The photo also included the text: "Proof I have a forehead."
A post shared by Zooey Deschanel (@zooeydeschanel)
Deschanel posted the image on her Instagram Story as well and said it reminded her of a popular meme that compared her to Clark Kent/Superman.
"Seeing Zooey Deschanel without bangs and glasses, I finally get how nobody knew Clark Kent was Superman," the meme read.
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Deschanel's post received attention from friends and fans, many of whom said that they didn't recognize the "500 Days of Summer" star in the photo. Others suggested that she edited the selfie to make it look as though she didn't have bangs.
Even her boyfriend, "Property Brothers" star Jonathan Scott, jokingly commented: "Wait what?! ."
Deschanel's post surprised fans because the actress has styled her hair with bangs for decades. Since landing starring and supporting roles in the early 2000s, Deschanel has sported bangs on- and off-screen.
And on a few occasions, she has actually styled her hair away from her face to reveal her forehand.
Her go-to hairstyle also resulted in comparisons to singer Katy Perry, who had dark hair and bangs during an earlier stage of her music career. Perry told Deschanel on an Instagram Live in December 2020 she even pretended to be her in order to get into clubs when she first headed to LA to make it big.
The two stars poked fun at their resemblance when Deschanel appeared in Perry's 2020 music video for "Not the End of the World." In the video, aliens mistook Deschanel for the "Roar" singer and abducted her.
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