If you love
your job, some people will tell you that you're lucky. But can we say the same
for actors who have almost become crazy after playing a role in the cinema?
Those we are talking about today know better than anyone the meaning of the word "madness."
At ViralGog,
we found real fanatics who touched us too. This article shows us that some of
us are taking their jobs seriously.
Anne
Hathaway, Les Misérables
Her tragic
role in the movie Les Misérables was the biggest challenge of her entire
career. The actress had to shave her hair and lose 10 to 15 pounds in just
twenty days. The empathy she felt for the characters eventually affected her
mental health. Anne confessed later that she needed a few weeks to distinguish
the virtual from the real.
Linda Blair,
The Exorcist
Linda Blair
was only 13 years old when she played the role of Regan MacNeil and became
known to the public. The intertwined themes of religion and horror shocked
spectators who were not at all prepared, and the girl was the favorite target
of journalists. Indeed, each interview was an opportunity for them to ask his
opinion of God and the devil, heaven and hell, questions to which the teenager
had no answer. Even today, Linda Blair remembers this period with disgust.
Heath Ledger,
The Batman, The Dark Knight Rises
Perfectionist
Heath Ledger became a victim of his Joker role in Batman, The Dark Knight
Rises. The actor was obsessed with the multi-personality of his character. His
brain was so overwhelmed that he could not disconnect from reality. Heath
Ledger started taking tranquilizers, sleeping pills and then painkillers. He
died on January 22, 2008, at age 28. In 2009, he posthumously won three awards
for this role: a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and an Oscar (as the Best Actor in a
Supporting Role).
Vera Farmiga,
The conjuring
The scary
stories always revolve around terrible events, and The Conjuring is no
exception. Vera Farminga would have received two messages from supernatural
forces. The first was scratches on her laptop, like a scratch mark. She
realized this when she was talking on the phone with the director of the film,
about her role. The second was also marks of scratches, but this time on her skin. She noticed them after a day of filming when she returned home.
Johnny Depp,
Las Vegas Parano
The writer
Hunter Thompson, known to have played a lot with the limits and hallucinogenic
substances, has completely trusted the personality of Johnny Depp. The actor
thus plunged into the universe of the 70s. He lived days with Thompson, rose
between 8 and 9 pm, went to bed around 5 pm the next day, and still wore old
clothes of the 'writer. After filming, he admitted that Hunter's image was like
a virus he accepted wholeheartedly.
Adrien Brody,
The Pianist
The painful
experience experienced by the actor had the effect of a revelation and rebirth
on him. He decided not to use his car anymore, to no longer live in his
comfortable home, and to stop talking to his family. But it was not enough. So
he stopped eating. Following this, he arrived at such a state of desperation
that he played his role to perfection. It still took him six months to return
to a healthy life.
Shelley
Duvall, Shining
The
exceptional Stanley Kubrick always brings out the real emotions of his actors,
using sometimes somewhat dangerous methods. Shelley Duvall suffered from her
extreme perfectionism: she cried for almost 12 hours, had many complaints about
her at home, and had to endure the indifference of the film crew, all for
better to enter into the skin of her character. To keep up, she started
drinking whiskey after the end of the shoot.