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14 Actors Who Paid A Steep Mental Toll For An Iconic Role

By:: Becca Barglowski

July 11, 2021

14 Actors Who Paid A Steep Mental Toll For An Iconic Role

It always seems the scariest parts of the movie are the scenes we can see ourselves in. But to be able to see ourselves on screen, some actor had to live that horrifying moment, even if just for the camera. And while we can just get up, wipe the popcorn residue off our fingers, and go about our day, that trauma often stays with an actor for a long time. Here are fourteen times actors lost their freakin' minds making you lose yours:

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Rosamund Pike had to fake a dental emergency just to audition for Gone Girl. July 18, 2010 want to test your marriage for weak spots Add one recession. Subtract two jobs. it's surprisingly l effective So much has happened in the past week. Evenything has unraveled so fast, all a once. / have the notional bends. Nick lost his id/a first the CRACKED.COM She snuck off set to see David Fincher; she even made it back-all without knowing she got caught red-handed: It was so hammy... got to set clutching my mouth and pretending I had a toothache. — Source: Backstage.com

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Sarah Paulson couldn't shake the trauma of her violent electroshock therapy scene. CRACKEDO As Lana Winters in American Horror Story, she says she was soaked head to toe in sweat during the shot: emotionally, my body doesn't know that I'm not experiencing something very, very traumatic. — Source: Collider.com

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Hereditary gave Alex Woolf PTSD. CRACKED.COM He says some of his on-set memories have been completely erased: I watched it the first time and I was like holy sh*t, I don't remember shooting that scene. — Source: Vice.com

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Jim Carrey endured 8 hours of cosmetic work to get into costume for the Grinch. CRACKED.COM The costume got so claustrophobic they had to hire a CIA torture specialist to help him deal. — Source: Business Insider.com

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Krysten Ritter's death in Breaking Bad freaked out everyone in the room. CRACKED.COM She was excited to film the scene, until she found herself made up like a corpse and wearing a cast on her torso for Aaron Paul to beat the sh* out of: It was intense, and I will never forget it. — Source: ew.com

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Kathy Bates' most violent scene in Misery made her cry. CRACKED.COM When her imprisoned patient gets loose, nurse Bates smashes his ankles with a sledgehammer. I was crying... I mean, to have that much violence coming at you... — Source: Today.com

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Uzo Aduba had trouble escaping Suzanne Warren's character in Orange is the New Black. CRACKED.COM She said it was a challenge at first to slip into those crazy eyes, but what I find more challenging now is getting out of her. She seeps into my bloodstream. — Source: Vulture.com

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Daniel Kaluuya felt like he was actually getting murdered. CRACKED.COM As a black man, filming the assassination of Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah took everything from Kaluuya but his life: I gave everything I had. I gave. I gave. I gave. — Source: The New York Times

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Janet Leigh couldn't shower after Psycho. CRACKED.co After filming the scariest shower scene in cinema history, she would only shower with the curtain and bathroom door open: I'm always facing the door, watching, no matter where the shower head is. — Source: 13 Actors Affected By Roles In Wild Ways

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Babe messed up James Cromwell so bad he went vegan. CRACKED.COM When he saw crewmembers trying to corral an escaped pig actor, he decided I don't want any part of this. I am out. He's since become an outspoken activist, even having been arrested for protesting. — Source: 13 Actors Affected By Roles In Wild Ways

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Natalie Portman's extreme physical conditioning for Black Swan broke her brain. CRACKED.CO The 8-hour reheashals, fueled by only almonds and carrots, made her understand, how you could get so wrapped up in a role that it could sort of take you down. — Source: Independent.co.uk

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The media forced young Linda Blair to confront the horrors, of Christian Hell. CRACKED.COM She approached her performance in The Exorcist as if she were just telling a scary story. Then interviewers started putting her on the spot about demons, Satan, and other heavy stuff she'd never really thought about before: It was just an awful thing to go through as a teenager. — Source: 13 Actors Affected By Roles In Wild Ways

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Leo's Django Unchained speech drained him emotionally, and... blood-wise CRACKED Six takes in DiCaprio smahed a hand onto the table but hit glass. Despite blood, sweat, and scripted slurs, Leo just kept acting - a feat he attributes to having the support of Samuel L. Jackson and Jaime Fox on set. — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit gave Bob Hoskins debilitating hallucinations. CRACKED.COM He had to go on an acting hiatus when his kids' imaginary friends started becoming too real: I would be sitting, talking normally and suddenly a weasel would creep out of the wall at me. — Source: 13 Actors Affected By Roles In Wild Ways

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