14 Wild Issues Actors Did To Put together For Their Roles

Discover out what these stars did to organize for his or her roles…

Whereas preparing for his function in Good Time, Robert Pattinson moved to New York Metropolis and lived undercover as his character. He rented a basement condominium in Harlem, very like his character, and acquired a job at a automobile wash — however didn’t final very lengthy.

“I by no means opened my curtains, didn’t change the sheets the whole time I used to be there, for these two months, and I might simply sleep in my garments. There was this girl who lived upstairs, and he or she saved making an attempt to see what was occurring as a result of she thought I used to be such a weirdo,” Robert shared with information.com.au.

He continued, “I saved actually bizarre hours, and I might run in and shortly shut the curtains. I used to be like this freak residing within the backside of the basement. I used to be on my own the entire time. I solely ate cans of tuna the entire time. I in all probability have mercury poisoning now as a result of I ate it simply out of the can. That is all that was there: tuna, sizzling sauce, and Nespresso capsules.”

With the intention to put together to play Patrizia Gucci in Home of Gucci, Girl Gaga lived as her character. She dyed her hair, gained weight and for 9 months main as much as filming, she spoke completely in an Italian accent. She even wrote an 80-page biography of Patrizia, guaranteeing that she knew the whole lot about her and will channel her darkness. She ended up needing a psychiatric nurse along with her as a result of she “felt that it was safer” for her.

“I don’t assume that any actor ought to push themselves to that restrict. And I ask myself on a regular basis why I try this. I’ve executed some fairly excessive artwork items all through my profession — the issues I’ve put my physique by means of, my thoughts. It’s like a walnut of disappointment in my abdomen as I say this to you. I don’t know why I’m like that,” she instructed Selection.

She continued, “I feel that the most effective reply I may offer you is I’ve a type of romantic relationship with struggling in your artwork that I developed as a younger woman, and it simply generally goes too far. And when it does go too far, it may be exhausting to reel it in by yourself…It’s okay to ask for assist. In case you’re feeling like that, ask for assist. It doesn’t matter what.”

When Jamie Dornan was forged to painting serial killer Paul Spector in The Fall, he determined to get into the thoughts of a legal by crossing some boundaries. Jamie says he really briefly stalked a lady he didn’t know as a way to get into character — earlier than realizing he was making a giant mistake.

“It is a actually unhealthy reveal: I, like, adopted a lady off the prepare at some point to see what it felt wish to pursue somebody like that. I actually saved my distance. She acquired off just a few stops sooner than I used to be planning, so I mentioned proper, I’ve to decide to this. I adopted her round a few road corners after which was like: What are you doing?” he instructed the LA Instances.

Shia LaBeouf is not any stranger to doing excessive issues to get into character — even when it means placing himself by means of a whole lot of ache. Whereas he was on the brink of movie Fury, he acquired one in every of his tooth pulled to precisely signify his character’s look. He really had a tough time getting it executed as a result of dentists in Los Angeles didn’t assume it made “medical sense.”

“That was an actual mission, getting it out, as a result of it’s not like you may go to some dentist round right here from this aspect. You go in there like, ‘Hey, I wanna get this tooth taken out,’ they usually’re like, ‘You wanna do what? That doesn’t make any medical sense in any respect, man,’” he defined on Jimmy Kimmel Stay! “So, I discovered a man in Reseda subsequent to a Radio Shack, and he didn’t ask too many questions. He’s like, ‘Which one? No downside.’”

Nicolas Cage additionally altered his look by getting some tooth pulled in preparation for a task. Main as much as the filming of Birdy, the place he performed a wounded Vietnam veteran, Nicolas acquired two of his tooth pulled out. Whereas they didn’t should be eliminated, they have been child tooth —  and Nicolas then needed to look forward to his grownup tooth to develop in after the film wrapped.

“So what occurred there’s I had child tooth. I had executed an image referred to as Birdy and I made a decision to tug my child tooth out for that character, Al Columbado, however then they hadn’t grown in but once I did Moonstruck, so you continue to see a gaping gap,” he instructed Vainness Honest.

When Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams have been taking part in a pair in Blue Valentine, they really moved in collectively in the home the place the film filmed to get the total emotional influence of being in a relationship that was crumbling. They spent the primary half of their time on set filming the comfortable flashback scenes of their relationship after which moved in collectively earlier than filming the second half the place their relationship went downhill.

“Throughout the month, we tried to dismantle this factor that we had been constructing,” Ryan shared on NPR’s Contemporary Air. “[Originally,] all of us labored actually exhausting to create this love story portion, after they’re falling in love. We needed it to really feel real and actual and true. And we spent all of this time constructing it up, after which we needed to tear it down.”

When Ashton Kutcher was forged to play Steve Jobs in his biopic, he determined to dwell just like the late Apple founder. Whereas doing analysis, Ashton found that Steve lived by a largely fruitarian weight loss plan, which emphasizes consuming largely fruit, in addition to some nuts, seeds and grains. Steve notably usually drank Odwalla carrot juice, which Ashton determined to do as properly — however it finally landed him within the hospital.

