The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Losing More Than Weight

While Fassbender was in the process of starving himself, he recounted that he had completely lost his sex drive. He also believed that starving made him more focused and driven to attack his goals, but that was actually just common delusions that humans can experience when severely malnourished. Please, do not do this. 

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The More You Know

  • The cigarette smoked by Sigourney Weaver in Avatar is completely CGI.
  • Michael Fassbender had makeup artists put alcohol on his mustache for a role.
  • Dan Akroyd’s original script for Ghostbusters was set in a future where Ghostbusters were everyday figures of society like paramedics and firemen.
  • While filming Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone's chest so hard, his heart slammed against his breastbone, causing it to swell and his systolic blood pressure shot to over 200. Filming was halted as Stallone was flown to a nearby hospital and spent eight days in intensive care.
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