi-autobiographical book, much of the inspiration behind Eilish\u2019s new look seems to come from photos of Plath herself.<\/p>\n Eilish is, of course, known for her wide variety of colorful hair<\/a> over the years and penchant for baggy clothing, although she has deviated from the formula in recent years, experimenting<\/a> with different styles.<\/p>\n This will be the singer\u2019s feature film debut, though she previously expanded into acting in 2023, playing a cult leader in the Amazon Prime thriller series \u201cSwarm.\u201d<\/p>\n Carey Mulligan is set to star as Mrs. Greenwood in the film, which is currently filming and is expected to be released next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billie Eilish is totally transformed for her leading role in \u201cThe Bell Jar.\u201d Sean O’Neill \/ BACKGRID Fans…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":983014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[53171,1022,172,57000,133823,171,10574,1020,53,128642,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-983013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-billie-eilish","tag-books","tag-celebrity-news","tag-costume-design","tag-costumes","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion","tag-film","tag-movies","tag-page-six-style","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117044773249857280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/983014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}