The usually adorable Paul Dano is looking quite scholarly lately, isn’t he? We kind of miss his jet black mop from Little Miss Sunshine. It was a good look for him. But we get it, Paul is moving into more adult roles and he wants to look the part. We were there to snap a foto or two as he arrived on set for “The Extra Man” filming on the Upper East Side in New York City, New York yesterday, taking a break from his grown up gear and looking cute in a silly hat and fleece.

Paul Dano has had the great luck of landing an excellent casting director, who knew where to put Paul at the right time. He has had the luck of scoring several great films, like Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood, where he went head to head against the mind-bogglingly talented Daniel Day-Lewis. We spotted Paul looking very sedate as he walked to the set of his latest film “The Extra Man”, which was shooting in Chelsea yesterday in New York City, New York. The film co-stars Kevin Kline and Katie Holmes.