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Double take! The clean-cut young boyo who became ... Ifans the terrible
Last updated at 14:15pm on 18.03.08It is hard to imagine dishevelled Rhys Ifans without his trademark shabby chic style.
But here's the Welsh actor looking, it has to be said, rather clean-cut.
No lanky punk-rock appearance, no jangling jewellery and no leather jacket. Instead, the star is almost unrecognisable.
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Fresh-faced: Rhys looks unexpectedly clean cut in this picture taken in 1984, when he was a 17-year-old aspiring actor, at his theatre group in Wales
Rhys, who is reported to be marrying Sienna Miller this summer, has his unruly blond mop neatly combed and is sporting a carefully ironed shirt and baggy jumper.
The picture was taken in 1984 when he was a 17-year-old aspiring actor – and 14 years before he was catapulted to stardom as Hugh Grant's scruffy flatmate Spike in hit romcom Notting Hill.
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Rhys with fiancee Sienna Miller as his fans know him, with his trademark shabby chic style. Reports suggest they will marry in the summer
He was snapped in 1985 at the Clwyd Youth Theatre in North Wales where he trained and performed.
Since then, Rhys has become one of Britain's most sought-after actors for a variety of roles.
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Sienna and Rhys on holiday in Mexico this week
Apart from Notting Hill, which also starred Julia Roberts, he has won critical acclaim for Once Upon A Time In The Midlands, Enduring Love and as his hero Peter Cook in Channel Four's biopic Not Only But Always, for which he was nominated for a Bafta.
However, if the marriage rumours are to be believed, Rhys, 39, is set to take on his biggest role yet.
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Looking to the future: Sienna and Rhys reportedly plan to get married on a island near Mexico in the summer
Reports suggest the star and 26-year-old Sienna are to marry in the summer on a private beach resort on the island of Mujeres, eight miles off the coast of Cancun, Mexico.
And judging from this picture, at least style icon Sienna knows now that her scruffy other half can scrub up well.
Cooling off: The actress has a much-needed hosing down by her unkempt fiance
