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Monica Bellucci
The role of a good witch for Monica Bellucci is really atypical. No brightly defined lips, deep cleavage or slits on the dress that reveal the legs. Monica plays a kind sorceress who leads the school of magic. When the school, and with it the mentor and her students, are under threat, it’s time to show what good magic can do. Monica, to whom the title of a sex symbol is firmly stuck, was not afraid to appear on the screen with gray hair and no spectacular makeup. She looks natural and charming without trying to look younger and slimmer. We are sure that you have never seen such a homely, sweet and cozy actress.
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron at one time was much less fortunate: for her role in the movie “Monster”, the actress gained 13 and a half kilograms, and her beautiful face was “disfigured” throughout the entire filming period with the help of dentures, contact lenses and a thick layer of makeup. In this make-up, the actress cannot be recognized – she does not look like herself. The efforts (and suffering) of Charlize were not in vain: she received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the main female role.
Natalie Portman
Beauty requires sacrifice, and the acting profession often forces celebrities to sacrifice beauty. Natalie Portman in “V for Vendetta” agreed to shave her head, and for the role of a ballerina in the psychological drama “Black Swan” she went on a strict diet, gave up meat and tortured herself daily with many hours of training. As a result – minus twelve kilograms and world fame. After filming, Natalie returned to her previous form, but she repeatedly admitted in interviews that she was ready for new sacrifices for the sake of art.
Demmy Moor
Demi Moore also made a serious sacrifice for the role: for the sake of filming in the film “GI Jane”, she agreed to part with her hair. The actress shaved right in the frame, and her hand did not flinch. In addition, before filming, Demi attended training at a military base six times a week for several months and even learned to do push-ups with one hand, which not every man can do.
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton went even further: in the psychological thriller Suspiria, she played an elderly man. The hero of Tilda is the 82-year-old psychoanalyst Josef Klemperer, and Swinton is unrecognizable in this role. To transform into a man, the actress spent four hours in the dressing room. Silicone pads were attached to Tilda’s neck and face, and prostheses were placed on her jaw to make her powerful as a man. The figure of the actress also underwent changes: with the help of overlays, costume designers made her slender and toned body flabby and rewarded with a tummy.
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson, who played a kind sorceress in the film “My Terrible Nanny”, was not afraid to appear in the frame not just elderly, but even ugly. Makeup artists have defaced the actress’s charming face with terrible warts, a crooked nose, fused eyebrows and a protruding tooth. The beautiful figure of Thompson was hidden under shapeless robes, and only members of the film crew could recognize the famous actress in the image of Nanny McPhee, who also acted as the screenwriter of the picture.
Helena Bonham Carter
However, the most radically reincarnated for the role of Helena Bonham Carter, whom Tim Burton invited to play the role of a monkey in the remake of Planet of the Apes. Make-up took ten hours a day, and in order to have time to apply it by the beginning of the shift, the actress was invited to make-up at two in the morning. Because of the voluminous dentures, Helena could not eat ordinary food and ate exclusively through a straw. It is not surprising that the actress was mortally tired from the kilograms of makeup applied, and from constant lack of sleep, and from the inability to eat normally. However, it was on this project that a spark slipped between her and the director – the monkey makeup did not prevent Tim Burton from seeing the beauty in the actress and having an affair with her, which lasted thirteen long years.
Source: Hellomagazine
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