Dylan O’Brien Details How His Viral ‘Ponyboi’ Transformation Came to Be

When Ponyboi capturing gaffer Don Sean shared images from the flick’s established on Instagram including Dylan O’Brien in 2022, the photos rapidly went viral. Followers shared their responses on social networks to the star’s transformation for the movie, that included a close discolor, slits on his brows, several chains, and face hair cut right into a chin band. It was a plain separation from his trademark shaggy hair and beard.

While talking to The Hollywood Press Reporter at the Sundance Movie Celebration on Saturday, O’Brien and his co-star River Gallo (that likewise composed the movie) comprehensive how the appearance integrated.

O’Brien kept in mind that generating the personality’s hair and costuming was a collective initiative in between himself, Gallo and supervisor Esteban Arango. While Gallo desired the star to opt for an appearance influenced by Jacket Coast celebrity Pauly D to fit the movie’s Jacket setup, O’Brien visualized his personality to have actually chopped hair.

“We had this barber do this really cool cut on me that just sort of combined all,” clarified the star. He after that transformed to Gallo and remembered,“Remember that day in the trailer? We were doing like the goatee and you were like, ‘Leave the chin strap.’ I was like, ‘Sure.’ And then you fought for the chinstrap and kept it, thankfully, because I love it.”

An additional among Gallo’s concepts for O’Brien’s look stuck. “River literally texted me about a tattoo idea that early on when I first came on board and I was like, ‘I love it,’ and I’ll leave it as a surprise,” claimed the Teenager Wolf alum.

When the appearance was determined, O’Brien was able to totally understanding that his personality was.

“It just kind of came together and really informed me. I mean, those things just helped so much, especially with something that was a departure for me, for sure and it’s not who I am by any means,” he clarified.“I definitely felt like I knew exactly… I knew this guy. I knew kids like this. I knew exactly what I wanted to do. But all those things just really evolve as you start the process comes together and the tattoos come in and the hair and the clothes, my fit. I could never have stepped into the role in the way that I ended up doing without all those pieces in the process.”

View the complete meeting in the video clip over.