15 Disturbing Roles That Scarred These Actors

I always think that the best movies are the ones that let you get completely lost in the story. I’m always impressed with actors who make me forget their names! For two hours, I genuinely believe that they’re that character. But have you ever thought about what an actor goes through to get out a performance like that? It’s pretty intense! Here are the actors who went too far to give it their all for a performance.

1. Natalie Portman lived and breathed the life of a ballerina for Black Swan. She was in intense rehearsals all day, she lost an incredible amount of weight and she even suffered an on-set injury by dislocating a rib! 

Was all of the pain and suffering worth it? She did end up winning the Oscar!

2. Is there a more iconic scene other than the opening of Scream with Drew Barrymore? To get on an emotional level where she would hyperventilate and scream for each take, Drew and director Wes Craven had a “secret story” that he would tell her and it made her cry! Those tears? Authentic. 

3. Cuba Gooding Jr. transformed himself to play OJ Simpson by altering his voice. Unfortunately, he did it all throughout filming, so he thinks he’s damaged his vocal cords. He went to the doctor who couldn’t find anything wrong, so Cuba thinks it might even be in his head.

“It took me a month to get out of the mindset of O.J.” he explains. “It’s funny what we have to do as actors to understand something. Our body goes along with it. Once you put yourself in it, your body believes it.”

4. Christian Bale in The Machinist is the definition of a physical transformation. Christian dropped 60 pounds and immediately after started bulking up to play Batman in Batman Begins. Unfortunately, his stomach had shrunk since he lost the weight and he got sick! 

That can’t be good for the body or the mind to lose and gain that much weight in such a short amount of time.