Balding Johnny Depp looks unrecognisable as he shoots Black Mass scenes with screen sibling Benedict Cumberbatch



Johnny Depp, complete with receding hairline and blue eyes, looked unrecognisable while filming scenes on Tuesday with Benedict Cumberbatch for the crime drama Black Mass in Boston.

The 51-year-old actor Hollywood heartthrob and 37-year-old English actor were shooting at the Church Of The Covenant for the movie that has received a release date on Monday of September 18, 2015.

Johnny looked serious in a charcoal grey double-breasted coat, matching tie and crisp white dress shirt.

Total transformation: Johnny Depp was unrecognisable on Tuesday as he filmed scenes with Benedict Cumberbath for the movie Black Mass in Boston

The make-up and hair department have transformed Johnny into the notorious crime figure by giving him a paunchy figure, a drastically receding hairline, wrinkled eyes and bad teeth.

He also sported coloured contact lenses to complete his look of Bulger, who was sentenced last November to two consecutive life terms and an additional five years after being on the run for 16 years.

Benedict also looked dapper in a bright white dress shirt, black tie and black vest with his wavy brown hair parted on the side.

He's changed: Johnny looked different thanks to hair and make-up staff that thinned his hair and altered his eyes with blue contact lenses

The Sherlock star portrays Massachusetts State Senator Billy ‘The Corrupt Midget’, who stood by his mob boss older brother. The crime drama is based on the 2001 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob written by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. The film also stars Dakota Johnson, 24, who plays Whitey Bulger's love interest Lindsey Cyr.

Fan favourite: Johnny waved to fans who waited for hours for a glimpse of the star as he left the set

Notorious criminal: Johnny plays crime boss Whitey Bulger in Black Mass

The film, written and directed by Scott Cooper, also features Sienna Miller, Kevin Bacon, Adam Scott and Rory Cochrane.

Bulger, 84, was found guilty last August on 31 counts that included racketeering charges and involvement in 11 murders and is currently incarcerated at the US Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona.

Corrupt Boston FBI agents protected Bulger for years while he worked simultaneously as a crime boss and an FBI informant who ratted out the rival New England Mafia and other crime groups.

Bulger was tipped off by his former FBI handler in 1994 about a pending indictment and went into hiding until his arrest in 2011 outside of a quiet apartment complex in Santa Monica, California.



Famous face: Johnny, shown in May with fiancee Amber Heard in New York City, has long been considered a Hollywood sex symbol