A slim, shaggy-haired figure turned heads on set in Los Angeles this week as he prepared to shoot scenes alongside Kristen Wiig in their highly anticipated film.
It wasn’t until he removed his sunglasses that the mystery man was revealed to be Jonah Hill, 41, who looked dramatically different while filming his upcoming comedy Cut Off, which he also wrote and directs.
The star, best known for his roles in Superbad and 21 Jump Street, looked almost unrecognizable as he stepped out in character wearing a tight leopard-print top that accentuated his noticeably slimmer frame, a pair of jeans adorned with long black fringe and a shaggy blonde wig reminiscent of Brad Pitt’s 1997 Legends of the Fall era.
He completed the quirky ensemble with tinted glasses, a beard, and a silver belt chain as he reviewed his script between takes.
The Wolf of Wall Street star’s transformation stunned fans and marked yet another reinvention for the Oscar-nominated performer, who has been open in the past about his fitness and wellness journey.
Wiig, 52, was equally eye-catching in costume, sporting red lace tights, a pink mini-skirt, a turquoise bra layered over a lilac top and a velvet bathrobe as the pair filmed outside their trailers.
A slim, shaggy-haired figure turned heads on set in Los Angeles this week as he prepared to shoot scenes alongside Kristen Wiig in their highly anticipated film
Between scenes, the longtime friends were seen laughing and chatting on set, offering the first glimpse at the eccentric world Hill has created for Cut Off.
In addition to writing and directing, Hill stars in the film, his first major directing project since Mid90s, reuniting him with Wiig for a new offbeat comedy that’s already generating major buzz.
Cut Off is currently in production and scheduled to be released on July 17, 2026.
In this upcoming comedy, Wiig and Hill play a pair of entitled siblings, whose wealthy parents stop supporting financially.
In 2023, Hill ,who suffers from anxiety attacks, openly discussed his fluctuating weight with his therapist Phil Stutz for his second feature directorial effort, the Netflix documentary Stutz.
‘When I was a kid, exercise and diet was framed to me as like, “There’s something wrong with how you look,”‘ the Winning Time director recalled.
‘But never once was exercise and diet propositioned to me in terms of mental health. I just wish that was presented to people differently.’
Jonah admitted growing up overweight ‘intensely f***ed me up,’ and inside he still feels like ‘a 14-year-old boy who’s very overweight and has acne and feels very undesirable to the world.’
It wasn’t until he removed his sunglasses that the mystery man was revealed to be Jonah Hill, 40, who looked dramatically different while filming his upcoming comedy Cut Off, which he also wrote and directs
The star looked almost unrecognizable as he stepped out in character wearing a tight leopard-print top that accentuated his noticeably slimmer frame
‘Inherently, at my core, I’m still this unlovable person,’ Hill explained.
‘But the work is inching toward [realizing] that it’s great to be this person. But that’s still very hard.’
Jonah first publicly slimmed down in 2011 after hiring a nutritionist and a fitness trainer on the advice of his 21 Jump Street co-star Channing Tatum, which he mentioned on The Tonight Show in 2016.
Hill’s weight went up to 270lbs in 2014, but by 2017, he had lost it again.
