The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Re-Creating Yourself, Safely

Hill looks back on his life of being cast as the "fat kid" in movies with disdain for the industry's fetishization of the "ideal body type." Hill wants everyone to know that if you want to make changes to your appearance, then do it if it makes you happy. But, he encourages people to look within to learn to love and appreciate your unique, beautiful appearance for what it is, not what you want it to be. 

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The More You Know

  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
  • During the filming of the movie Titanic, an angry crew member put PCP in James Cameron’s soup, sending him and 50 others to the hospital.
  • Beck Hansen wrote and composed the music played by the fictional band S*x Bob-omb in the movie "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World".
  • 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.
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