Sitting cross-legged with a crucifix nestling in his bronzed chest, Russell Brand’s latest reinvention is a transformation for the ages.
Gone is the whiskery alternative-looking geezer in a none-too-clean knitted beanie, spouting conspiracy theories for his devoted online subscribers.
This new Brand is scrubbed clean, appearing almost to glow with some sort of reflected saintliness.
It’s a long way from the peak of his first wave of success as a comedian 20 years ago, when Brand was the high…