Some actors have gone to great lengths to land a part. We reveal some of the mistakes Hollywood actors make while filming.
While many actors in the top echelons of the entertainment industry can expect to make some personal adjustments to a role, such as slightly altering their appearance, some actors have made extreme and shocking sacrifices, downright insanity, for a movie. Making months-long commitments, learning difficult skills, or pushing the limits of physical and mental well-being is not usually expected of the average film role, but when an actor commits to the absolute in these ways, the results are truly absurd. Can be transformative.
There is perhaps a sacrificial element to acting on any level, as the actor must assume the likeness and qualities of someone other than himself. However, these 12 actors have been known to take extreme, even harmful measures to achieve compelling performances and sacrifice far more than most of their peers.
Here are 10 mistakes made by some Hollywood actors for a movie
1. Leonardo DiCaprio ate raw bison and slept in an animal carcass for a movie as actors fooled around
for his role as Hugh Glass revenant – revenantIn preparation for his role, Leonardo DiCaprio has become a wild adventurer. DiCpario often went to camp to get a feel for the character before production began. On set, he was forced to endure sub-zero temperatures and often crossed freezing rivers, risking hypothermia. The actor also famously slept inside an animal carcass and ate raw bison for scenes in the film. The film’s production was made even more difficult for DiCaprio due to director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s creative choices of only using natural light and making the film appear as one long shot.
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2. Heath Ledger experienced insomnia, physical and mental abuse for the part of Joker
for his role as the Joker in dark Knight, Heath Ledger deliberately locked himself in a London hotel room, where he wrote a personal diary and experimented with rumors and laughs for the character. He will live like this for six weeks. Ledger previously had insomnia, which was exacerbated by his preparation for the role of the Joker. The character took a toll on his physical and mental health. The actor asked Christian Bale if he would actually throw him against the wall during the interrogation scene, which Bale refused to do. Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers and sleeping pills before the film’s release.
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3. Christian Bale has decided to lose more than 27 kilos for a film amidst hooliganism of actors
for the role of Trevor Reznick in sleepless man, Christian Bale lost over 27 kilos on a diet consisting only of black coffee, a can of tuna and an apple. He somehow managed to make ends meet just four months before the film began production. The diet consisted of about 200 calories a day and Bale appeared extremely thin and emaciated. His transformation to a normal weight is even more surprising considering that he was able to build muscle Batman Beginswhich came out exactly a year later sleepless man,
4. Margot Robbie learned to skate from scratch Tonya
for her role as Tonya Harding Tonya, Margot Robbie learned to skate like an Olympic figure skater with only three months of training. She worked intensively with skating choreographer Sara Kawahara, rehearsing four times a week, even though she had almost no ice skating experience prior to landing the role. Even though Robbie had a professional stunt double perform the really impressive stunts, he was adamant on doing his own turns and tricks that he could handle himself. The actress was able to successfully complete the first minute of Tony’s current Olympic routine, which made it to the final cut.
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5. Robert Pattinson ate only canned tuna for 2 months while filming an actor’s obsession
then decided to take a break from the heartbeat image twilightRobert Pattinson left his luxurious life in Los Angeles and moved to Harlem, New York for the role of Connie Nicks. happy times, Pattinson has explained in the past that he lived in the same small apartment as his character Connie in the film, often staying inside for days without opening the curtains. He barely changed his clothes or sheets, isolating himself for two months before filming began. He stuck to a routine of eating canned tuna with hot sauce, a routine so strange that his neighbors became suspicious. Additionally, Pattinson practiced his awkward movie accent by working at a car wash.
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6. Rooney Mara got 12 piercings just like her character Millennials – Men Who Hate Women
for her role as Lisbeth Salander Millennials – Men Who Hate WomenRooney Mara fully participated in her character by getting 12 piercings on her ears, face and body. Mara had not even pierced her ears prior to taking the part, but felt that her choice of actual piercings would enhance the authenticity of the character. The actress cut off most of her hair, bleached her eyebrows, learned to skateboard, ride a motorcycle, and underwent extensive martial arts training as part of preparation for the David Fincher film.
7. Jamie Foxx wore prosthetic eyelids to simulate blindness while the actor was crazy for a movie
for his role as Ray Charles in the biopic Ray, Jamie Foxx put on over 30 pounds during filming and wore prosthetic eyelashes to fully embody Ray Charles’s blindness in real life. Jamie could not watch at all during each day of production, which could sometimes last as long as 12 hours a day. He had several panic attacks from the experience of pretending to be blind, which he felt made him feel like he was being buried alive. The actor also learned to play the piano and took several courses at the Braille Institute to capture the authenticity of the character.
8. Natalie Portman took lessons for the New York City Ballet the black Swan
for her role as Nina Sayers the black Swan, Natalie Portman trained with the New York City Ballet for a full year. A behind-the-scenes fact about the film is that Portman lent the money to pay for tuition before the film covered the cost of production. To maintain the perfect figure of a dancer, Portman swam and ran as well as practiced dancing for several hours a day. While the actress had a stunt double to pull off the more difficult parts of her performance, she was responsible for most of her character’s ballet in the film.
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9. Danny DeVito created an imaginary friend in a mental hospital amid a hooliganism of actors for a movie
for his role as Martini one flew over the cuckoo’s nest, Danny DeVito and the rest of the cast agreed to work in a fully functional mental hospital in Oregon to make the film. The cast was given a private room in the hospital, where they would live with real patients for two weeks, to observe and prepare for their roles. During the production of the film, DeVito befriended an imaginary friend with whom he had daily interactions, when he began to question his sanity. As a result, the actor decided to seek therapy to get away from his Martini character.
10. Uma Thurman studied martial arts and crashed a car for it kill Bill
Co-starring Vivica A. Along with Fox, Uma Thurman engaged in a grueling martial arts training program for six months to get director Quentin Tarantino right. kill Bill, He learned various martial arts styles by training 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Tarantino’s intense demands are part of the reason his films are among the best ever made, even if his Thurman-like demands cross moral lines. Tarantino later forced the actress to complete a car stunt herself during the filming of the film. Kill Bill: Volume 2Due to which a serious accident took place.
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