Carrie Coon says people don't recognize her when she's brunette

According to People, Carrie Coon said she is often only recognized when she is blonde, a change she partially attributes to the platinum bob she wore on The White Lotus.

"There is something about the platinum that makes people see me in a different way," she told Interview Magazine. Coon added, "People don’t see me when my hair is dark. I would get recognized when I was platinum, probably because the bob in The White Lotus was platinum, but when my hair goes back to my normal color, that all goes away." She also mused that people might not recognize her "because I’m a mom in Westchester in sweatpants who doesn’t brush her teeth." Coon, 44, went brunette for her role as Bertha Russell on The Gilded Age and is currently wearing the darker hue while starring in Bug on Broadway.

Bug, written by Tracy Letts and directed by David Cromer, is described in a synopsis as an "unexpected and intense romance" that becomes a "sexy psychological thriller," with Namir Smallwood opposite Coon as Peter. Letts, who previously appeared alongside Coon in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, praised the current production "for its intensity and immediacy," saying in a statement released back in August, "I love this production of Bug. It’s scary and funny and intimate, and it features five great stage actors working at the peak of their powers, under the direction of my long-time collaborator David Cromer."

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Culture, Carrie Coon, Bug, Tracy Letts, Broadway