{"id":714980,"date":"2026-06-04T14:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/714980\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:59:17","slug":"mark-wahlberg-completely-unrecognizable-in-new-movie-by-any-means-trailer-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/714980\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Wahlberg completely unrecognizable in new movie ‘By Any Means,’ trailer goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mark Wahlberg’s<\/a> look in his upcoming movie “By Any Means” might have people looking twice.<\/p>\n

Basic info:<\/p>\n

Plot: Inspired by a true story, a young Black FBI<\/a> agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur. When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. They don\u2019t.Cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas and Giancarlo Esposito.Release date: Sept. 4, 2026 \"Mark <\/p>\n

Mark Wahlberg attends The Netflix Cup, a live Netflix Sports event, at Wynn Las Vegas Golf on November 14, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. ((Photo by Greg Doherty\/Getty Images for Netflix \u00a9 2023))<\/p>\n

Mark Wahlberg unrecognizable in new movie.<\/p>\n

The preview for “By Any Means” hit the internet on Wednesday, and one thing became crystal clear immediately:<\/p>\n

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Mark Wahlberg looks like<\/a> a completely different person.<\/p>\n

\"Mark <\/p>\n

Mark Wahlberg attends the “The Family Plan 2” world premiere at the Curzon Mayfair in London on Nov. 11, 2025. (Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Not a little bit different! Wahlberg is completely unrecognizable in the role as infamous gangster Greg Scarpa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The trailer has generated significant attention after getting more than 12 million views on YouTube in under a day.<\/p>\n

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Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n

Like I said, the popular actor looks like a completely different person. Whoever is responsible for the makeup or facial prosthetics<\/a> did an incredibly impressive job.<\/p>\n

It’s always a bit neat when you see an actor or actress radically change their appearance for a role. Takes things to another level.<\/p>\n

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There’s no doubt that’s what Wahlberg did here.<\/p>\n

For comparison, check out the movie poster below.<\/p>\n

Now, check out the photo of Mark Wahlberg in his regular form below.<\/p>\n

\"Mark <\/p>\n

Mark Wahlberg attends the F1 Grand Prix at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 22, 2025. (Arnold Jerocki\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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What do you think of Wahlberg’s transformation? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n

David Hookstead is a reporter for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Wahlberg’s look in his upcoming movie “By Any Means” might have people looking twice. Basic info: Plot:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,23533,447,134,7810,72540,2822,344,304722],"class_list":["post-714980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-biopic","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-fbi","tag-manhunt","tag-mark-wahlberg","tag-movies","tag-outkick-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}