UPDATE: Back in March last year, on set pictures from the Suspiria remake directed by Call Me By Your Name's Luca Guadagnino were doing the rounds, purporting to be showing star Tilda Swinton in very heavy prosthetic make-up to look like a man.

They were so striking that the Doctor Strange star was completely unrecognisable, which is partly what sparked so much discussion (that and the fact that we don't remember a scene in the original Suspiria where her character Madame Blanc ever disguises herself as a guy).

Now speaking to Yahoo at the BAFTAs, Guadagnino explained that the reason Swinton is so unrecognisable is that those images aren't actually of her. Instead they're of Lutz Ebersdorf who plays Dr Jozef Klemperer, a psychoanalyst in the movie.

"That's a complete fake news," he said. "They made a picture of my actor Lutz Ebersdorf and they claimed it was Tilda in make-up."

"I don't know why and I don't know who."

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[Lutz Ebersdorf]

Could it be further subterfuge to keep the plot details hidden? Seems unlikely...

ORIGINAL STORY

When we first saw some of the on-set pics from upcoming film Suspiria we thought, 'oh hey, it's the guy from Up'.

But it turns out that in fact, you're looking at one of Hollywood's most famous stars – one who played a role in one of last year's highest-grossing films.

Someone who, thanks to some incredible costuming and make-up work, is completely unrecognisable here.

Do you want to know who it is?

Okay, we'll tell you. It's NOT Mary-Kate and/or Ashley Olsen but instead...

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Tilda Swinton!

Don't believe us? Well, how about a side-by-side comparison? Once you see them next to each other, maybe you'll be able to see it:

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Swinton will play one of the mysterious heads of an academy, in a story which flirts with rituals, witchcraft and even murder.

Suspiria is a remake of Dario Argento's classic 1977 horror film about a young ballet dancer who uncovers sinister secrets in a prestigious academy. It will also feature Chloe Grace Moretz, Fifty Shades' Dakota Johnson, and original star Jessica Harper.

Except it's not a remake, it's more like a 'cover version'. That's what Tilda told us anyway.

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[Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One in Doctor Strange]

Suspiria is currently in post production and will be released later this year.

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