Gorgeous Actors Who Went Unrecognizably Ugly for Movie Roles

Making it in Hollywood means doing anything for a role. And that includes changing your look to be gross. So that’s why these beautiful actors who went ugly for movie roles did what they did.

Seems like working in showbiz isn’t always so glamorous…

Anne Hathaway (Ocean’s Eight)

Anne Hathaway got her big break in 2001’s “The Princess Diaries,” a film that involved her character, Mia Thermopolis, undergoing her own ugly duckling transformation. But it wasn’t until 2012’s “Les Misérables” that audiences really got to see Hathaway physically transform.

Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

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Hathaway was so dedicated to playing Fantine that she chopped her long hair and dropped 25 pounds through a hardcore cleanse and diet of dried oatmeal paste. “I was in such a state of deprivation—physical and emotional,” she said.

“When I got home, I couldn’t react to the chaos of the world without being overwhelmed […] It took me weeks till I felt like myself again.”

Vincent D’Onofrio (Adventures in Babysitting)

The Vincent D’Onofrio audiences are familiar with these days may look a lot closer to his character in 1987’s “Full Metal Jacket.” But at the time he was cast for the role, the 6-foot-3-inch actor was only 210 pounds.

Vincent D’Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket)

To play the big and clumsy Leonard Pyle, D’Onofrio gained 70 pounds and shaved his head. “I gained weight everywhere. My thighs were tremendous, my arms were tremendous, even my nose was fat.

I had a tough time tying my shoelaces.”