I *think *that may have been Nicolas Cage. Gee, I wonder why I think that. :rolleyes:
I believe the character that Cage played had sustained a facial injury while in combat.
I know that Sissy Spacek so immersed herself in her role as Loretta Lynn for Coal Miner’s Daughter that she had to distance herself from the singer later to get over it. She used to break down crying on the set because she basically became Loretta and knew all the stories of stuff that didn’t make it on screen and then she basically relived it all.
Sissy is kind of known for that, though. When filming Carrie, she stayed in the blood covered dress for 3 days - refusing to wash and just sleeping in it.
The tooth removal strikes me as way more extreme than anything else mentioned, because I assume he wasn’t able to have them reattached. With everything else mentioned you can usually go back to normal in time.
I’m sure he had a bridge put in so he had the appearance of normalcy. But intentionally starving yourself for months seems like more dedication.
Rumor has it that Harvey Keitel was replaced in Eyes Wide Shut because he ejaculated onto Nicole Kidman, but I think that’s a little off topic from what the OP is asking.
There is, of course, the rumor/urban legend/fact that Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie were actually going at it in the love scene in 1973’s Don’t Look Now.
You can see the NSFW scene here: http://www.movieline.com/2011/03/the-mystery-of-julie-christie-and-donald-sutherlands-sex-scene-in-dont-look-now-solved-nsfw.php
Steve Carrell’s chest waxing scene in The 40-year Old Virgin is actually happening.
…you just listed a hell of a lot of WHO?
Actually, Christian Bale got buff for “American Psycho” (2000).
Then he lost 63 pounds for “The Machinist” (2004).
Then bulked up for “Batman Begins” (2005).
Then lost a lot of weight again for “Rescue Dawn” (2006).
Then bulked up again for “The Dark Knight” (2008).
Then lost quite a bit of weight for “The Fighter” (2010).
Now he’s filming “The Dark Knight Rises”. Presumably Batman still looks buff like Bateman.
Vic Morrow put himself in a dangerous situation with a low flying helicopter…and got killed for it…to satisfy cokehead director John Landis in “Twilight Zone The Movie”.
Not an actor - in the documentary SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, professional masochist/performance artist Bob Flanagan nails his penis to a board, in close up. Oh, and he also dies (unrelated to the nailing).
I have no idea if what you wrote is true, but it would surprise me somewhat if John Landis was a big time cocaine addict, as he was one of the only people in all of showbiz to openly confront John Belushi over his drug addiction, and in fact during one attempted intervention, Landis actually hit Belushi square in the face, despite Belushi weighing at least 100 pounds more than Landis did at the time.
I think there was genuine friendship and affection between those two, and if John Landis was a hardcore addict, it would be more than a little hypocritical for John Landis to come down so strongly on John Belushi if they were both up to the same tricks.
(Also, John Belushi was the undisputed star of Blues Brothers, and by confronting/assaulting Belushi over drugs, Landis was taking a HUGE gamble in his fledgling career by taking the risk of offending a huge star and his movies cash cow)
ETA—after typing this out, I should say that I realize that there have been more than a few hypocritical Hollywood types over the years, so obviously my point about John Landis probably not being a cokehead is far from certain.
One last thing, after John Landis hit John Belushi, JB bust into tears, telling JL that he was ashamed of himself and his addiction, and Landis told Belushi that he loved him like a brother and would do anything he could to help him get clean…
There’s a whole world beyond People magazine.
What magazine are you reading that covers who actually diddled whom? Sounds like some highbrow shit.:rolleyes:
:rolleyes: Of the names you listed, the only one I’ve heard of is Kerry Fox, and I’m a pretty knowledgeable moviegoer.
OK, I looked up the names you listed, and while I’ve seen **Shortbus **& Baise-Moi, I would never have remembered their names. And judging by their credits, two of the women you listed are porn stars.
I’ll just mention that Karen Lancaume was a fairly well-known French hardcore pornstar, who only appeared in at the most a few mainstream movies. Killed herself a few years ago.
Uh, or so I’ve heard from my shadier friends. Yep, friends.
Funny that I…mean, my friends…recognized the name right away. 
Not as bad as some of the things here but for the movie Spawn John Linquenzamo (horrible last name spelling…) ate a slice of pizza with live maggots on it.
I’ve also heard that Daniel Day Lewis is really hard to work with because he does so much to get into “character”.
Personally I think a good actor shouldn’t have to do all that BS to get into character…but what do I know?
Nicolas Cage/Vampire’s Kiss has already been mentioned in this thread, but it has to be seen to be believed:
