One thing has occurred to Ben Affleck’s gray-tinged locks.
At 52, the Oscar winner has been rocking the salt-and-pepper search for a couple of years now, however followers did a double take when he stepped out with dramatically darker hair and beard. Affleck debuted his shocking new take a look at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on April 2, the place he was selling his upcoming thriller, The “Accountant 2,” together with solid mates Jon Bernthal, Daniella Pineda, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson.
Regardless of the big gathering of Hollywood A-listers, all eyes had been on Affleck’s hair. The noticeable transformation got here only one week after he opened up about his divorce from Jennifer Lopez to GQ, and critics say the brand new ‘do is an indication of a “midlife disaster.”
However followers have a special take. Regardless of all of the headlines and on-line buzz, many say it’s time to offer Affleck — and all males who dye their hair — a cross.
“You understand, we girls can’t choose males for this. We’re all the time complaining about how judged we’re for our appears, and loads of us together with myself dye our hair. There’s nothing mistaken with a person doing the identical factor,” wrote one supporter within the feedback part of the Every day Mail On-line.
“Simply because colouring hair is seen as a lady factor doesn’t imply males can’t. Although I do like the truth that some males are feeling like they should color their hair to be seen as trying youthful! LOL,” wrote one other.
Affleck is definitely not the one “dye-hard” in Hollywood as of late. A couple of silver foxes have rolled again the years with the assistance of an overenthusiastic colorist. Each George Clooney, 63, and Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, have ditched the grey just lately.
Generally known as the quintessential charming older gent, Clooney typically extols getting older naturally, making his flip to the darkish facet stunning to everybody, together with his spouse, Amal Clooney. In a February 2025 interview with The New York Instances, he admitted that his household just isn’t a fan.
“My spouse goes to hate it as a result of nothing makes you look older than when an older man dyes his hair,” he mentioned. “My youngsters are simply going to snigger at me nonstop.” It seems that he made the change for artwork. The 2-time Oscar winner is at present lighting up the Broadway stage as legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night time, And Good Luck,” and he dyed his hair for the function.
Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, is one other A-lister who just lately unveiled a brand new look. He appeared with a lot darker hair and thicker eyebrows throughout award season and once more at CinemaCon to advertise his upcoming comedy motion movie, “One Battle After One other.” He’s set to play reverse Benicio del Toro, one other former silver fox who has turned to the darkish facet. It’s unclear if DiCaprio dyed his hair for the function or if the Hollywood star is solely attempting to maintain up with the younger folks round him — together with his 26-year-old mannequin girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti, who’s half his age.
Regardless of the actors’ causes for the dramatic hair change, followers are holding again judgment with a couple of caveats. “If they will’t get actually good face and neck work to match, it simply appears like shoe polish on an getting older manikin head,” was the recommendation from one commenter.
“There’s dye and dangerous dye..don’t be a nasty dye.”
