Justin Theroux’s unrecognizable ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ role baffles viewers

One actor who appears in the new sequel to “The Devil Wears Prada” appears so unrecognizable in the film that fans are reporting they didn’t even realize it was him.

And a warning — mild spoilers for “The Devil Wears Prada 2” below.

Actor Justin Theroux’s name appears in the opening credits for the film, along with returning stars like Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt.

And Theroux appears midway through the film in a supporting role, as a tech billionaire named Benji Barnes who also happens to be Blunt’s character Emily’s new boyfriend, happily bankrolling her latest ambitious career move.

With his orange fake tan and tact-free declarations that AI will soon replace everyone’s jobs, Theroux’s character is a comically grotesque villain — and he does such a good job of it that some fans who were waiting for the actor to turn up on screen never actually clocked that it was him.

“Justin Theroux is unrecognizable in Devil Wears Prada 2. Saw his name in the opening credits and I spent the entire time waiting for him to show up,” one viewer tweeted.

Another tweeted that their main takeaway from the film was: “That’s Justin Theroux??”

Yet another agreed that Theroux was “unrecognizable” in the film: “It took me several scenes to properly clock him.”

Another fan on X called Theroux’s performance “unhinged and hilarious” — and it seems the actor himself agrees.

“The most fun thing about playing him was how silly he was,” Theroux told People at the film’s April premiere.

“He’s such an idiot,” he continued. “To be able to be ridiculous, wear ridiculous clothes — I have a really ridiculous hair thing going on, I’m bald, but then it’s like my hair’s falling out — that was the most fun.”

Of course, Theroux, 54, has also garnered some attention in recent times for his changing appearance in real life.

The actor attended the season two premiere of his Amazon Prime series “Fallout” in Los Angeles in December last year with a noticeably fuller, smoother face.

“Did he do something to his face? Looks different,” one person commented under an Instagram post showing photos from the premiere.

“What happened to his face?” another asked.

The actor, who was previously married to actress Jennifer Aniston from 2015 to 2018, brought his new wife Nicole Brydon Bloom, 32, along as his date for the premiere.

The couple welcomed their first baby, a boy, in April.