15 Actors Who Went Hard For Forgettable Movies
Many actors have taken extensive measures to prepare for movie roles, such as Austin Butler training for 3 years for his role as Elvis, Jim Carrey being trained by a CIA expert for 8 hours of Grinch make-up prep, Jared Leto meting with doctors and patients for Morbius, Shia LaBeouf taking an acid trip for Charlie Countryman, Kate Winslet reading bedtime stories in German for The Reader, Nicolas Cage pulling out his own teeth for Birdy, and Robert De Niro grinding down and sharpening his teeth for Cape Fear.
Val Kilmer memorized 50 songs for The Doors, and Daniel Day-Lewis even lived in a period house with no electricity or water for The Crucible. Robert Pattinson masturbated for real for Little Ashes, and Sean Penn slapped John Leguizamo for real for Casualties Of War, while Gary Oldman smoked 12 cigars a day for Darkest Hour, giving him nicotine poisoning.
Here’s all that, and more.
Jim Carrey
Universal Pictures
Jared Leto
Columbia Pictures
Robert Pattinson’s O-face: immortalized.
APT Films
Nicolas Cage
TriStar Pictures
Universal Pictures
Regular, schmegular!
The Weinstein Company
Nick Nolte: No role too gritty.
Buena Vista Distribution
Robert Pattinson: Method actor extraordinaire.
A24
Researching the role, one step at a time.
BBC
Val Kilmer: No stone unturned.
TriStar Pictures
Merry Christmas, Gary!
Focus Features,
Universal Pictures
Daniel Day-Lewis: living like it’s 1692.
20th Century Studios
LaBeouf takes tripping to a whole new level.
Millennium Entertainment
John Leguizamo is still feeling the sting of Sean Penn’s slap, decades later.
Columbia Pictures
Austin Butler: The King of Commitment.
Warner Bros. Pictures
