# Celebrities Who Look(ed) Significantly Different than Earlier in their Careers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869 "2018-01-18T01:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/101 "2018-01-23T16:08:29Z")
joel mchale’s career didn’t really take off til he got plugs. i mean, i guess it still looks like the same guy but i didn’t make the connection immediately [joel mchale](https://lh3.ggpht.com/_RLwsyhJ_-SA/S-bm7_IeYAI/AAAAAAAAAxM/sYqqr7Ebimc/s1600/Joel+McHale.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/102 "2018-01-23T16:19:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I saw Paul Reiser’s name on the opening credits and recognized him after a few seconds when he came on, but only because I was looking for him. > > He seems to be playing the same kind of character he did in **Aliens** – a happy, empathetic guy you can relate to, but he works for the Big Bad Company. I think that, just as in Aliens, ST2 Paul Reiser will ultimately be shown to be nasty underneath that fun exterior. Undoubtedly the reason they got him for the role (it also lets them extend the 1980s vibe by having him play a similar character to the one he played in the 198s) I read this before watching the first ep of ST2, so it’s hard to know if I would have recognized him. He does look different, but I think his voice would have given him away. The _Stranger Things_ actor that threw me for a loop is [Matthew Modine](https://rhystranter.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/matthew-modine-dr-brenner-stranger-things-netflix-e1472220958835.jpg). Mostly it’s the white hair, I guess, but also the character doesn’t seem to be the kind I’ve seen him play. Of course it doesn’t help that when I saw his name in the credits I conflated him [Matthew Broderick](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg2NjA0MzM0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDU5ODAxMw@@._V1_UY317_CR20,0,214,317_AL_.jpg) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bic\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bic\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bic_D)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/103 "2018-01-23T17:45:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/104 "2018-01-23T20:21:20Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > joel mchale’s career didn’t really take off til he got plugs. i mean, i guess it still looks like the same guy but i didn’t make the connection immediately > > [joel mchale](https://lh3.ggpht.com/_RLwsyhJ_-SA/S-bm7_IeYAI/AAAAAAAAAxM/sYqqr7Ebimc/s1600/Joel+McHale.jpg) He did have a bit more hair [early in his career](https://youtu.be/QJtPpRs8F-A). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/105 "2018-01-23T20:44:18Z")
Francesca Curran: [Then](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/22/08/4870DC9600000578-5296709-Scary_Francesca_has_become_something_of_a_household_name_since_s-a-155_1516608503538.jpg), [now](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/22/08/486CE0E100000578-5296709-image-a-150_1516608214313.jpg). 😉 I guess being in (fake) prison changes a person. ([Full article](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5296709/Francesca-Curran-different-Orange-New-Black.html).) ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/106 "2018-01-24T15:38:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’d say Marlon Brando, but it really was just aging, not caring, and weight gain. I mean, compared to Paul Newman or Robert Redford, Brando looked a lot different. > > Michael Jackson? Michael Jackson is a good example, not just plastic surgery, but also because of the change in his skin color. By the early 90s he looked like a totally different human being. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/107 "2018-01-25T20:25:21Z")
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