During their career, actors go through incredible transformations to fit their roles. They sometimes go to extremes to prepare their body or their mind. In pictures, discover the sacrifices and hardships endured by actors and actresses ready to do anything to honor their film character!
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“Black Swan”
Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Nina in ‘Black Swan’.
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“Black Swan”
Natalie Portman wanted to perform the dance scenes herself. For this, she followed intensive training sessions of eight hours a day for a year and she lost more than nine kilos.
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“The Dark Knight: The Black Knight”
Heath Ledger, Australian actor now deceased, has done everything possible to best embody the Joker.
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“The Dark Knight: The Black Knight”
He locked himself in a hotel room for 6 months. By depriving himself of sleep and stuffing himself with anti-depressants, he wanted to lose himself in the demonic persona of the Joker.
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“We have to save the soldier Ryan”
All the actors in the film had to undergo real military training to prepare for their roles as soldiers.
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“We have to save the soldier Ryan”
American actor Matt Damon is the only one to have escaped this harsh preparation. Indeed, director Steven Spielberg wanted the rest of the cast to hate him and that feeling showed on screen!
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“Millennium: The Men Who Didn’t Love Women”
Actress Rooney Mara transformed physically to play investigator Lisbeth Salander in this 2011 film.
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“Millennium: The Men Who Didn’t Love Women”
In addition to cutting and dyeing her hair, she covered herself in piercings: ears, nose, lips, eyebrows and even nipples!
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“The pianist”
Adrien Brody, American actor, slipped into the skin of a Holocaust survivor in “The Pianist”.
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“The pianist”
In order to better grasp the depth of loss and trauma his character suffered, he left his girlfriend, gave up his possessions, and forgot his Hollywood lifestyle.
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“The Reader”
In “The Reader”, the English actress Kate Winslet embodies a woman falling in love with a teenager during the Second World War.
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“The Reader”
As she had to speak with German intonations in the film, she would have spent hours reading stories to her children while mimicking the accent, reports the site. Diply.
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“The fugitive”
In “The Fugitive”, Harrison Ford plays Richard Kimble, a man trying to escape the authorities who accuse him of having murdered his wife.
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“The fugitive”
With his character being a surgeon, Harrison Ford is rumored to have attended real-life open-heart surgery to prepare for filming, says Screen Rant. He would also have damaged a ligament on the set but instead of consulting a doctor, he would have decided to make his character limp.
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“My Week with Marilyn”
American actress Michelle Williams starred in this film dedicated to the biggest star of the 1950s.
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“My Week with Marilyn”
The actress worked hard for her role. She watched hours and hours of interviews given by Marilyn Monroe in order to identify his personality and adopt his gestures. Michelle Williams even tied a sash around her knees to mimic Marilyn Monroe’s gait.
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“Flight Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
As the story of the 1975 film takes place in a psychiatric hospital, the actors went to live for a few days in the Oregon State Hospital, in the United States.
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“Flight Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
The cast was able to interact with the patients and the latter even played extras in the film. As the actors were little known at the time, it was sometimes difficult to tell the difference between a patient and an actor. This confusion helped to make the scenes even more realistic.
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“Iron Man 2”
The American actor Mickey Rourke gave everything to interpret the Russian character of Ivan Vanko.
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“Iron Man 2”
He learned all of his lines in Russian, bought himself extra props with his own money, and even visited a prison in Moscow.
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“Wretched”
The American actress Anne Hathaway went through heavy transformations in order to embody the poor and skinny Fantine in this musical film.
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“Wretched”
She lost more than 11 kilos by inflicting a draconian diet and she also shaved her head.
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“Suicide Squad”
American Jared Leto’s actions bordered on insanity for ‘Suicide Squad’ movie, says MTV
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“Suicide Squad”
To better immerse himself in the universe of his Joker character, he would have sent sordid gifts to his colleagues, like a dead pig. He also didn’t stop acting like his character throughout filming.
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“Collateral”
Famous actor Tom Cruise plays a very discreet assassin in the 2004 thriller “Collateral”.
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“Collateral”
Tom Cruise practiced blending in and shooting live ammunition. He even disguised himself as a FedEx employee to deliver packages while going unnoticed.
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“Blue Valentine”
Canadian actor Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are a married couple in this comedy-drama.
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