Jared Leto And Mark Ruffalo Attended New York Comic Con In Disguise

Jared Leto and Mark Ruffalo crashed New York Comic Con this weekend, but nobody actually knew it was them.

Exploiting the full-costume and cosplay atmosphere of the event, both Leto and Ruffalo donned some fairly creepy masks in order to travel around incognito.

And, despite being two of the biggest names in comic-book movies (Leto playing the Joker in next year’s Suicide Squad movie and Ruffalo playing the Hulk in The Avengers) they went completely unnoticed, only revealing their entertaining ruse in posts on their Instagram pages.

Leto donned a mandrill mask (sort of like Rafiki from the Lion King but more terrifying), while Ruffalo hid his face with a particularly creepy Luigi costume.

They both managed to snag selfies with various comic book fans, although Leto got the best of the bunch, posing alongside a kid dressed as The Joker who had absolutely no idea he was standing next to the future Joker himself.

Jared Leto Attended This Year’s NYCC and We Didn’t Even Know It

It has become somewhat of a pattern as of late at conventions for movie stars and TV stars to dress up in sometimes random costumes and walk the convention floor without anyone else realizing it because if they went without the masks, we all would be trying to get photos and autographs from them. Bryan Cranston walked the floor as Walter White one year, Matt Smith did it as Bart Simpson, Daniel Radcliffe wore a Spider-Man mask, and those are to just name a few. No matter how many times it happens though, fans still can’t seem to know for sure if their favorite comic book, tv, or movie character could be walking right behind them.

Well it looks like we can add yet another name to the growing list of celebrities that have duped us all. While there wasn’t a panel for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or Suicide Squad at this year’s New York Comic-Con, it looks like Jared Leto still took full advantage of the opportunity to mingle with fans at the convention… even if they might not have realized it.

The actor, who is set to be the newest onscreen interpretation of The Joker in Suicide Squad next year, put on a Babboon mask and walked the floor of the convention yesterday. He tweeted out pictures several times of himself in the mask, but this one that he posted might just take the cake. Check it out below:

Something tells me that anyone who saw a random guy walking around in a Bamboon mask yesterday, is really regretting not asking for a photo right about now…

This is cool because it seems to be even more proof of just how much Leto is relishing this opportunity to play such a beloved, and iconic character in pop culture, and for more than just the acting opportunities it provides too. It’s always cool to see an actor engaging with the audience they’re setting out to entertain, but when an Academy Award-winning actor who’s playing The Joker just did it too – it suddenly becomes even more cool in my opinion.

Suicide Squad is set to hit theatres on August 5th, 2016.

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