16 Most Extreme Transformations Actors Have Committed To For Roles


As an audience we see the glamour side of being a celebrity, however there are some celebrities, who undergo extreme transformations to look perfect in the character they are playing. Take a look at their crazy transformations:

Natalie Portman lost 20 pounds and learned ballet for her role in ‘Black Swan’

Christian Bale lost 60 pounds for the role Trevor in ‘The Machinist’ to get a sickly skeleton look.

Renee Zellweger reportedly gained 30 pounds to play the character of Bridget in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’.

Jared Leto waxed his body and lost 30 pounds for his role as a transgender businesswoman in ‘Dallas Buyer’s Club’.

For the role of ‘White Chicks’ Shawn and Marlon put on litres of acrylic paints, contact lenses and blonde wigs.

To look over weight as Les Grossman in ‘Tropic Thunder’, Tom Cruise underwent hours of makeup and wore fat suit.

For her role in ‘The Monster’ Charliez Theron gained 30 pounds, got prosthetic teeth and blotchy makeup to get a psychopath look.

For the role of ‘Joker’ in ‘Dark Knight Returns’, Heath Ledger gained muscle weight with emotional and psychological changes.

Chriss Patt lost 60 pounds for his role in ‘Guardians Of the Galaxy’.

For the character of ‘Taxi Driver’, Robert De Niro shaved his head and wore different wigs.

To play a character of a homophobic gay cowboy, Mathew McConaughey shed 47 pounds for the movie ‘Dallas Buyer’s club’.

Jared Leto would send creepy gifts to his co-stars to get into the character of ‘Joker’.

To get cancer patient look in “All Things Fall Apart’, Curtis Jackson went on liquid diet and shed 40 pounds.

In the movie ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Hilary Swank transforms from a confused female to adapt to male’s identity.

Johnny Deep underwent hours of makeup and prosthetic to get in shoes of Mad Hatter in ‘Alice In wonderland’.



Anne Hathaway revealed took extreme measures to lose weight for her role in Les Miserables.

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