George Clooney shared his fears over his wife Amal and their kids hating his new hair last month – as he raised eyebrows with the new look while in NYC this weekend.

The 63-year-old actor was spotted grabbing lunch with his partner when he debuted a startling new look – a head of dyed-brown hair.

He has dyed it for his upcoming Broadway debut in Good Night, And Good Luck – an adaptation of the 2005 film of the same name that he previously wrote, directed and acted in.

And last month George anticipated that his family wouldn’t be so keen on the change in his appearance. 

Amal and George share twins Alexander and Ella, seven.

‘My wife is going to hate it because nothing makes you look older than when an older guy dyes his hair,’ George said during an interview with The New York Times in February.

George Clooney shared his fears over his wife Amal and their kids hating his new hair last month – as he raised eyebrows with the new look while in NYC this weekend

The 63-year-old actor was spotted grabbing lunch with his partner when he debuted a startling new look – a head of dyed-brown hair 

‘My kids are going to just laugh at me nonstop.’

In the show he will portray CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and has had to cover up his usual handsome salt-and-pepper hair with a dark brown dye.

George appeared to have recently dyed his hair, as he appeared to still have his iconic silver hair when he was spotted late last month in New York City, though he wore a hat on that outing.

In the new play, the actor and filmmaker will be starring as the legendary journalist Edward.

In his 2005 film, David Strathairn had played the lead role, while Clooney took a supporting role as CBS President Fred Friendly, in addition to working behind the camera.

The movie, which was sH๏τ in black-and-white, focused on Murrow’s reports on Senator Joseph McCarthy’s unfounded claims of communist infiltration in the US government.

This leads to a fiery confrontation between the two men on Murrow’s CBS broadcast ahead of the senator’s humiliation at the Army–McCarthy hearings and subsequent censure from the Senate.

He has dyed it for his upcoming Broadway debut in Good Night, And Good Luck (seen) – an adaptation of the 2005 film of the same name that he previously wrote, directed and acted in

Last month George anticipated that his family wouldn’t be so keen on the change in his appearance. Amal and George share twins Alexander and Ella, seven

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The all-star cast also included Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella and Twin Peaks star Ray Wise.

Clooney’s film was a hit at the box office, grossing $54.6 million against a $7 million budget, and it earned six Oscar nominations, though it went home empty-handed.

In addition to taking over the lead role in Good Night, And Good Luck as his Broadway debut, Clooney has a high-profile film in the works.

He’s set to star in the ensemble feature dramedy Jay Kelly, marking his first appearance in a film directed by Barbie co-writer Noah Baumbach.

Clooney will be part of a mᴀssive case of A-listers, including Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Jim Broadbent, Baumbach’s wife Greta Gerwig and Emily Mortimer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Baumbach.

‘My wife is going to hate it because nothing makes you look older than when an older guy dyes his hair,’ George said during an interview with The New York Times in February

Few details have been revealed about the film, which will be released by Netflix, though it is reportedly a coming-of-age film.

Netflix hasn’t revealed the release strategy for later this year, but the streamer has previously given Baumbach’s films a limited theatrical release prior to their debut on the service.

Prior to his work with Gerwig on Barbie, Baumbach wrote and directed the Don DeLillo adaptation White Noise, the Oscar winner Marriage Story and The Meyerowitz Stories for Netflix.