14 Actors Who Went (Way Beyond) The Extra Mile For A Role

After multiple rehearsals, hundreds of hours of takes, and eons of editing, a movie is finished. Finally, a nice little 90-minute piece of motion picture teenagers can make out to with popcorn teeth (90 minutes, right Hollywood?) And ideally, the finished product looks effortless (or at least purposely effortful, looking at you The Revenant). If everything goes off without a hitch, the audience doesn't see the stitching at the seams.

Therefore, acting kind of looks like the easiest job in the world: you learn your lines, you show up and say them, you get paid. Well, some actors apparently think that’s too easy. These badasses went so far above and beyond, it might as well have been into another dimension. We're not even talking about Oscar-bait schlockfests like My Left Foot or Phantom Thread. No, we're talking about quote-unquote “lowbrow” fare that these actors gave their entire heart and soul too. Check them out:

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So he could learn to paint in Pollock's painting style for Pollock, Ed Harris built an art studio in his house. He also gained 30 pounds and started s — Source: The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got Into Character

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For his role as a pro assassin in Collateral, Tom Cruise kind of went undercover. To learn how to blend into a crowd (not easy when you're Tom Cruise) — Source: The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got Into Character

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Jared Leto sent his Suicide Squad castmates bizarre gifts. Margot Robbie got a live rat and creepy love letters, while Will Smith got a bunch of bulle — Source: 7 Famous Actors Who Lost Their Minds Getting Into Character

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Ashton Kutcher copied Steve Jobs' all-fruit diet for Jobs. Which wasn't a great idea- two days before filming was supposed to start, he ended up in th — Source: 7 Famous Actors Who Lost Their Minds Getting Into Character

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Johnny Depp lived with Hunter S. Thompson to prepare for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Depp smoked and slept next to gunpowder barrels Thompson kept — Source: 7 Famous Actors Who Lost Their Minds Getting Into Character

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Nicolas Cage covered his face with corpse paint for Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. His character would get a CGI head, and he didn't want his castm — Source: 7 Famous Actors Who Lost Their Minds Getting Into Character

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For Boys Don't Cry, Hilary Swank would dress up as a man for months. She taped down her breasts, stuffed her pants, dressed as a man, and walked aroun — Source: Chicago Tribune

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Samuel Wright recorded his lines for The Little Mermaid from the floor. He's pretty tall, and he wanted to get into the mindset of Sebastian, who's ab — Source: Nambucca Guardian

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Vincent D'Onofrio wore basketball knee braces for Men in Black. He saw them in the window of a sporting goods store, and realized you could use them t — Source: Vulture, Uproxx

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Margot Robbie carefully planned Naomi's accent for The Wolf of Wall Street. She wanted Naomi to have muted her original Brooklyn accent (to hide her h — Source: IndieWire

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For First Blood, Stallone went to real nurses to check how realistic his fake wound was. On a lunch break during the shoot, he went to a local hospita — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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In his 70s, Timothy Dalton would stay working on the Doom Patrol set until 3 AM. When asked why he takes so much care his shots are right, he explaine — Source: The Independent

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Benedict Cumberbatch wore a copy of Alan Turing's dentures in The Imitation Game. It was Cumberbatch's idea, and the movie's costuming department crea — Source: Yahoo!, FilmSchoolRejects

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Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver did a ton of training they didn't need to do for The Last Jedi's throne room fight scene. That meant there was no need to — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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