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New York, Jan 13 (ANI): Actor Brad Pitt’s long, grey, scraggy and even more knotted beard has earned him some comments.

Pitt, 46, who has had the beard for two years, is now reportedly growing it for a role in the upcoming film “The Lost City of Z”, in which he is tipped to play Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett, an early 20th-century explorer who went missing in the Amazon.

“Generally men grow beards to change their faces,” the New York Post quoted Allan Peterkin, author of ‘One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair’, as saying.

“Maybe he’s reached a point where he doesn’t want to be considered for his looks. He might want to put forth another face.

“There have been studies where women will be given pictures of men with and without beards, and they invariably rate the men with beards as more virile and more masculine.

“But when asked if they want to kiss him or date him, the answer is no,” he stated.

But growing the beard is not all Pitt has been doing, as he was photographed with beads twisted into his goatee.

Michael Malbon, owner of Lower East Side barber Frank’s Chop Shop, says that Pitt’s scruffy look is in keeping with current trends, and that beards are especially popular during winter when the facial hair can offer some protection from the cold.

“It’s a good look for him - though I don’t know bout the beads,” Malbon said.

“With the guy he is, it just lets the world know that he’s free and wild and still young and doesn’t have to be all clean-shaven. He’s saying, ‘I’m chilling, I don’t need to conform to attitudes’,” he stated.

Kris Payne, who calls himself “premier” of the Gotham City Beardsman Alliance, says that even in beard growing, Pitt excels.

“The hair grows in nice and even, which is something most of us can’t say for ourselves,” Payne said. (ANI)