Chris Hemsworth shocked many when a photo surfaced recently, featuring him gaunt and his face obscured by facial hair.
The actor tweeted the picture while referencing his upcoming movie Into the Heart of the Sea:
Out in December, Sea focuses on the crew on board the Essex, who get stranded and need to survive. The story is said to be the basis for novel Moby Dick. To get ready for three to four weeks of shooting, Hemsworth lived on 500 calories per day, he told Entertainment Weekly over the summer.
But the Thor actor is just the latest in a long line of stars who’ve taken extreme measures for their art. Some, like Christian Bale, went to one end – getting very gaunt for The Machinist – and then bulked up, like he did to play Dickie Ecklund, Jr., in The Fighter. So, less than a month before Sea hits theaters, we list 10 other actors who’ve transformed their appearance for film roles.