10 actors who can make any sacrifices for movie roles - from mutilation to hermitage

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

People in creative professions are usually capable of any sacrifices in order to achieve success and get a taste of fame. This is especially true for actors. For the sake of the most reliable transmission of the image of their hero, they are ready to do anything. The deepest immersion in the image allows the actors to feel the character and psycho-emotional state of the character. For this, they are ready to limit themselves literally in everything and make changes in their own body.

Shia LaBeouf

According to colleagues, Shia LaBeouf often tests himself for strength unnecessarily, but for the sake of reliable performance in the film "Fury" he was able to surpass himself. The actors who worked with LaBeouf on the set said: he played to the limit of his own abilities, trying to convey his image as authentically as possible. Dissatisfied with the makeup, he decided to cut his own cheek with a knife, and then "renewed" the wound every day for a month. For four months, the actor refused to take a shower and even removed a tooth for the role.

Lily james

The British actress for the role of Cinderella in the film of the same name practically refused to eat. Throughout the shooting day, she only allowed herself to drink tea, and after that she strictly monitored her diet, not allowing herself to eat her fill. The fact is that the dress with the corset so tightened the actress's waist that it was hard for her to breathe, and there was no question of gaining even a gram of weight.

Christian Bale

For the role of Trevor Reznik in the film "The Machinist", the actor lost almost 30 kilograms, bringing himself to complete exhaustion. Colleagues claim that for several months Christian Bale ate one apple a day, a small can of canned tuna and drank a cup of coffee.

Heath Ledger

For the role of a crazy clown in The Dark Knight, the actor decided to almost completely isolate himself from the outside world. He locked himself in a hotel and refused to communicate even with family people, and for hours he could hone the manner of speech of his hero, considering it an important component of the integral image of the Joker.

Irina Skobtseva

Before appearing on the screen in the title role in the film "Annushka", Irina Skobtseva managed to gain fame as an actress with the role of the first beauty. But in the picture of Boris Barnett, she had to embody on the screen the image of a simple Russian woman who works tirelessly to raise her children. For the role in "Annushka" the actress got a job in a construction team, where she was laying bricks for three months.

Billy Bob Thornton

In Sharpened Blade, Carl Childers, played by the actor, had to walk, swaying and shuffling. He could not achieve naturalness in his gait and resorted to a very radical method of changing it. Billy Bob Thornton poured broken glass into his boots and began to move slowly and very awkwardly.

Natalie Portman

To prepare for the role of a ballerina in the film "Black Swan", the actress went on a very severe diet and began to master choreography, spending eight hours a day at the barn. When the shooting was already in full swing, Natalie Portman spent more than 12 hours on the set, but after that she did not go to rest, but to the rehearsal room, where she continued to train. Native actresses insisted on seeing a doctor, Portman looked so emaciated. But she brought the work to the end, and after a very long time she restored her shape, trying to achieve a comfortable weight for herself.

Nicolas Cage

In 1984, the film "Bird" was released, where Nicolas Cage played Sergeant Al Columbatho, who fought in Vietnam. The actor wanted to live through the pain of his hero and decided to remove two teeth without anesthesia. But this experience seemed to him not enough, then Cage put a bandage on his face and went with it for five weeks. Later, the actor admits: for him, this experience was shocking. On the streets, adults laughed at him, children did not hesitate to point fingers, and everyone was extremely cruel to a man with a half-bandaged face. After that, the actor had to treat inflammation on the face due to abscesses and ingrown hairs.

Rooney Mara

Before she was cast as the hacker Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the actress didn't even have her ears pierced. She prepared for the role with the utmost care: she moved to Stockholm and devoted all her time to training. Rooney learned to master motorcycle driving, skateboarding and kickboxing. And then I decided to get pierced, not content with just piercing my ears. As a result, the actress pierced her ears, nose, lip, eyebrow and even, allegedly, her chest. Rooney Mara feels great at the same time. She believes that the piercing has allowed her to get rid of complexes.

Adrien Brody

Already during the preparation for filming in the film "The Pianist" by Roman Polanski, the actor looked at his own life in a different way and understood: he would not be able to reliably play the role of Vladislav Shpilman if he did not feel his despair and pain on himself. Adrien moved out of his own apartment, sold his car, gave up watching TV and went on a diet to achieve the exhaustion necessary for the role. Even after the shooting was over, and the actor received an Oscar for Best Actor, he continued to be depressed, which he did not manage to get out of soon.

Unfortunately, the coveted Oscar, considered the most prestigious award not only in Hollywood, but in the entire cinematic world, did not bring the expected success and prosperity to Adrien Brody. However, in this he was not at all alone. For many actors, the coveted golden statuette never became a lucky ticket to a cloudless future.