Johnny Depp is slowly making his way back into Hollywood, but images from the set of his latest film, the action crime movie Day Drinker, has given a first look at the unrecognizable former heartthrob sporting a scruffy beard and long greying hair. However, it is all for the character he is playing, and the beard is not a permanent fixture that those who still follow Depp’s every move need to worry about.

Day Drinker will be the first major studio movie to star Depp since his legal battles with ex-wife Amber Heard. While Heard has settled herself into a life away from the glare of Hollywood, Depp has been very slowly building a new portfolio of niche projects on his way to bigger things. While there are still several rumors circling the waters around a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie featuring Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, that...