Anthony Hopkins transformed into Alfred Hitchcock for the upcoming film

Sir Anthony Hopkins has been transformed into legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock for the upcoming film Hitchcock.

In fact it’s amazing just how much Anthony Hopkins face has been transformed with the help of a prosthetic or two.

Filming for the flick began in Los Angeles on Friday April 13 and will tell the story of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma.

The film will be set at the time the famous director was making his classic 1960 film Psycho.

Academy Award winner Dame Helen Mirren stars at the director’s wife Alma.

The film also stars the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel and James D’Arcy.

Scarlett Johansson takes on the leading lady role playing Psycho star Janet Leigh.

Jessica Biel portrays Vera Miles while James D’Arcy is leading man Anthony Perkins, who played Norman Bates.

Alfred Hitchcock won two Golden Globes, eight Laurel Awards and five lifetime achievement awards.

Despite being nominated six times for an Academy Award as Best Director – he never won.

Alfred Hitchcock died in 1980.