In a post simply captioned “Edward,” Stan revealed his transformation to the world. With one eye creased shut, Edward peers out at the world through one clear blue eye, buried in an expanse of folds, bumps, and mounds of skin. Neurofibromatosis is a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to form on nerve tissue, often leading to noticeable aberrations in muscle and tissue development.

The incredible prosthetic work on display here was done by Mike Marino, a veteran makeup artist who has worked on everything from “True Detective” to “The Irishman.” Marino was the artist behind Colin Farrell’s scene-stealing performance as the rowdy and rotund Penguin in “The Batman.” Marino already won an Oscar as part of the hair and makeup team for “Coming 2 America,” and if the Academy is still as enchanted with physical transformations as it long has been (think Gary Oldman’s Winston Churchill, Nicole Kidman’s Virginia Woolf), it may signal an incoming back-to-back win for Marino, and a first time nomination (and maybe even win) for Sebastian Stan.