Friday, October 17, 2014

My Top 10 Actor/Actress Transformations for film

          In Hollywood and films today, actors are often to ask play certain people or characters. When they do play certain people or characters, actors often go through rigorous transformations that include losing weight, gaining weight, lift weights like crazy or don't workout at all. With that being said I'm going to bring you my top 10 actor/actress transformations for film. So without further ado...





10. Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
Anne Hathaway: Les Misérables
(Credit: Getty Images; © 2012 - Universal Pictures)

        Anne Hathaway lost 25 pounds for the film and also won an  Oscar for her performance



9. Micheal Fassbender for Hunger
Michael Fassbender: Hunger
(Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

        Michael Fassbender lost 47 pounds for the film 



8. Matthew Fox for Alex Cross
Matthew Fox: Alex Cross
(Credit: Jesse Grant/Getty Images; Slashfilm)

        Matthew Fox lost 40 pounds for the role



7. Jared Leto for Chapter 27
Jared Leto: Chapter 27
(Credit: L: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; R: Brian Prahl/Splash News)

        Jared Leto gained 70 pounds for the role of Mark David Chapman the man who killed Beatles star John Lennon



6. Demi Moore for G.I. Jane
Demi Moore: G.I. Jane
(Credit: L: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; R: Caravan Pictures – © 1997)

        Demi Moore went through actual Navy S.E.A.L. training and infamously shaved her head for the role



5. Tom Hanks for Cast Away
Tom Hanks: Cast Away
(Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images; Photo by Zade Rosenthal – © 2000 - 20th Century Fox and Dreamworks L.L.C.)

     Tom Hanks gained 50 pounds and production was stopped so that he could lose 50 pounds and was awarded with an Oscar nomination for his performance 



4. Charlize Theron for Monster
Charlize Theron: Monster
(Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; © 2003 Newmarket Films)

        Charlize Theron gained 30 pounds and also won an Oscar for her performance



3. Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
<a href='http://www.thewrap.com/jared-leto-on-how-he-lost-40-lbs-for-aids-role-i-stopped-eating/' target='_blank'>Jared Leto </a>said he shed nearly 40 pounds to play a transsexual woman living with AIDS in "Dallas Buyers Club."
(Credit Getty Images/Fame Pictures)

        Jared Leto lost 30 pounds dropping to a reported 114 pounds for the film and won an Oscar for his performance



2. Christian Bale for The Machinist and Batman Begins
Christian Bale: The Machinist and Batman Begins
(Credit: © 2004 Paramount Classics; Jason Merritt/Getty Images; © 2005 Warner Bros. Pictures)

        Christian Bale lost 63 pounds dropping down to 120 pounds (and wanted to go down to 99) for The Machinist and gained it back while adding 40 more pounds in six weeks for Batman Begins



1. Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey: Dallas Buyers Club
(Credit: Warner Bros; PacificCoastNews.com)

        Matthew McConaughey lost 50 pounds for the film dropping down to a slim 135 pounds and also won an Oscar for his performance


        So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of these actor/actress transformations, do you agree or disagree with this style and what are some other transformations that I did mention? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                           Jonah Sparks

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