The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

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Leto played a transgender woman who was in the process of receiving treatment for HIV. For this role, he dropped 30-40 pounds in a few months. He won a Golden Globe, an Oscar, and a SAG award as best supporting actor that year. 

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The More You Know

  • Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
  • The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
  • They designed E.T.'s face by combining Albert Einstein, Carl Sandburg and a pug dog.
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