CHe are obtained with make -up shortcuts, wig, prostheses and disguises or, more courageously, with natural methods, the physical transformations of the stars more extreme The most navigated of their fans are also surprised. To arouse greater wonder It is that certain type of actor who chooses wicked dietsis swallowed up with junk food Or he trains the barbell 14 hours a day to model your physique. It is a Innate perfectionism Or the unconfessable desire to triumph at the Night of the Oscars?
The most extreme physical transformations of the stars, before and after
It is certainly not a secret: the statistics of the sector tell that with A radical physical transformation, the possibility of reaching the nomination and winning is very high. Not only to increase or decrease drastically with weight but create disabilities, terminal diseases and an out of common physicality. After all, the body is the main tool of an actor. If almost all male interpreters are chosen to choose this road, there are still female exceptions such as Charlize Theron. There is no shortage of bitter pigments for upsetting one’s dietespecially when the consequences come in the long term.
Christian Bale in American Psycho, the man without sleep and the great bet
Bale is the undisputed king of transformism. An actor who has never had the fear of climbing and getting out of the scale to be perfect for a part. For the beautiful psychopath Patrick Bateman of American Psycho He put on muscles and improved the teeth to appear a perfect eighties yuppie. The culmination of his vocation to the unsightly martyrdom comes with Sleepless man. To interpret the protagonist Trevor Reznik, has lost over 27 kilos: “I don’t have enough confidence in the generated imagery computer, so I enjoyed the challenge and the slightly self -destructive impulses that involved losing so much weight.” After a few years, he doubled the kilos for The big bet.
Christian Bale gym for “American Psycho”, very thin for “The man without sleep”, in the flesh for “the great bet” (media)
Physical transformations of the stars, Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting And Flour
The actor He never followed the extremisms of his colleague Balewith which he shared the set of Velvet Goldenmine. Yet, behind the face of Obi-Wan Kenobi, more similar to Jesus than to a true master Jedi, there is an ambitious spirit. The body blooded from a cheerful toxic in the cult Trainspotting It was his first physical performance. After years, the opportunity to change – at least a little – arrives with the third season of the series Flour. In the double role of two brothers, McGregor is unrecognizable. TO USA TODAY He said: «There was not a single photo of a paparazzo, nor a photo of a fan who ended up online. Because nobody knew I was me. “
Ewan McGregor natural and like Ray Stassy in “Fargo” (Getty)
Tom Hanks in Cast Away
A cascade of Oscar prizes for the actor who loves to amaze in every film. For Philadelphia went underweightFor Forrest Gump He worked on the diversity of an invented yet credible character. For Cast Away, He put his physique to the test to play a castaway on a desert island, whose only company is Wilson, a ball.
Within 4 months, he lost over 25 kilos By eating the minimum indispensable and avoiding training in the gym to maintain a little healthy and hemated appearance. His is one of the physical transformations of the most incredible stars. Hanks said that weight fluctuations would favor type 2 diabetes. “I have no more intention of playing a role that requires losing and resuming weight.” How to blame him?
Tom Hanks’ appearance in the same film, “Cast Away” (Getty Images)
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club
Another Oscar for a role in which physical transformation was the secret weapon to get rid of the competition. In Dallas Buyers Clubdirected by the late Jean-Marc Vallée, Matthew McConaughey is a rude cowboy of the eighties with a unruly life. When AIDS is diagnosed with him and a single month of life, he begins to contrabict experimental drugs from Mexico to take care of himself and others. McConaughey He said he reduced the sense of hunger by chewing a huge amount of ice for all filming. The co -star Jared Leto, in the role of a sick disguise at the last stadium, has conquered nomination and victory for best supporting actor.
Matthew McConaughey first in the most form, then blooded on “Dallas Buyers Club”.
Saha Baron Cohen in Ironheart
The most irreverent actor of Hollywood, known more for the incendiary sarcasm of Borat than for the love for the gym, He ended up on the newspaper covers with a bodybuilder. The reason? The role of the demonic sorcerer Mephisto in Ironheart, The next Marvel film. With his usual sense of humor, a Men’s Fitness has told his point of view on change.
«Now I believe that even if only 20-30 minutes of movement a day can really make the difference, and it is something that anyone can insert in their routine, especially the celebrities who have personal assistants who deal with all boring things such as shopping and participate in the funeral of friends. So, no excuses! ” A few evil thinks is a reaction to the traumatic divorce from ex -wife Isla Fisher: a way to reiterate that you are ready to start a new relationship again.
