Former EastEnders star Danny Dyer has been given an incredible transformation for Paddy Power's latest Christmas advert.
The iconic British actor, 47, was given the opportunity to have a sneak peek into his future as he was transformed into a grey grandad for the epic Paddy Power advert. Danny is seen with face prosthetics which leave him looking like an elderly man - balding grey hair included.
The epic transformation doesn't stop there however as the actor was even kitted out with a bright Christmas jumper, 'old man' pants, and even a pair of slippers as makeup and wardrobe experts added another 30 years onto his appearance for the epic makeover.
Speaking on being part of the Christmas advert, Danny said: "I’m an East End boy and there was only ever one team for me. And it certainly wasn’t Millwall! West Ham were my first true love – ever since I got given that Claret and Blue shirt as a kid I’ve been hooked.
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Paddy Power)"There’s no better feeling than getting that Hammers shirt on, though. You wear that shirt with pride every time you put it on. You back them through it all. The good and the bad."
While Danny was loving his new look, not everyone was as impressed. The former EastEnders star said of his transformation: "I'm already a grandad to three cracking kids, but after three-and-a-half hours sat in that make-up chair from the crack of dawn I actually looked like one.
"It did scare the life out of the grandkids when I FaceTimed them after though. They were proper freaking out. They didn’t have a clue who this random old guy was on the screen. Poor things."
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Paddy Power)Although the actor may have aged 30 years for the new Christmas advert, Danny recently celebrated his 47th birthday - and he did so in style. The EastEnders actor recently revealed that he rang in his 47th year with “a little doobie” in Amsterdam.
His visit to the city was a world away from his previous visit for his 21st birthday, and the Rivals star admits the Red Light district felt “unsettling” as he wandered around the canals, “having a mooch around”.
Danny travelled with wife Jo, his brother and his sister-in-law for a birthday trip, but laughs women advertising in windows were “still trying to coax me in”. But the actor and his brother merely sampled “a nutty bit of weed”, in the form of the variety known as White Widow.
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GETTY)The much-loved actor has been very open about his previous drug use, and though he rarely dabbles any more, he has evidently managed to maintain his tolerance levels. “I don’t spew,” he informs his daughter Dani, while they chatted together on their new podcast Live and Let Dyers. “That was always my problem back in the day, I always had too much of a good capacity for drugs.”
Danny did still feel the effects. He said: “I was quite f***ed when I got back,” he said. “It’s a fascinating place, where you can walk in a coffee shop, pick up their menu and instead of a bowl of nuts there’s a bowl of Rizlas. I’m not a big smoker, but I thought: ‘While I’m back there, I’ll have a little dabble.’ We had a little early doobie.”
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