Among a wave of other exciting TV and film announcements made via Twitter on Dec. 10, Disney+ released the trailer for its new Marvel series, Loki [1], this week. In the three-minute video, fans were given a sneak peek at Tom Hiddleston playing the title character alongside Owen Wilson [2], whose head full of gray hair sent a few of my peers into a tailspin this morning.
Wilson's character pops up about one minute into the trailer during a mysterious elevator ride with Loki. The details of his role in the new show aren't made super clear in the trailer — all we really know for sure is that his once-blond, once-shoulder-length hair is now shorter and gray, and he looks almost unrecognizable. "I just want to say that I (and probably others) care about Owen Wilson's gray hair [3] in the Loki show," said one person in the POPSUGAR Slack chat. "My own personal dialogue during that trailer was, is that Owen Wilson? Did he actually get a haircut after 40 years?? Oh it sounds like Owen Wilson," wrote another.
My coworkers, of course, aren't the only ones that were a little taken aback by the change in Wilson's appearance, as there were a few people on Twitter who had some questions as well. One user compared him to John Slattery [4] while another person implied that he looked like a 1992 Michael Douglas. Watch the official Loki trailer ahead, and keep reading to check out peoples' reactions.