![Russell Crowe](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~20~c15a3be8-877e-430c-ad27-be2a8deff17c.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
The incredible physical transformations of actresses and actors for roles
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The incredible physical transformations of actresses and actors for roles
![Russell Crowe](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~20~c15a3be8-877e-430c-ad27-be2a8deff17c.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
![The actor underwent a big transformation to slip into the shoes of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for “The Loudest Voice” in 2019](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~20~24c95bcb-33be-4fc8-8318-b0dd11a7c16b.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
The actor underwent a big transformation to slip into the shoes of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for “The Loudest Voice” in 2019
![Matthew McConaughey](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~e245847c-b742-4798-aca2-3261f5811f7f.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Matthew McConaughey
![He managed an impressive weight loss for “Dallas Buyers Club” in 2014](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~920cfd10-5659-4ac0-9cbf-2ee7525e4223.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/crop-zone/0%2C0-1803x3000/picture.jpeg)
He managed an impressive weight loss for “Dallas Buyers Club” in 2014
![He put the weight back on in 2016 for “Gold” where he appears almost bald](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~56457d59-c149-4646-b007-fa6b99c6d731.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/crop-zone/380%2C109-2640x2027/picture.jpeg)
He put the weight back on in 2016 for “Gold” where he appears almost bald
![Jared Leto](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~2b87e476-f803-46f8-b8c0-27f02fe3054b.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Jared Leto
![He gained 28kg to play John Lennon's killer in “Chapter 27” in 2008](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~73a87c77-0468-4b8a-9c4f-20eb0defff63.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
He gained 28kg to play John Lennon's killer in “Chapter 27” in 2008
![Then lost a lot of it to play the Joker in “Suicide Squad” in 2016](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~f9901d79-bfe1-4244-8506-6e771b1df9ec.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Then lost a lot of it to play the Joker in “Suicide Squad” in 2016
![Charlize Theron](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~cabaf490-b1b0-46d1-9a9a-4ad54d6ca182.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Charlize Theron
![She transformed herself to play the lead role in “Monster” in 2004](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~e166bb38-3a9e-4484-9555-c066d7313532.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
She transformed herself to play the lead role in “Monster” in 2004
![Gary Oldman](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~90051be7-604a-4ee6-8601-b1e580486cbf.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Gary Oldman
![He was unrecognisable as Winston Churchill for “Darkest Hour” in 2017](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~4a78ef45-54ca-4a37-8fcf-7712803a2998.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
He was unrecognisable as Winston Churchill for “Darkest Hour” in 2017
![Jake Gyllenhaal](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~b2175957-8f34-4548-bd0c-7cd0e83befef.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Jake Gyllenhaal
![He gained a lot of muscle in "Southpaw" in 2015](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~adc7abcd-6e96-4ac4-9271-dc374c03d107.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
He gained a lot of muscle in "Southpaw" in 2015
![Christian Bale](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~f804dfdd-4d2a-4393-9eb4-2303c20f6632.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Christian Bale
![He lost no less than 28 kg for his role in “The Machinist” in 2005](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~02a97f98-0334-4049-83c4-5157a558d13e.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
He lost no less than 28 kg for his role in “The Machinist” in 2005
![He can be found overweight and balding as Dick Cheney in “Vice” in 2018](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~235ea4fa-476b-4e27-baa7-b88196b41239.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
He can be found overweight and balding as Dick Cheney in “Vice” in 2018
![Sean Penn](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~19~95f2055e-9dac-46c2-bf26-4a91914b6944.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Sean Penn
![He appears quite different as a former gothic rock star in the 2011 “This Must Be The Place”](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~19~fa3bd2b1-0209-415d-b0cf-b71220536056.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/crop-zone/440%2C5-2906x2172/picture.jpeg)
He appears quite different as a former gothic rock star in the 2011 “This Must Be The Place”
![Helena Bonham Carter](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~c7b3205e-4018-4162-8ad0-6097e481e9a5.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/crop-zone/0%2C0-1662x1536/picture.jpeg)
Helena Bonham Carter
![She became the evil red queen in “Alice in Wonderland” in 2003](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~dde632a5-9266-49ff-bde5-a214dadecaa0.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
She became the evil red queen in “Alice in Wonderland” in 2003
