This stunning picture shows Ashton Kutcher's true transformation into Steve Jobs for the upcoming biopic on the Apple co-founder.
The split-screen image, with Jobs' face on the left half and Kutcher's on the right, makes it nearly impossible to tell the two men apart.
Only close inspection reveals the subtle differences between Jobs, who passed away in October 2011, and Kutcher.
Two-faced: This composite image shows Jobs' face on the left and Kutcher on the right. The actor plays the tech genius in an upcoming biopic
Lookalike: Kutcher, right, here strikes a pose in character as the real Jobs holds one of his creations from 1977. Make-up artists on the film have credits including Lincoln, Thor and Alice in Wonderland
The make-up artists on the film, jOBS, who turned Kutcher, 34, into the tech genius have extensive experience on some of the most complicated makeup productions in recent years.
Kutcher's personal make-up artist, James MacKinnon, has worked on Thor, the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Alice in Wonderland and Star Trek, according to his IMDb profile.
Another one of the make-up experts, Louis Lazzara, was most recently apart of the crew on Lincoln that turned Daniel Day Lewis into the nation's 16th president.
Kutcher's devotion to the role went beyond the physical.
He interviewed many of Jobs' friends and watched hundreds of his speeches to pick up on as many characteristics as he could.
Kutcher also sacrificed his body for the role when he fell ill after adopting a fruit-only diet, which Jobs famously adhered to.
'First of all, the fruitarian diet can lead to like severe issues.
'I went to the hospital like two days before we started shooting the movie. I was doubled over in pain. My pancreas levels were like completely out of whack. It was really terrifying ... considering everything,' Kutcher explained last week at the Sundance Film Festival wher jOBS debuted.
Scene: Kutcher as Jobs and Josh Glad as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak from the set of jOBS
Wozniak, left, and Jobs show off their handiwork in a photo from 1978
Kutcher, who is dating Ted actress Mila Kunis, said through his research for the movie, which comes out in April, he learned how much he and Jobs have in common.
'We both have a ravenous interest in the tech space. He's a guy that failed and got back on the horse.
'I think we can all sort of relate to that in some place in our life where we are moving forward with something and we fall down.
'You have to have the guts to get back up and go again. I think I share that as well.'
From the film: This image comes from a pivotal scene in jOBS when the two men discuss the creation of personal computing
Apple co-founder and tech guru Steve Wozniak wasn't impressed with what he's seen so far.
On the eve of the film's premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Wozniak said that the creators behind iJobs got a pivotal scene 'totally wrong.'
In the clip released Thursday, Jobs, portrayed by Ashton Kutcher, tries to convince Wozniak, played by Josh Gad, that consumers would be interested in buying personal computers if only they were available.
'Nobody wants to buy a computer...nobody,' he tells Jobs.
However, Wozniak claims that in real life, the roles in the argument were actually reversed, CBS News reported.
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