# List of attractive actors who became ugly for a role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455 "2011-01-05T04:15:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/41 "2011-01-10T22:01:09Z")
Is Christian Slater an attractive man? If so, I think he became something else in _He Was a Quiet Man_ (a film about which I have mixed feelings). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/42 "2011-01-10T22:48:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight Nah, that was just make-up and dirty clothes. If he were alive, I’d still do him. Hard. Another vote for Amy Sedaris in _Strangers With Candy_. Hilary Swank in _Boys Don’t Cry_, unless you’re into skinny butch dykes in which case she is pretty hot. Felicity Huffman was pretty brave for playing someone born male in [TransAmerica.](http://img.listal.com/image/1187320/500full.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/43 "2011-01-10T23:13:33Z")
[Toni Colette](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Collette) put on a few pounds and a lot of bad make up for [Muriel’s Wedding](http://www.stereogum.com/img/toni1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/44 "2011-01-10T23:41:42Z")
Minnie Driver in Circle of Friends. She may have just happened to have been fat at the time though. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/45 "2011-01-10T23:48:05Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Christian Bale in **The Machinist.** [And how!](http://blog.cyberion.net/2008/12/impressive-christian-bale.html) That was unbelievable, but it’s 100% Christian Bale. ---
**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/46 "2011-01-11T21:33:15Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And yet she insisted that it “not be about the makeup.” And she succeeded at that. Yeah, Charlize Theron was who I was gonna post, but it should have been obvious that it would be foremost on a lot of people’s minds. Perhaps she was so willing to do it because she’s already so unquestionably hot that she didn’t have to worry about marring her public image/perception of her beauty? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/47 "2011-01-11T21:51:32Z")
**John Barrymore** in _Dr. Jeckyll and Mister Hyde_ – one of the silent ones. He refused to use makeup, so Mr. Hyde is all him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/48 "2011-01-11T23:11:03Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Hilary Swank in Seabiscuit. Now, now. Marlon Brando in The Godfather. He was far more handsome at the time. By the time he reprised the look for The Freshman it wasn’t a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/49 "2011-01-16T00:21:42Z")
Not exactly known for acting but 50Cent recently lost a lot of weight for a role as a cancer patient. > **[50 Cent's Weight Loss DETAILS: How He Did It, How Far He Went](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/50-cents-weight-loss-deta_n_593953)** > > 50 Cent's Weight Loss DETAILS: How He Did It, How Far He Went and has apparently put some of it back on. > **[50 Cent Weight Gain: Not So Skinny Anymore (PHOTOS)](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/50-cent-weight-gain-not-s_n_664062)** > > 50 Cent Weight Gain: Not So Skinny Anymore (PHOTOS) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/50 "2011-01-16T02:36:02Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Eww. Aren’t there much more fun ways to get fat? Seriously! Unless Jared Leto’s all-time favorite food is McDonald’s fish sandwiches, which wouldn’t really surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/51 "2011-01-16T02:58:44Z")
Jim Sturgess in [Heartless](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220214/) Ralph Fiennes in the Harry Potter movies I also remember Jennifer Jason Leigh made up to look beyond plain in a historical movie, but I can’t remember which. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455.md?page=2)