'Chameleons' sacrifice for roles: Lose weight, cut hair, don't use stuntmen

Stars cut their hair off

On Tuesday, appearing on The Graham Norton Show, Tom Hanks surprised everyone with his shaved head. The 64-year-old actor used this new hairstyle to transform into the character Colonel Tom Parker, manager of legendary singer Elvis Presley in the biographical film about the singer's life, Elvis Presley . Although it was only a supporting role, Tom Hanks did not hesitate to cut his previous hair so that the project, scheduled to be released in November 2021, would be as "rounded" as possible.

Although Tom Hanks is known as one of the veteran stars in Hollywood and has transformed through many roles with many different hairstyles, he is not the only one who can do that. Many other stars, in order to best perform their assigned roles, have not hesitated to "cut" off strands of hair that have accompanied them over the years.

Actor Tom Hanks' new "haircut" (small photo) surprises and delights fans

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Actor Timothée Chalamet, known for his roles in Lady Bird and Call Me By Your Name , had to trim his soft curls (right) to play in The King (2019).

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Handsome Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård with masculine blond hair had to style his bald head in the style of classic American cartoon character Bart Simpson (pictured right) for the film The Hummingbird Project (2018)

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"Rose" Rooney Mara, the fiancée of actor Joaquin Phoenix, to transform into a character in the movie The Girl in the Dragon Tattoo (right photo), did not sadly say goodbye to her long, flowing hair before.

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It is impossible not to mention the brilliant performance of actress Anne Hathaway in the film Les Misérables (2012 - right photo), the adaptation that helped her take home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. To play the role of a prostitute, the American star did not hesitate to cut her hair short to her ears.

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Besides the above stars, many other stars are also willing to sacrifice their hair, some cut it like Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal... and some dye their hair to suit their roles like the beautiful Sophie Turner. She dyed her hair darker to play her role in the TV series Game of Thrones . Men's Health magazine commented that no matter what she did, this female star's hair still looked very beautiful.

Extreme weight loss regimen

Sacrificing for a role is not only about cutting hair, many Hollywood stars are willing to adjust their weight to suit the role even though this can bring many unpredictable health consequences. For the two actors Joaquin Phoenix and Christian Bale, the media still repeatedly mention them as typical cases of "torturing the body" for filming.

To play the Joker, a character with an unstable and violent personality, actor Joaquin Phoenix had to lose more than 23 kg (left photo). Previously, the male artist had changed his weight at the request of filmmakers to act in projects such as Gladiator or Mary Magdalene . The fiancé of star Rooney Mara has the ability to transform into many types of roles, and is one of the famous names in the Hollywood acting industry. Thanks to his strict diet to preserve his role, the actor born in 1974 received his first Oscar in his life in the category of Best Actor thanks to the movie Joker.

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When talking about actor Christian Bale, of course, we cannot help but mention his self-torture to play the role of a chronically insomniac mechanic in the movie The Machinist . In this movie, he lost nearly 30 kg, his body was almost just skin and bones (picture below). Before The Machinist , the Vice star had a strong body and 6-pack abs in the horror movie American Psycho . After The Machinist , Christian Bale quickly regained his "shape" to play Batman in the 3 movies directed by Christopher Nolan, meaning that from 55 kg, he had to gain over 80 kg.

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Even Charlize Theron was surprised by her ability to gain nearly 23 kg when she ate a lot for her role in the movie Tully (right photo). Before that, the South African star took on roles with a body suitable for high-risk fighting scenes such as Mad Max : Fury Road , Atomic Blonde ...

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Losing 17 kg to play the role of an HIV/AIDS patient in the movie Dallas Buyers Club (right photo), actor Matthew McConaughey had a memorable performance in his career. Thanks to this role, he brought home the Oscar for Best Actor.

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No stunt doubles

Besides actors who are willing to lose weight at any cost or cut their hair to the point of being unrecognizable, the case of star Tom Cruise cannot be ignored because he filmed many movies without using a stunt double.

According to a source from The Sun newspaper in August 2020, in the project Mission: Impossible 7 by director Christopher McQuarrie, the 58-year-old actor drove a motorbike down a steep road in a rural area of England without the need for a stuntman, although like previous projects, the actor had a seat belt and safety lock.

Scene of actor Tom Cruise driving down a slope 152 meters high

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Previously, also in the 7th part of the Mission: Impossible series, on the set, the Edge of Tomorrow actor also performed many action scenes without stuntmen such as skydiving at an altitude of 3,000 m. The film is currently in the process of filming to meet the release schedule in July 2021.

It wasn't until Mission: Impossible 7 that Tom Cruise performed such dangerous stunts. When filming Mission: Impossible 4 , he climbed an 800-meter-tall building in Dubai to film or swung himself in the air in Mission: Impossible 5 .

Besides actor Tom Cruise, many stars from East to West also sacrificed for their roles by repeatedly refusing to use stunt doubles during filming, such as Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Keanu Reeves...

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