Sacha Baron Cohen, before and after the gym for the next film Marvel (Getty/Instagram)
Michael Fassbender in Hunger
Michael Fassbender is another actor capable of shaping his physicality to be credible in every role. Muscular and mighty like Stelios in 300to interpret the true story of the Ira Bobby Sands exponent, the Irishman who died of hardship in 1981 during a hunger strike, in the movie Hunger he chose to lose almost 20 kilos taking less than 800 calories a day in a few weeks. A truly drastic choice: «I would not make what I did for Hunger. I would no longer do such a thing to my body».
Michael Fassbender in “Hunger” and returned in shape in real life (Getty Images)
Physical transformations of the stars, Matt Damon in Elysium
Matt Damon’s photo from the set of The Odyssey Di Christopher Nolan has gone around the world. A muscular physique up to the extreme who surprised everyone. Oscar -winning actor for Will Hunting – Rebel genius It is not new to such transformations. In the science fiction film Elysium 2013 has become a tattooed and powerful worker contaminated with dangerous radiation and ready for any murderous mission. For The Informant!on the other hand, has been put to deception. “It was very, very easy to increase in weight. Very, very funny. I practically eaten everything that happened to me for a few months ».
Matt Damon natural and then muscular in “Elysium” (Getty Images)
Charlize Theron in Monster
That Charlize Theron was beautiful and good had already made him understand with the formidable performance in The devil’s lawyer. When in 2004 he conquered the Oscar for the best female interpretation for Monster, showing 18 kilos overweight And with a completely unrecognizable face, he leaves everyone stucco. The true story of the serial killer American Aileen Wuornossentenced to death in 2002 for having assassinated 7 men, However, he put his physique to the test.
Aligning himself to the words of Tom Hanks, also the South African actress he said he repented to have accepted such a drastic change, promising himself to never want to repeat the experience again.
Charlize Theron before and after in “Monster”.
Demi Moore in Soldier jane
In 1997, Ridley Scott directs Demi Moore in Soldier jane, in the soon and countercurrent role of a soldier of the Marines. The actress presents herself on the screen transformed into a military military man and chief rasate. She is always beautiful but, Comparing the first and after, his giant shoulders and all too toned arms have a certain effect.
In an interview with Variety, The actress from Pop Corn Movie spoke of the intense training to which it is to be up to the role. “I had transformed my body several times and of course it had become much larger and more muscular.” «We did a two -week training, and it was 40 guys. And it was very hard. They never called me with my real name, only with the name of my character ».
Demi Moore in 1997 and, a few months later, very muscular for “Soldier Jane” (Getty Images)
Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry
Two profound physical transformations of a star, two insured Oscars. Hilary Swank is the living paradigm of the great consideration that Hollywood has for actors capable of changing themselves in a radical and staggering way. For Million Dollar Baby, has become a toned and muscular boxer Ready to win the title and to make his coach proudly, Clint Eastwood. For Boys Don’t Cry of Kimberly Price pushed to the extreme until he disguised himself and moved convincingly like a boy. A role inspired by the true and tragic history of the Transgender Brendan Teena.
Hilary Swank Prime and in “Boy’s Don’t Cry”.
Pierfrancesco Favino in The traitor
Italy also has its transformist. Favino, an actor from national pride also beloved abroad, uses his body to identify with every role. For the protagonist of Senza no pityis gainhed by over 20 kilos. «Taking those kilos was very useful to understand where I looked at the world. We are obsessed with beauty, as if love and sex were destined only for the beautiful, here is the manifestation of another type of beauty “. For The traitor by Marco Bellocchio, in which he masterfully interprets the mafia Tommaso Buscetta, He added another 9 kilos.
Pierfrancesco Favino natural and fattened in “The Traitor” (01Distribution)
Alessandro Borghi in On my skin
For the first godfather of the Venice Festival 2017, play the role of Stefano Cucchi in the biographical film On my skin It was a double challenge. The first is the emotional one: he had to study the trial cards well for one of the most paradigmatic black chronicle of our judicial system. The second difficulty was to lose 18 kilos To better represent the physical consumption of a young man betrayed by justice.
Although he was followed by a nutritionist for the entire duration of the shooting, Alessandro Borghi confessed to having become intractable in the last stages of weight loss. Interviewed by Amica, the actor told his moments of weakness. “When I went in front of the pastry shop under the house I stared at her as you look at a jewelry store, leaning on the showcase.”
Alessandro Borghi before and after weight loss for “On my skin” (Lucky Red)
Stefano Accorsi at 54 with the muscles for a top secret role
His recent photographs on the Instagram profileThat show a sculptural physique like Iron Manwent around the web. Stefano Accorsi shows that at 54 years old – and for a good role in a top secret film – the man of steel can also become. It is certainly not his first physical transformation as a star for a cinematographic part: in 2016 in Fast as the wind by Matteo Rovere next to Matilda De Angelis, he was slimming in a showy way For the part of a drug addict, ace of the engines.
Stefano Accorsi today and in the film “Fast as the wind” (01Distribution)