![and the witch in “Big Fish” in the same year](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~f31ebf31-d098-4885-be41-50c77d969d77.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
and the witch in “Big Fish” in the same year
![Javier Bardem](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~fd9b940c-874a-4b9f-a0b3-18b3bb372e2a.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Javier Bardem
![He metamorphosed into Captain Salazar in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge” in 2017](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~e5e4a824-97a2-4386-905a-63949f806e9a.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
He metamorphosed into Captain Salazar in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge” in 2017
![Renée Zellweger](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~9a14302c-0c7e-4783-b9c5-018403cf1737.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Renée Zellweger
![As a brunette in Rupert Goold's “Judy” in 2019](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~e031b972-028b-4ada-a0cb-ef332286243e.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
As a brunette in Rupert Goold's “Judy” in 2019
![Nicole Kidman](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~86d80698-6288-428c-bf5a-8795adc54fbc.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Nicole Kidman
![She donned a false nose in 2008 to play Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's “The Hours”](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~f0f0ef38-d5c5-4dc0-9021-b40a8f6cbd87.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
She donned a false nose in 2008 to play Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's “The Hours”
![Robert de Niro received an Oscar...](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~0bcd86c2-5df4-4b7b-8bc3-6abe0b349125.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Robert de Niro received an Oscar...
![for his interpretation of Jake La Motta in “Raging Bull” in 1981](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~edf4a460-70af-4d24-b4d6-a10774d8b8b9.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
for his interpretation of Jake La Motta in “Raging Bull” in 1981
![Emma Thompson](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~ec838011-872f-4820-b441-c7c267825746.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Emma Thompson
![She became the funny Professor Sybill Trelawney in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” in 2011](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~c49ae6bc-c2db-44ce-9a61-484d4bc31f8d.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
She became the funny Professor Sybill Trelawney in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” in 2011
![Hilary Swank](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~14d6f0a5-956f-4515-bda3-8bd0ed8fe623.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Hilary Swank
![She became a boy in the 1999 drama “Boys Don't Cry”](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~a46d08e7-08c8-47ab-b6e3-e8fa373bf775.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
She became a boy in the 1999 drama “Boys Don't Cry”
![Gillian Anderson](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~95d3b1c7-25a7-4cdd-a499-2cdc347de077.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Gillian Anderson
![She became Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of “The Crown” in 2020](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~c6b85bbf-831b-433a-aca4-f1382ce461ca.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
She became Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of “The Crown” in 2020
![Accustomed to physical transformations, Johnny Depp...](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~2ab78b62-6d1d-417d-815f-6a792d2842ff.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Accustomed to physical transformations, Johnny Depp...
![became the Hatter in “Alice in Wonderland” in 2003...](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~fd7df61d-a5fc-4f31-a3e2-2ddea4d1c750.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
became the Hatter in “Alice in Wonderland” in 2003...
![Then a dangerous criminal in “Black Mass” in 2015...](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~9431e042-d933-47c1-97a1-dc3af7668982.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/crop-zone/513%2C811-2307x2211/picture.jpeg)
Then a dangerous criminal in “Black Mass” in 2015...
![But also the wizard Grindelwald in “Fantastic Beasts” in 2018](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~a4437eee-71d2-456c-943b-bd253990da68.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/crop-zone/712%2C0-4276x2362/picture.jpeg)
But also the wizard Grindelwald in “Fantastic Beasts” in 2018
![Ralph Fiennes](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~0ccc55ac-d4f4-48dd-9b5e-f399bc4f139e.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Ralph Fiennes
![He is unrecognisable and scary as Lord Voldemort in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in 2009](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~26c5f226-faae-4e84-a0ab-1e90e2bdd762.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
He is unrecognisable and scary as Lord Voldemort in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in 2009
![Vanessa Hudgens](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~74404c08-e2e0-4247-8f08-b4909765251f.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)
Vanessa Hudgens
![as a confused teenager in “Gimme Shelter” in 2014](https://uksas.img.pmdstatic.net/scale/~1~desas~2021~10~18~5b511b13-025b-45ba-9805-ab70c380fa4a.jpeg/autox450/quality/65/crop-from/center/picture.jpeg)