The one actor that everyone talks about who goes through extreme measures to prepare for a role is Christian Bale. Not only is he known for gaining and losing obscene and unhealthy amounts of weigh for movie roles, the research and preparation he does is extraordinary. When we think of these extremes that actors go through, we normally think “appearance” but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
There are actors who go to measures in real life that are extremely dangerous and risky just so that they can get into a character’s psyche. Some use method acting where they are entrenched in a character 24 hours a day. Some meet with real life people who represent the characters they play. Whatever the preparation is, there are actors they go well above and beyond the call of duty for a role.
Here are 20 such actors and the lengths they went to:
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