13 Makeovers Actors Hated And 10 They Loved

Just lately, we wrote about so-called “makeovers” that actors needed to endure for roles that made them depressing.

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BRUTAL: Hugh Jackman misplaced a ton of weight for Les Misérables — particularly that opening scene, when his character is launched from jail.

Jackman revealed he wouldn’t even drink water throughout that a part of filming till tremendous late within the day. “You lose as much as 10 kilos of water weight, primarily from the outside of the physique. Nevertheless it was actually brutal,” he defined. “About 20 hours in, a headache got here. Then I needed to drink water out of the ocean! I see the scene now, and I look actually skinny, actually sunken.”

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BELOVED: Charlize Theron famously went bald for her iconic function as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Street. It was really her concept — she stated her hair was “fried” from a press tour, and he or she recommended Furiosa have a shaved head.

Theron called her new reduce “nice,” and emphasised how convenient it was. “After that, I used to be 20 minutes early to all the pieces in my life,” she stated. “It was unbelievable, like how a lot time we spend on our hair. After which additionally, I believe I emptied two rubbish baggage stuffed with hair merchandise and brushes. There’s one thing very liberating in that, for certain, undoubtedly. And there’s at all times one thing good whenever you form of take that significance of your femininity and make it about one thing extra than simply your hair.”

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BRUTAL: Miley Cyrus was not keen on getting dolled up in glitter and a blonde wig for Hannah Montana. “From the time I used to be 11, it was, ‘You are a pop star! Meaning you need to be blonde, and you need to have lengthy hair, and you need to placed on some glittery tight factor.'” Miley told Marie Claire journal.

“In the meantime, I am this fragile little lady enjoying a 16-year-old in a wig and a ton of make-up. It was like Toddlers & Tiaras. I had fucking flippers.” She stated that being made to seem like somebody she wasn’t “most likely precipitated some physique dysmorphia” as a result of she was “made fairly” for thus a few years that when it ended, she did not know who she was.

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BELOVED: Like Charlize, Natalie Portman additionally shaved her head for a task — in her case, V for Vendetta. This is not confirmed, however according to IMDb, she’d really been eager to shave her head for some time.

Talking about slicing her hair, she did say, “It was really form of great to throw self-importance away for slightly bit as a girl. You already know, you are at all times anticipated to be primping and preening your self. It is a fairly good alternative to get to not take into consideration that stuff for slightly.”

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BRUTAL: Christian Bale is especially well-known for reworking himself for roles — particularly for his function in The Machinist.

Taking part in an emaciated insomniac within the movie, Bale needed to lose over 60 kilos. He did so by principally subsisting on a food plan of cigarettes and whiskey. He later said the one different issues he consumed had been an apple, a tin of tuna, and black espresso — about 200 energy a day. Reducing weight grew to become an “obsession,” and he stated he needed to transcend what was “protected and OK,” and wasn’t serious about his personal well being.

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BRUTAL, AGAIN: One other depressing transformation Bale needed to endure was to rework into Irving Rosenfeld for American Hustle. Along with gaining 43 kilos and shaving his head so he may glue on a toupee, he additionally took to slouching in each scene to raised painting the character. The truth is, he did this a lot, he herniated a disc in his again.

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BELOVED: For his function as Archie Andrews in Riverdale, KJ Apa needed to dye his usually brunette locks pink. The method took eight hours in a salon, and needs to be touched up each two weeks. “It was gnarly,” he stated, additionally mentioning how he does not understand how girls do that. He stated he was actually nervous about how he’d look with pink hair and brows.

Nonetheless, Apa really ended up liking the look. “It was undoubtedly actually bizarre to see,” he said. “However now I can not actually keep in mind what it was like earlier than. I heard that solely 2% of the inhabitants of the world has pink hair, so I am feeling fairly good proper now.”

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BRUTAL: For his transient function on The Flash, Mark Hamill dyed his hair purple, for some cause choosing everlasting dye.

Nonetheless, she now says she needs she had been a pure redhead. “It became a fantastic pink — so fairly. And my pals had been like, ‘It fits you higher than your blonde hair.’”

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BRUTAL: Matt Bomer misplaced over 35 kilos to play a person dying of AIDS in The Regular Coronary heart.

