12 Movie Stars Who Will Do Anything to Deliver a Great Character to Audiences

Of course, many people think that all a movie star needs to do is memorize lines and their talent will do the rest. However, it’s not that simple. Sometimes actors have to work hard to bring a character to life. And to deliver quality paper, many artists lose weight, gain weight, learn new things and some even renounce their own hygiene.

We, from awesome.club, we decided to delve into the world of movies and TV shows and find out what sacrifices some actors and actresses have made to play certain characters, and we’re ready to share it all with you. Check out!

Natalie Portman guarantees that her physique in Thor: Love and Thunder is not computer graphics, but the result of rigorous training preparation. A few months before filming began, the actress got into bodybuilding, something she had never done before, as she prefers running and doing yoga.

According to Portman, it was hard to find motivation to go to class. As she has always had a thin body, she never wanted to be more muscular and big, but because of the role, she overrode her own will.

It is also worth noting that the actress adheres to a vegetarian diet, but managed to build good muscle mass without the use of animal proteins.

In The Night Manager, Hiddleston’s character manages a hotel. To prepare for the role, the actor spent an entire night shift as an assistant manager serving people at a real hotel.

“It’s chaos behind the scenes, and the whole thing is a lot less glamorous than it sounds. There was a wedding going on at the hotel and people on the first floor complained about the music and the manager and I had to keep both parties happy.”

The series was filmed in a real working hotel, and the actor sometimes took over some duties from local officials. For example, when Hiddleston was approached by guests asking for room keys, he was happy to oblige.

To appear in excellent physical shape in The Legend of Tarzan, the actor trained a lot and followed a special diet consisting of two stages. In the first three months, Alexander had to consume 7,000 kcal a day. According to the artist, he mainly ate meat and potatoes.

The second stage of the regimen was stricter and excluded simple carbohydrates. Skarsgård had to eat small meals several times a day. And it drove him crazy. “I would constantly look at the clock already thinking about the next meal. All I thought about was food,” said the actor.

It wasn’t until five months later that his trainer allowed him to take a break from the eating plan. Alexander wept with joy when he was finally able to eat without restrictions. He ordered pasta, pizza and tiramisu to celebrate.

To prepare for her role in Jungle Fever, Halle stopped showering and shaving her armpits. The actress admitted that she did not do basic hygiene for about two weeks, and that you could braid the hair in the armpit region.

And her co-stars had to put up with the star’s scent during filming. “My colleagues did not express their dissatisfaction, but they tried to keep their distance,” Berry said.

McConaughey, who is normally thin, appeared in Gold and Greed with a different physique than we are used to. At first, the directors wanted to use a special suit that would make the actor a few extra pounds. However, the Oscar winner decided he didn’t want to use the prop.

“For six months I ate whatever I wanted. And I didn’t think about the consequences,” shared the artist. He was especially addicted to cheeseburgers. Naturally, it didn’t take long for her to become overweight. According to McConaughey, returning to a healthy lifestyle was not easy.

Pitt had to undergo heavy training to play an officer in the movie Hearts of Iron. Special preparation was organized for the actors in the feature and the artist, although he could refuse, decided to work on an equal footing with the rest of the cast.

“We got up at 5 am, and at night we were on duty for one hour each. They kept us out in the cold in our wet clothes. We only ate cold food. There were penalties for bad behavior. It was done to make us feel the pressure,” shared the actor.

In the series WeCrashed (still without a Portuguese version), Hathaway played a real businesswoman named Rebekah Neumann, who follows a vegetarian diet and only eats raw or minimally cooked food, in addition to practicing yoga.

To immerse herself in character, the actress decided to adopt her character’s healthy lifestyle. So she started doing yoga daily and adopted a raw food diet. According to the actress, she immersed herself so deeply in the role that she identified with vegetarianism. It wasn’t until three weeks after the end of filming that she realized that she urgently needed a hamburger.

To play a prisoner in the drama In the Name of the Father, the actor spent three days in a real cell. “I felt like it had to be done,” shared Day-Lewis. While he was incarcerated, he was unable to sleep at night, as every 10 minutes a tin mug was banged against the bars of his cell.

And the preparation for the role did not stop there. After three days of confinement, the actor underwent a real interrogation, which lasted nine hours without interruption. We can only applaud Daniel Day-Lewis for giving himself so passionately to his work.

The role of Judy Garland required a great deal of preparation on the part of the actress. Despite the fact that Zellweger already had the opportunity to sing in the film Chicago, her vocal range did not correspond to the capabilities of the star of the last century. Therefore, the artist spent a year practicing singing to be able to sing live in the film Judy: Far Beyond the Rainbow as Garland.

The iconic Judy suffered from a curvature of the spine, which made her uncomfortable during performances. Therefore, before filming the concert scenes, Renee Zellweger tried to move a piano by herself to feel body pain and convey the right body language.

Bradley Cooper had to gain a lot of weight to play the sniper in American Sniper. And while the aforementioned Matthew McConaughey enjoyed the process of gaining weight, Cooper suffered.

“It was stressful for my body. It’s one thing to buy a pizza or a cake, it’s quite another to consume 6,000 kcal a day. It’s very tiring,” he complained. Cooper ate 5 meals a day specially prepared for him by a head chef. And besides, he ate protein bars.

The Handmaid’s Tale star said the role as Rita was the hardest of her life. After all, she had to play a character who barely speaks, but has a sharp mind and strong character.

Actress worked to create striking facial expressions and also created a unique way of walking for her character. Prior to filming, Brugel filled his shoe with stones. The discomfort she felt probably allowed her to convey her heroine’s pain.

Before playing the famous singer in the movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Jessica Chastain had never sung in front of the camera. And, therefore, she was very nervous before the recordings. “For a shy person, this is a nightmare, but I had to do it,” said the actress. Chastain learned 31 songs from Faye.

Jessica also allowed highlighters to be used on her face. The fact is, Tammy Faye had tattoos on her lips and around her eyes. Therefore, the actress’s makeup artists used felt-tip pens as eyeliner, eyebrow pencil and lipstick.

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