Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables

Anne Hathaway really lived up to the title in Les Misérables. In order to lose weight for the role, Hathaway stuck to a strict diet of dried oatmeal paste. She also banished her husband to the U.S. so she could further envelop herself in the character's dark mental space. Her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" brought critics to tears and earned her an Academy Award nomination, but Hathaway spent the majority of filming in a state of psychological torment.

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The More You Know

Charles Bronson, Britain's most violent prisoner, actually shaved his trademark mustache off so Tom Hardy could wear it during the filming of "Bronson", which was based on his life in prison.
Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
Jennifer Lopez was the first actress to have a movie and an album hit number one in the same week.
Gone With the Wind’s fire scene is old sets being burned.

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