Whereas he was blissful to do it and said it gave him a “lust for all times” and robust need to battle and stay like his character, the transformation was undoubtedly laborious on him. Director Ryan Murphy stated it acquired so unhealthy that he was basically too weak to maneuver between takes, and that he cried when he noticed him as a result of he was so frightened for his well being.

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BRUTAL: Pauley Perrette, who performed Abby on NCIS, needed to dye her hair black for years for the function. The truth is, she dyed her hair so usually that she developed an allergic response to the dye and was rushed to the ER.

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BELOVED: Extra head-shaving! For her function in Nappily Ever After, Sanaa Lathan shaved her head. Sharing the look on Instagram, she stated, “I really feel so gentle, I may fly away.”

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BRUTAL: Zac Efron acquired tremendous ripped for his function in Baywatch. However he later referred to as his physique within the movie “unrealistic” and “silly.”

On Scorching Ones, he revealed the work that went into his search for the film: “I noticed once I was finished with that film, I don’t ever wish to be in that good of form once more. Actually. It was so laborious. You’re working with virtually no wiggle room. You’ve acquired issues like water beneath your pores and skin you’re worrying about. Making your six-pack right into a four-pack. Shit like that that’s simply not…it’s simply silly; it’s simply not actual.”

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BELOVED: Kate Hudson additionally needed to shave her head for her function in Sia’s Music. Talking on Jimmy Kimmel Stay! about her new look, she gushed, “I like it.”

The truth is, she kept her quick hair for fairly awhile, not often choosing extensions.

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BRUTAL: Tricia Helfer dyed her hair bleach blonde for her function in Battlestar Galactica, however within the second season, they needed to maintain slicing it shorter to cope with how broken her hair was changing into. Ultimately, it began falling out in chunks, and so they needed to go for a wig.

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BELOVED: For the seventh season of It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob McElhenney determined to realize weight for his function as Mac, as a result of he felt that in most sitcoms, the actors acquired thinner and “better-looking” with time, and All the time Sunny was a subversion of sitcoms.

Whereas his costars had been worried for his well being in altering his food plan so dramatically and gaining weight so rapidly, McElhenney says he beloved it, and that the additional energy gave him extra power and made him funnier. As he began to lose the burden, he said he missed it, saying, “I by no means felt torpid. I felt nice. I felt f—ing nice.”

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BRUTAL: Jared Leto, identified for his technique performing, misplaced 40 kilos for his function in Dallas Consumers Membership, saying he principally “stopped consuming,” and that this modified his “complete being.” He said, “It modifications the way in which you stroll, the way in which you sit, the way in which you suppose.”

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BELOVED: Emma Stone has joked she was “cursed” together with her iconic pink hair after being requested to dye it for Superbad, saying administrators on all her future initiatives continued to insist she maintain it pink.

She’s really a pure blonde — which is why she was “delighted” to dye her hair blonde once more for The Wonderful Spider-Man.

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BRUTAL: Jake Gyllenhaal needed to lose 30 pounds (when he was already beginning at 180) for his function in Nightcrawler.

“I might attempt to eat as few energy as doable. I knew if I used to be hungry that I used to be in the suitable spot. Bodily, it confirmed itself, however chemically and mentally, I believe it was even a extra fascinating journey. It grew to become a wrestle for me,” he stated of the method.

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BELOVED: Jeff Bridges loved going bald and rising a beard for Iron Man, calling it “great” and saying he’d really always wanted to do it.

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BRUTAL: For his function within the movie The 5-Yr Engagement — which he wrote — Jason Segel was asked to lose 35 kilos to be able to “believably” play a love curiosity for Emily Blunt.

“I did not get pleasure from it,” Segel stated of being “pressured” to lose the burden. “They despatched a coach to set, and I needed to work out twice a day, and he would additionally watch me eat all day.”

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And eventually, one final BRUTAL transformation: For her function in Black Swan, Mila Kunis needed to drop some weight. Whereas she stated she acquired all the way down to 95 kilos within the healthiest method she may, one unhealthy technique she used was going again to smoking cigarettes.

Kunis referred to as this “awful,” as her quitting smoking earlier on in her life was, in her opinion, among the best selections she’d ever made.