11 Actors Who Dipped Deep Into Characters But Suffered With Costumes

Superheroes tend to exert a great fascination. Their powers, values, their generosity and their uniforms make the audience gawk at the screens. But what is behind such extraordinary creatures? The answer is simple: many actors spend hours and hours filming in somewhat uncomfortable and extremely hot costumes, just to name one example.

O awesome.club prepared a list of 11 actors who delved deeply into their characters, but ended up suffering a lot because of the costumes.

On the screens, the image of the Hulk, that giant green man that causes a sensation wherever he goes, is really incredible. Mark Ruffalo didn’t feel imposing and powerful playing the character. In fact, he found himself a bit ridiculous. To bring the superhero to life, the actor needed to wear a gray apparatus and have his head covered with sensors so that animators and special effects technicians could do their magic. Not to mention that, with the costume, Mark was much shorter than the other Avengers.

According to designer Michael Wilkinson, in charge of the film’s costumes Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, dressing Ben Affleck to play the superhero required 25 minutes of work. In addition, the actor could not perform the task alone and needed the help of six people. Maybe that’s why Affleck was so uncomfortable. However, for the action and combat scenes, the costume was generated entirely digitally, which required Affleck to wear special effects pajamas — considered by the actor to be “humiliating” — to make the animators’ work easier.

The costume used by Ryan Reynolds to embody the Green Lantern was made entirely with computer-generated imagery. However, the protagonist did not like the work performed by the animators very much and, in general, he did not enjoy the film so much.

If he had to choose, Reynolds would prefer the uniform used to play the anti-hero. Deadpoolalthough, in this case, he also didn’t feel comfortable with the costume, which was very tight and made the actor sweat profusely.

“Make sure you can go to the bathroom without needing anyone’s help, because that’s a little humiliating.” That was the advice given by Christian Bale to Ben Affleck when Jenniffer Garner’s ex-husband signed on to play Batman in the movies. Bale has had the chance to wear various superhero costumes throughout the three films he has starred in, and is said to have felt quite uncomfortable with the original outfit. Fortunately, the costume designers and producers took the complaints into account, making the outfit more malleable and allowing the actor to move around more easily during scenes.

Olivia Munn was responsible for playing the character Psylocke in the film. X-Men: Apocalypse🇧🇷 If on the one hand the actress was happy with the role, on the other hand she hated the costume. In an interview, she said that, in order to get dressed, she first had to lubricate her body and uniform, in addition to needing the help of two women to get into the outfit. A curiosity: in the first attempt to wear the costume, Olivia ended up with a cut in the thigh region.

The costume that Arnold Schwarzenegger used to bring Mister Cold to life in Batman and Robin it was so good that not even the actor recognized himself in it. However, the experience was not very pleasant. Not only did the job require four hours of makeup, the actor also needed to have an LED light in his mouth so that it glowed. The worst part was the light batteries, which left the star with a strange taste in his mouth during the recordings. The producers solved the problem by introducing the light into a small balloon.

“I just didn’t want to be in that outfit. It was very uncomfortable,” confessed Alicia Silverstone, who played Batgirl in the film. Batman and Robin🇧🇷 With this revelation, she joined the team of actors who had costume problems in the same feature film.

Although George Reeves never complained about the uniform he had to wear to shoot the series The Adventures of Superman, some historians opine that the costume had everything to be extremely hot. After all, it was made from a wool sweater and needed to be worn with a cotton garment underneath. So, we can imagine that it must have been difficult for the actor to spend hours in front of the camera lights and the spotlight wearing such a warm uniform.

For Andrew Garfield, the experience of wearing the Spider-Man costume was not only irritating and embarrassing, it also required sacrifices from the actor to get in shape and live the role. “I get frustrated when men’s health magazines say it’s possible to lose weight just by taking three steps and eating cucumber. That’s not the truth, this is hard work and I wouldn’t have made it without help,” he revealed.

“Wearing the uniform took an hour, and it was impossible to do it alone. He couldn’t hear because he didn’t have holes in his ears. Also, he couldn’t turn his head or go to the bathroom on his own,” the actor explained. Batman Forever. And with that sentence, the actor revealed himself to be yet another victim of the curse of inconvenience caused by superhero uniforms.

When Gal Gadot did her first costume fittings, she was so happy and grateful to be playing Wonder Woman that she wasn’t able to tell the stylists that she could barely breathe in her outfit. In fact, the actress struggled to even speak. Therefore, some adjustments were made to the piece, not enough to make it more comfortable. Still, the actress considered that the effort was worth it.

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