Actors Who Were Traumatized By Their Most Intense Roles

The People vs. O.J. Simpson and American Horror Story

Once he tried her first few cigarettes, Paulson found herself looking forward to the scenes that required her to light up a cigarette. Marcia Clark, who Paulson was playing in the Netflix hit The People vs. O.J. Simpson, was a known chair-smoker in real life. Paulson said the ordeal was "a real situation" as she developed a nicotine addiction.

That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.
They designed E.T.'s face by combining Albert Einstein, Carl Sandburg and a pug dog.
During the filming of The Grinch, Jim Carrey sought counseling from a Navy SEAL to learn torture-resistance techniques in order to handle the extensive makeup.
In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.

Actors Who Were Traumatized By Their Most Intense Roles

The People vs. O.J. Simpson and American Horror Story

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