Leonardo DiCaprio slept in an animal carcass but at least he won an Oscar for it.
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Daniel Day-Lewis refused to get out of his wheelchair while filming My left foot and damaged two ribs because of it – he insisted the crew spoon feed him.
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Hilary Swank tried to “pass for a boy” by cutting her hair, tying her breasts, speaking in a lower register, and putting socks on the front of her pants as she prepared to play. trans man Brandon Teena in Boys don’t cry.
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Lady Gaga “lived” as Patrizia Reggiani for “a year and a half” and only spoke with an Italian accent for nine of those months during filming. Gucci House.
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Jamie Foxx wore prosthetic eyelids so his eyes were glued for 14 hours on filming days as he played Ray Charles in the film Ray.
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Leonardo DiCaprio slept inside an animal carcass, ate raw bison meat, and was on the verge of hypothermia while playing Hugh Glass in The ghost.
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Robert Pattinson masturbated on set to the end while portraying Salvador Dalí in Small Ashes.
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Ashton Kutcher suffered from pancreatitis and was hospitalized twice (!!!!) as he prepared to play Steve Jobs in Works.
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Charlize Theron wore dentures, shaved her eyebrows, had her hair lightened and fried multiple times, and gained 30 pounds to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster.
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Forest Whitaker remained in character while playing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland even off set – it was so intense that his family stopped talking to him.
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Margot Robbie trained in ice skating five hours a day, five days a week, for five months to play Tonya Harding in me Tonya – she worked so hard that she had a herniated disc in her neck.
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Joaquin Phoenix totally let go of his own sense of self, refused to talk to his family, and only experienced Johnny Cash for the entire shoot. Walk the line.
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Jennifer Lopez slept in Selena Quintanilla’s bed as she prepared to play the singer in Selena.
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Adrien Brody gave up his apartment, sold his car, disconnected his phones and lost 30 pounds on a crash diet in order to play Wladyslaw Szpilman in The pianist.
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Gary Oldman was nicotine poisoned after smoking Winston Churchill’s favorite cigars for $ 20,000 for Darkest hour.
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Colin Firth developed headaches, a pinched nerve in his arm, and stuttering after portraying George VI in The King’s Speech.
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Val Kilmer got so immersed in the role of Jim Morrison in The doors that he needed therapy just so he could get out of his character.
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And finally, Christian Bale got a $ 3,000 neck exercise machine so he could thicken his neck to look like Dick Cheney’s for Vice.
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