The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Packing on the Pounds

Norton put on 30 pounds for the role. He mixed weighted exercises with traditional calisthenics to make it look like he was actually training in a prison format. He even received an Oscar for his performance, partly because of his transformation.

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The More You Know

  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • While filming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Shia LaBeouf invested $20,000 in the stock market and ended up making more than $400,000.
  • 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.
  • In every scene of Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup.
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