“So, I began simply ingesting carrot juice nonstop all day lengthy. Two weeks earlier than we went to begin taking pictures and unexpectedly I had this ache in my again and thru the evening it acquired worse and worse and worse. I ended up within the hospital…as a result of my pancreas was, like, loopy out of whack,” Ashton shared on Sizzling Ones.

He continued, “Then I’m getting freaked out like, ‘Oh my god I’ve turn into Steve Jobs.’ He died of pancreas [cancer]. That is the ghost of Steve Jobs taking on my pancreas! Seems it was the carrot juice that was inflicting this loopy pancreatitis.”

To arrange for Nicole Kidman’s function as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos she really took up smoking as a way to nail the late comic’s voice. Nicole says she started smoking natural cigarettes and it helped her finally be capable to channel Lucille’s raspy voice on her personal.

“I smoked cigarettes as Lucille. I used to be smoking as a result of you may’t sort of pretend that. They have been natural cigarettes however I used to be nonetheless smoking, …And I feel the tiredness. Then as soon as my physique was skilled to create these sounds, it was really a lot simpler to entry them,” Nicole shared on The Jess Cagle Present.

Joaquin Phoenix is not any stranger to technique performing for his roles so it’s no shock that he went to nice extremes to organize for his function in The Grasp. With the intention to play his character, who had a clenched jaw, Joaquin had brackets fixed to his tooth in order that he may hold one half of his jaw shut whereas talking.

“My dad generally would discuss out of the aspect; he’d clench down one aspect of his mouth. And I simply thought it represented rigidity on this approach, any individual that is simply blocked and tight. So I really went to my dentist and I had them fasten these metallic brackets to my tooth on the highest and the underside after which I wrapped rubber bands round it to pressure my jaw shut on one aspect,” Joaquin instructed KCBX.

He continued, “After a pair weeks, the bands, they weren’t actually sturdy sufficient to sort of maintain it so I ended up eliminating the rubber bands and I nonetheless had these metallic brackets in and so it made me consistently conscious of my cheek. You already know, that they had these pointy ideas in order that they’d tear up the cheek somewhat bit, so I simply then was consistently conscious of it.”

Earlier than Benedict Cumberbatch filmed The Energy of the Canine, he moved to Montana for 2 months to learn to turn into a rancher. He labored on a cattle ranch and attended a three-week boot camp to be taught horse-riding, rope-throwing, castrating bulls, and taking part in the banjo. When it got here time to movie, Benedict was ready for something.

“All the things I did within the movie, I did for actual,” he instructed The Hollywood Reporter.

Adrien Brody gave up a majority of his worldly possessions as a way to put together for his function in The Pianist. To painting his character, who misplaced the whole lot throughout the holocaust, he says he removed his dwelling, his automobile and moved to Europe. He even allegedly ended his relationship along with his girlfriend.

“I gave up my condominium, I bought my automobile, I disconnected the telephones, and I left,” he instructed BBC. “I took two baggage and my keyboard and moved to Europe.”

Whereas it could be a controversial selection now, Hilary Swank determined to dwell as a person for a number of weeks to organize for her function in Boys Don’t Cry, the place she performed a transgender man. She defined that she didn’t need to do the film if she didn’t assume she may move as a boy in actual life.

“I knew that if I couldn’t exit on the road and move as a boy that I didn’t need to do the film. I knew I’d be doing it a grave injustice so I went out and lived my life as a boy for 4 weeks. You already know, that entailed strapping my breast and packing a sock strap,” Hilary shared on Conan. “I felt an intense want simply to be sincere with the story and…I realized lots about humanity and I realized lots about myself going out on the road.”

Daniel Day-Lewis has usually taken excessive measures to organize for his roles all through his profession together with his half in The Crucible. Main as much as filming, he lived on Hog Island, an uninhabited chook sanctuary island the place the film was set to movie.

“It appeared that the essential factor to do was some sort of bodily work,” Daniel shared with Leisure Weekly. “So I spent a while on the island, as a result of a lot of the story of these individuals’s lives was contained inside the way in which they took possession of that land.”

Earlier than Aaron Eckhart filmed Rabbit Gap, he attended a toddler loss assist group to assist him get into character. With the intention to be admitted, he needed to lie about having a toddler that handed away and went so far as telling a pretend story to the remainder of the group. He ended up getting so wrapped up in all of it that he had an emotional breakdown.

“It’s very delicate to go in there, after all it’s. I did the analysis. The gathering could be very quiet. There’s 10 individuals, {couples}. [Their children had passed away] very lately, it’s recent. You’re sitting in type of a circle. Then one individual goes, then two, three, then it will get to me. And by that time you are simply so flushed that you simply simply begin going and giving the small print of the story,” he shared on The Howard Stern Present.