{"id":1549,"date":"2026-05-10T07:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/justin-therouxs-unrecognizable-devil-wears-prada-2-role-baffles-viewers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T07:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:35:40","slug":"justin-therouxs-unrecognizable-devil-wears-prada-2-role-baffles-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/justin-therouxs-unrecognizable-devil-wears-prada-2-role-baffles-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Theroux\u2019s unrecognizable &#8216;Devil Wears Prada 2&#8217; role baffles viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/crop-8924452_941eed.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>One actor who appears in the new sequel to \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada\u201d appears so unrecognizable in the film that fans are reporting they didn\u2019t even realize it was him.<\/p>\n<p>And a warning \u2014 mild spoilers for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/29\/entertainment\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-review-heavier-solid-sequel-proves-miranda-priestly-is-still-in-vogue\/\">\u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d<\/a>\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Justin Theroux\u2019s name appears in the opening credits for the film, along with returning stars like Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Justin Theroux and Emily Blunt behind the scenes of \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/silverspotcinema<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Theroux appears midway through the film in a supporting role, as a tech billionaire named Benji Barnes who also happens to be Blunt\u2019s character Emily\u2019s new boyfriend, happily bankrolling her latest ambitious career move.<\/p>\n<p>With his orange fake tan and tact-free declarations that AI will soon replace everyone\u2019s jobs, Theroux\u2019s character is a comically grotesque villain \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustin Theroux is unrecognizable in\u00a0Devil Wears Prada 2. Saw his name in the opening credits and I spent the entire time waiting for him to show up,\u201d one viewer tweeted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Theroux attends the world premiere of \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d at Lincoln Center in New York on April 20, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for 20th Century Studios<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another tweeted that their main takeaway from the film was: \u201cThat\u2019s Justin Theroux??\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet another agreed that Theroux was \u201cunrecognizable\u201d in the film: \u201cIt took me several scenes to properly clock him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another fan on X called Theroux\u2019s performance \u201cunhinged and hilarious\u201d \u2014 and it seems the actor himself agrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most fun thing about playing him was how silly he was,\u201d Theroux told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/justin-theroux-loved-ridiculous-silly-devil-wears-prada-2-character-exclusive-11959820\">People<\/a> at the film\u2019s April premiere.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Theroux and his wife Nicole Brydon Bloom at \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d premiere. <span class=\"credit\">Nancy Rivera \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s such an idiot,\u201d he continued. \u201cTo be able to be ridiculous, wear ridiculous clothes \u2014 I have a really ridiculous hair thing going on, I\u2019m bald, but then it\u2019s like my hair\u2019s falling out \u2014 that was the most fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Theroux, 54, has also garnered some attention in recent times for his changing appearance in real life.<\/p>\n<p>The actor attended the season two premiere of his Amazon Prime series<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u201cFallout\u201d\u00a0in Los Angeles in December last year\u00a0with a noticeably fuller, smoother face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he do something to his face? Looks different,\u201d one person commented under an Instagram post showing photos from the premiere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to his face?\u201d another asked.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who was previously married to actress Jennifer Aniston from 2015 to 2018, brought his <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/03\/10\/entertainment\/justin-theroux-and-nicole-brydon-bloom-make-their-red-carpet-debut-at-2024-vanity-fair-oscar-party\/\">new wife Nicole Brydon Bloom<\/a>, 32, along as his date for the premiere.<\/p>\n<p>The couple <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/18\/parents\/justin-theroux-welcomes-first-baby-with-wife-nicole-brydon-bloom\/\">welcomed their first baby<\/a>, a boy, in April.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/10\/entertainment\/justin-therouxs-unrecognizable-devil-wears-prada-2-role-baffles-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One actor who appears in the new sequel to \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada\u201d appears so<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/crop-8924452_941eed.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}