House he do that? Hugh Laurie has a full head of hair on his TV drama... but sports bald patch at film premiere

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Now you see it: Hugh Laurie has a full head of hair in this scene from the House episode Out Of Chute which aired in the US two weeks ago


Either there's some nifty camera trickery going on or the pressures of Hollywood have really got to Hugh Laurie in the past few weeks.

As he attended the premiere of his new film in California last night, a balding patch of hair on the back of his head was all too clear to see.

But in a recent episode of his medical drama House, he showed off a full head of hair, with not a patch of scalp in sight.


Now you don't: But last night, as Laurie chatted to Hop co-star Russell Brand at the movie's premiere, a bald patch on the back of his head was all too clear to see


The actor teamed up with fellow Brit Russell Brand at the premiere of Hop, a live action and CGI animated feature film, about a teenage rabbit about to take over the prestigious role of the Easter Bunny from his father.

Brand provides the voice for the young E.B. while Laurie voices his father, and the film also stars Mel Brooks and James Marsden as well as a cameo appearance from David Hasselhoff.

But as Laurie, 51, chatted to Brand, 35, on the red carpet at the premiere, which took place at Universal Studios, his hair loss was very noticable at the back of his head.


Thinning and fair to thick and dark: Hugh's hair looked much different yesterday to how it did on screen two weeks ago


The episode of House, called Out of the Chute, aired in the US two weeks ago and stills from the show clearly show the actor with a full head of hair.

We can't see how it would be vanity issue on the down-to-earth Laurie's behalf, even if he does live in appearance-obsessed Hollywood.

Maybe it was some trickery by his make-up artist on the show, with a little brushing forward here or some brushing forward there.


Hop to it Hugh: Laurie poses with the furry star of the animated feature film


One trick of the trade is to use Toppix Hair Building Fibres, which are made of the same organic Keratin protein as hair and are restructured to merge undetectably with natural hair.

Or the actor succumbed to the wonders of post-production in the editing suite and his hairline was given a tweaking.

Another thing about his hair which stood out was that it appeared thinning and fair at the screening but thicker and darker on screen.

Not that we're sure Laurie would care one way or the other, having been open about his hair loss for the past 20 years.



British invasion: Laurie and Brand were the centre of attention as they posed on the green carpet as they arrived at the premiere

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