12 Actors Who Hidden Their Beauty to Play Peculiar-Looking Characters

Pretty faces tend to get roles more easily in film and television. This is what we can say in view of the large number of heartthrobs and beautiful young women that we are used to seeing doing one film after another. But what happens when the actor or actress is given the mission to play a character outside of what society considers the standard of aesthetic beauty? In cases like this, performers win roles not because of their physical appearance, but because of their talent. And such jobs require considerable physical transformation.

In this post, the awesome.club reveals the hidden beauty behind unattractive characters, showing the beauties who played them.

Chris Hemsworth played the Norse god of thunder throughout the saga Avengers. But, in this feature, he had to wear a costume weighing approximately 31 kilos to be able to bring to life a Thor who, after abandoning the life of a superhero, starts to adopt a routine of alcoholic beverages, video games and food excesses.

Emma Thompson is one of the best British actresses and one of the few people to receive a double Oscar nomination (in 1993). Stylish and elegant, she played the eccentric and somewhat hippy fortune-telling teacher Sybill Trelawney in the saga Harry Potter. OThe glasses that the actress used were quite high-grade (they were magnifying glasses), which made the artist’s work especially difficult.

John Travolta captured many hearts with his role as the rebellious young man in Grease — In the Times of Glitter. For this reason, seeing him giving life to a woman with a few extra pounds was a big surprise for many people. Each day of filming demanded four more hours of work for the actor: that was the time it took him to put on the costume of approximately 13.5 kilos and the five “stuffed” silicone prostheses that the character wore.

It’s even hard to believe that the actress behind Brienne of Tarth, a woman determined to become a Knight of the King, was so feminine and elegant. But the truth is that Gwendoline Christie is the partner of designer Giles Deacon. To start getting into her character’s mindset, the actress started wearing unisex clothing and exploring her androgynous side. In addition, Gwendoline practiced physical exercises with the aim of gaining muscle mass. This, added to her surprising height (1.91m), allowed her to display unique traits on the small screen.

Jared Leto is one of those chameleonic actors, able to get into the skin of virtually any character. He already went from living the Joker in Suicide squad to play a trans woman in Dallas Buyers Club🇧🇷 In Mr. Nobody, appears as Nemo, a 118-year-old man who is the last of the mortals on Earth.

You may remember Taryn Manning from her role in Crossroads: Friends Forever🇧🇷 film in which he acted alongside Britney Spears. However, in his work as “Pennsatucky” in Orange Is the New Black, the actress appears completely different. In the first season of the series, she was one of the main antagonists of the plot.

Christian Bale is already known for losing and gaining weight, as well as muscle mass, depending on the role he has to play. when he acted in The Workman, he lost 28.5 kilos to play an insomniac man tormented by his past. Bale wanted to lose even more weight, but the production team stopped him for fear that the change would put his health at risk.

Actress Rooney Mara has very delicate facial features, which give her an apparently fragile beauty. However, to play Lisbeth Salander in Millennium — The Men Who Didn’t Love Women🇧🇷 had to radically change his look. All the piercings of the character were real, since the actress pierced several parts of her body in order to make her “Lisbeth” equal to the one in the book that gave rise to the film.

It’s easy to remember movies in which Ryan Gosling played heartthrobs. And he also starts off all handsome in Valentine Forever🇧🇷 But the film shows the passage of time, allowing the public to follow the character, a working-class worker, as he ages, grows fat and becomes bald. In such scenes, recognizing the actor behind the makeup becomes a real challenge. During filming, he and Michelle Williams actually lived together in a house in the US state of Pennsylvania. They even had to share the same bathroom and do the dishes three times a day. In addition, the budget available for feeding both was based on the characters’ salary.

Hilary Swank left Hollywood speechless with her portrayal of Brandon Teena, a transgender youth in the film. Boys do not Cry. When preparing for the role, the actress lived an entire month as if she were a man. The exercise even confused Hillary’s neighbors: for them, the boy who entered and left the house was the actress’s brother. The effort paid off: she won several awards, including an Oscar for best actress.

In addition to being an actress, Marion Cotillard is a model for Dior. Its beauty and delicacy are practically unquestionable. To give life to singer Édith Piaf, she shaved part of her head and also her eyebrows, which were later drawn with the help of eyeliner. As if that were not enough, the actress adopted a curved posture to reach Piaf’s small stature, which was only 1.50 m. With this work, Marion won an Oscar for best actress.

Naomi Grossman became known worldwide for playing Pepper in American Horror Story: Asylumalthough the true story of the character was told in American Horror Story: Freak Show🇧🇷 To play Pepper, in addition to shaving her head, the actress had to go through numerous makeup sessions in order to fix the prosthetics that left her completely unrecognizable.

What transformation experienced by an actor or an actress surprised you the most? Remember other artists known for their beauty who gave life to characters considered ugly? Comment!