Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Vera Farmiga in The Conjuring

Prior to signing on for The Conjuring, Vera Farmiga knew little of her character's past. Ed and Lorraine Warren were real-life paranormal investigators who were associated with high-profile hauntings. On the night Farmiga began researching Warren's work, she ended a phone call with director James Wan and opened her laptop only to be met with "three digital claw marks, from the upper right diagonal to the lower left."

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