Yes, This is Really Gary Oldman in Character as Winston Churchill
A couple of months ago, I wrote about how Gary Oldman had been cast as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a new movie called Darkest Hour for director Joe Wright (Black Mirror, Atonement). To be completely frank, it's not really a project I'm stoked about in the same way I am about other upcoming movies, but Oldman is always a terrific actor and 100% worth watching in anything he's in.
So I normally wouldn't really be too interested in sharing a simple photo with you guys from a movie like this, but man, this image of Oldman in costume sort of blew my mind. He's completely unrecognizable! People throw that term around sometimes when you can still see hints of the actor underneath makeup or whatever, but with this one, I legitimately think if you put Oldman in a costume in a lineup with a bunch of other chubby white dudes, I wouldn't have any clue that one of them is one of our greatest actors in full makeup.
Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.
Darkest Hour hits theaters on November 24, 2017.