Mark Wahlberg Wears Pretend Nostril in ‘By Any Means’ Set Photographs

• Mark Wahlberg seems almost unrecognizable in pictures taken on the set of his new film
• By Any Means, from director Class Bratton, stars Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul Mateen II
• Each stars may be seen in Sixties-inspired seems, with Wahlberg in what seems to be a false nostril

Mark Wahlberg is chopping an uncommon determine on the set of his new film. 

The actor-entrepreneur, 53, was noticed in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 15, filming scenes for the upcoming crime thriller By Any Means. Sporting what seems to be a false nostril and a Sixties-inspired outfit rendering him virtually unrecognizable, Wahlberg waved at photographers between takes. 

From The Inspection director Class Bratton, By Any Means follows “a infamous mafia hitman and a younger Black FBI agent” who crew up “to research the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi,” per a synopsis.

Wahlberg was pictured on set in a grey go well with over a wide-lapeled, wealthy crimson, collared shirt. Finishing the Flight Threat star’s Sixties authenticity was a pair of amber-tinted aviator sun shades and lengthy hair, along with his altered nostril. 

Costar Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was additionally seen filming. The Watchmen Emmy winner, pictured talking on a corded telephone, wore a blue-gray go well with with an identical tie over a white shirt. 

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By Any Means, from screenwriters Sascha Penn and Theodore Witcher, additionally stars Giancarlo Esposito, Ethan Embry, Josh Lucas, David Strathairn, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze and Nicole Beharie. 

Deadline reported final October that the movie relies on a real story about J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI hiring a hitman named Scarpa off the books. Sterling Ok. Brown was initially solid, however now not stars. 

Wahlberg additionally leads writer-director Shane Black’s upcoming Play Soiled with Dermot Mulroney, director Peter Farrelly’s Balls Up with Paul Walter Hauser and The Household Plan 2, the sequel to 2023’s hit action-comedy costarring Michelle Monaghan.