Jared Leto Shaves His Beard to Play Morbius

Jared Leto confirmed his involvement in director Daniel Espinosa‘s upcoming live-action movie based on Spider-Man villain Morbius, earlier this summer, with an Instagram post indicating he’d be playing The Living Vampire.

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Now the actor has taken to social media once again to tease his upcoming performance with an overly dramatic (there is an orchestral score) 28-second video in which his is seen shaving.

And so it begins…#MORBIUS ✂️✂️😂😂 pic.twitter.com/79mzOGEdOZ

— JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) November 15, 2018

The Academy Award winner Jared Leto will portray the titular Spider-Man antagonist.

There have been several Marvel characters who have reportedly had movies in the works at Sony, including Kraven the Hunter. Ever since Jared Leto signed on to play Morbius, that project has passed by all of the others, becoming the next Marvel film on deck for the studio.