Actor Robert Downey Jr. asked his children to help him shave his head for a new role in the HBO miniseries ‘The Sympathizer’.
Robert Downey Jr. recently gave his sons a very specific task: shave their heads to get the look of their next character. The ‘Iron Man’ actor shared a video on Instagram during Halloween of his children, Exton and Avri, in which he shows the process of changing his look before starting to film ‘The Sympathizer’HBO’s miniseries adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s best-selling novel.
“The things we do for our work… and our children,” wrote the actor next to the publication. “#Sympathizer ready.” Downey has already worn his new look on the red carpet of the premiere of the Netflix documentary Mr., which tells the life story of his late father, filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.
While Downey’s new fashion cut is for a role, recently there have been many male celebrities who have made the decision to embrace the “bald power” phenomenon.
“For the uninitiated, power bald is an emerging movement of men who have shaved off their insecurities before going bald”, explains the writer Joseph Longo. “While baldness has always existed, a recent cultural shift, both on screen and off, has shown the power of grooming for a simple, elegant look. One that allows worth and beauty to be defined by principles.” other than the lust of the mane or the uniformity of their haircuts”.
He adds that being bald isn’t necessarily exclusive to men: Irish singer Sinead O’Connor and Black Panther’s Dora Milaje are also undoubtedly strong examples of the trend.
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