The Batman: Part II’s Sebastian Stan Is Inspiring Waves Of Villain Rumors With Just His Hairstyle
Of all the upcoming DC movies that are in development, the ever-delayed The Batman: Part II is always seemingly the one furthest away from release, despite its production having already started back in May. And as we all know, the more time between now and a movie’s release, the more time for rumors to build up and potentially turn into leaks. We’re still very much in the speculation phase when it comes to Sebastian Stan’s new villain, and his hairstyle has become a sticking point for the argument that he’s portraying Harvey Dent.
The ongoing idea is that Stan is playing the lawyer who becomes Two-Face, and that Scarlett Johansson is playing his idealistic wife Gilda, though it’s an assumption I’ve been suspicious about for a while now, despite Stan’s own description of the role seemingly speaking to his character’s duality. I’m more inclined to side with the alt-rumor claiming he’s actually portraying the sadistic Gotham City killer Victor Zsasz, partially because the actor bulked up ahead of filming, and partially from other factors such as…HIS HAIR. Or wait, the LACK THEREOF!
Enter this Instagram photo, as initially shared to the artist Romana Londi’s Instagram Stories, which features Stan at dinner with his Fjord co-star Renate Reinsve. In the shot, Stan is rocking a pretty clean-shaven head. Now, for what it’s worth, his character Mihai has a bald head in the legal thriller, which will join other 2026 movie releases when it hits theaters on October 9.
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However, Fjord filmed during the first half of 2025, and at some point in the months that came after, he filmed for Avengers: Doomsday as Bucky Barnes. But I doubt he had enough time to grow his hair out long enough to match what we saw in the Doomsday trailer, so that was likely a wig, and he presumably kept his own hair cut short.
For those unaware, the haircut is pivotal to the Batman villain argument because Victor Zsasz is largely known to be a bald and hairless guy who keeps track of his body count through carving notches onto his skin. Meanwhile, Harvey Dent is almost always depicted with a neatly trimmed head of hair. Never very long, but also. never so short as to see only skin up top.
It’s not the most foolproof argument, I can’t lie. Because as one of the comments points out underneath the presumably recent pic of Sebastian Stan, he might also be wearing a wig in whatever role he plays in The Batman: Part II. And that might actually make it easier to handle all the makeup effects for the acid-burned Two-Face look (or whatever the case will be in the movie) without having to deal with real hair. Would it be cool if he just lived his life with half a head of hair the way Will Forte did for The Last Man on Earth? Well duh, but it’s not something we can actually expect to happen.
What do you think, readers? Is the hairdo enough to convince you that Stan is playing Victor Zsasz, or will it take more than that? Luckily, so to speak, there’s more than enough time to debate about it, as The Batman: Part II won’t hit theaters until February 18. 2028.
