The incredible physical transformations of actresses and actors for roles
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The incredible physical transformations of actresses and actors for roles
The actor underwent a big transformation to slip into the shoes of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for “The Loudest Voice” in 2019
Matthew McConaughey
He managed an impressive weight loss for “Dallas Buyers Club” in 2014
He put the weight back on in 2016 for “Gold” where he appears almost bald
Jared Leto
He gained 28kg to play John Lennon's killer in “Chapter 27” in 2008
Then lost a lot of it to play the Joker in “Suicide Squad” in 2016
Charlize Theron
She transformed herself to play the lead role in “Monster” in 2004
Gary Oldman
He was unrecognisable as Winston Churchill for “Darkest Hour” in 2017
Jake Gyllenhaal
He gained a lot of muscle in "Southpaw" in 2015
Christian Bale
He lost no less than 28 kg for his role in “The Machinist” in 2005
He can be found overweight and balding as Dick Cheney in “Vice” in 2018
Sean Penn
He appears quite different as a former gothic rock star in the 2011 “This Must Be The Place”
Helena Bonham Carter
She became the evil red queen in “Alice in Wonderland” in 2003
and the witch in “Big Fish” in the same year
Javier Bardem
He metamorphosed into Captain Salazar in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge” in 2017
Renée Zellweger
As a brunette in Rupert Goold's “Judy” in 2019
Nicole Kidman
She donned a false nose in 2008 to play Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's “The Hours”
Robert de Niro received an Oscar...
for his interpretation of Jake La Motta in “Raging Bull” in 1981
Emma Thompson
She became the funny Professor Sybill Trelawney in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” in 2011
Hilary Swank
She became a boy in the 1999 drama “Boys Don't Cry”
Gillian Anderson
She became Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of “The Crown” in 2020
Accustomed to physical transformations, Johnny Depp...
became the Hatter in “Alice in Wonderland” in 2003...
Then a dangerous criminal in “Black Mass” in 2015...
But also the wizard Grindelwald in “Fantastic Beasts” in 2018
Ralph Fiennes
He is unrecognisable and scary as Lord Voldemort in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in 2009
Vanessa Hudgens