Brandon Sklenar Is Unrecognizable With Blonde Hair Transformation

“90 percent of this film is outside in nature, and I spent most of the time working with a dog and a horse,” Sklenar told People in an interview published Sept. 23, teasing his upcoming role as an ex-rodeo cowboy. “Seeing how that affects the crew and just the overall vibe on set, it’s a different tone when you’re in nature on a horse with a dog for a majority of scenes and filming.”

He added, “It’s a different feeling, and it can be very meditative and healing spending that much time with a dog and a horse in nature all at once.”

Last year, Sklenar shocked fans with a separate reveal—his birth name. Indeed, he shared that his onscreen moniker isn’t his real name. After all, that would be Brandon Feakins.

As for why he made the switch?

“I took it because growing up, everyone would always mispronounce my last name,” Sklenar told People in an April 2025 interview. “It drove me absolutely crazy.”

That’s why instead of “something completely arbitrary,” the Drop actor opted to take his mom Francine’s maiden name when it came to choosing a professional moniker.

And while he still gets the occasional mispronunciation of his name, it bothers him much less than it used it. 

“They do,” he said of people pronouncing his last name incorrectly, “but I could deal with that because I didn’t grow up with it being mispronounced. It was like an adult thing.”

“And now the more people are getting to know who I am, it’s happening less and less,” he added, “but I just couldn’t live with the other one being mispronounced in a public forum, because I would lose my mind because I just grew up with it constantly.”

But Sklenar isn’t the only star rocking a new ‘do. Keep reading for more celebs who have unveiled shocking hair transformations recently…