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  • Movie magic isn't just a saying, it's a real thing!

  • I mean, where else but a movie set can you enter as yourself and come out a completely

  • different person or even creature!

  • Actor transformations are a thing to behold, especially in the case of

  • #13.

  • Charlize Theron in Monster Ever wonder what the stunning Charlize Theron

  • would look like if she were a man-hunting murderer?

  • Well, this 2003 flick will show ya!

  • Along with Theron's Oscar-winning performance, her makeup, prosthetics, and dedication to

  • the art of acting completely transformed her into the late serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

  • The actress donned a pair of crooked teeth and freckles and even put on weight for the

  • role!

  • Audiences were floored by her transformation, and Stephen Holden of the New York Times said,

  • Charlize Theron pulls off the year's most astounding screen makeover…”

  • And I'd have to agree with him on that one!

  • #12.

  • Cate Blanchett in Manifesto Actress Cate Blanchett blew movie-goers away

  • in 2015 with her performances in Manifesto.

  • Yes, performances, that's plural.

  • In the film, she portrayed a whopping 13 personas!

  • In one role, she rocks a beanie and disheveled facial hair, and in another, she's covered

  • in tattoos and wears a short, chic brunette wig.

  • And knowing how beautiful and poised Blanchett is in real life, it's pretty shocking to

  • see her as a scruffy dude and other rough-around-the-edges types of characters.

  • Then again, as a truly gifted Oscar-winning actress, I'm not too surprised Blanchett

  • could handle all these roles!

  • #11.

  • Bill Skarsgård in It Ah, yes, the 2017 horror flick that managed

  • to stir up that intense fear of clowns we all thought we'd finally gotten over 27

  • years after watching the 1990 version.

  • No, just me?

  • Anyway, who would've thought that the actor who was transformed into the nightmare-inducing

  • children-eating clown is actually a nice-looking young Swedish man by the name of Bill Skarsgård!

  • But along with the red wig and creepy yet colorful makeup, Pennywise's scariest feature

  • was his smile.

  • To create it, Skarsgård explained that he'd do a thing with his lip along with an off-putting

  • movement in his lazy eye to makeas much of a weird disturbing performance as possible”.

  • And he definitely succeeded at that!

  • Almost makes you feel bad for all those birthday party clowns that couldn't get any work

  • after everyone had seen Skarsgård's performance!

  • Yeah, almost

  • #10.

  • Dan Stevens in Beauty and the Beast Actor Dan Stevens is anything but a beast

  • in real life.

  • But with some good makeup artists and prosthetics, even someone as handsome as Stevens can morph

  • into a giant, broken-hearted, hairy creature stuck in a castle!

  • But makeup wasn't the only magic present in this 2017 film.

  • CGI is what took the Beast's look to the next level.

  • During filming, Stevens had to wear a heavy, bulky motion-capture suit to make him look

  • much bigger than he actually was.

  • The actor told USA Today, “It's an ordeal for my calf muscles alone!”

  • But along with full-body shots in the suit, the actor also had to go into the special-effects

  • studio and recreate the same scenes but with just his facial features.

  • These facial-capture sessions would get close up on the actor's face, studying how he

  • spoke and even slurped soup!

  • But that hard work was obviously worth it, right?

  • #9.

  • Jacob Tremblay in Wonder At the time the movie Wonder was being made,

  • 11-year-old actor Jacob Tremblay was already enduring what most grown-up actors consider

  • unbearable.

  • That is, hours in the makeup chair!

  • Being that the 2017 film is about a boy named Auggie who struggles to fit into the world

  • while dealing with the effects of Treacher Collins syndrome, the makeup and hair team

  • had a big job to do on set.

  • FX artist Arjen Tuiten (who, by the way, was also the talent behind Angelina Jolie's

  • Maleficent and some creatures in Pan's Labyrinth) worked his magic on Tremblay, completely transforming

  • him into Auggie.

  • In fact, Tremblay would endure an hour and a half in the makeup chair every morning.

  • But before the final look came to be, Tuiten and his team spent months testing and re-sculpting

  • the perfect look for the actor, including the hair, makeup and prosthetics.

  • #8.

  • Richard Brake in Game of Thrones If you were to put actor Richard Brake's

  • picture next to The Night King from the Game of Thrones, you'd bet money on them being

  • completely different people.

  • And that's why it's not all that surprising to learn that it took about 6 hours to transform

  • Brake into the creepy white walker.

  • Add another 3 hours to take it all off after shooting is complete, and that's 9 hours

  • just on FX makeup!

  • Man, and I thought I take forever to get ready every day

  • #7.

  • Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour Do period dramas tend to make you fall asleep?

  • Well, that probably isn't the case in Darkest Hour, a 2017 biopic about Winston Churchill

  • featuring respected actor Gary Oldman.

  • You have to give it to the makeup team because they took an actor who really didn't resemble

  • the famous British prime minister and made Oldman look EXACTLY like Churchill!

  • According to Darkest Hour's twitter, it took an incredible amount of time for artist

  • Kazuhiro Tsuji to achieve the transformation.

  • That included 13 makeup tests, 48 consecutive shooting days, and 200 hours of Oldman sitting

  • in the makeup chair!

  • Geeze, I feel tired just hearing about all that work!

  • #6.

  • Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad Who would've thought that such a sweet face

  • could turn into one of the most kooky, demented characters in the Suicide Squad!

  • If you recall, Margot Robbie was rocking bright-colored makeup and even brighter pigtails to play

  • the role of Harley Quinn in the 2016 film.

  • In an interview with The Washington Post's Comic Riffs, Robbie explained how tiring it

  • was to wear the costume on set every day.

  • She explained that the wig and the costume were hard to deal with, but her gold bangles

  • were actually the most uncomfortable since the spikes on them would stab her during action

  • scenes!

  • Whoa, talk about hazards of the job!

  • #5.

  • Daniel Radcliffe in Horns Wait, are you sure that's the same Daniel

  • Radcliffe we all know as the boy wizard in the Harry Potter series?

  • Whoa

  • Well, as the 2013 film's title suggests, Radcliffe got to boast his own pair of horns

  • when he took on the role of Ig.

  • The actor explained to Entertainment Weekly that this was a “horrific transformation

  • but it wasvery, very exciting”.

  • He had to sit for several hours in the makeup chair before coming on set in order to get

  • his makeup, hair, and prosthetics just right.

  • I mean, be honest, just looking at this horned beast, would you have ever guessed that it

  • was Daniel Radcliffe under all that?

  • Incredible!

  • #4.

  • Nicholas Hoult in Mad Max: Fury Road Nicholas Hoult's transformation in 2015's

  • Mad Max: Fury Road was nothing short of jaw-dropping.

  • With that bald head, black eyes, and skin covered in scars and tumors, you'd never

  • guess that it was the same handsome English actor we saw in movies like X-Men and Jack

  • the Giant Slayer.

  • Hoult's transformation into the terminally ill Nux apparently took two hours of makeup

  • every day of shooting.

  • #3.

  • Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas The makeup artists for 2012's Cloud Atlas

  • managed to pull off the impossible: they turned the stunning Halle Barry into a wrinkly old

  • man.

  • Applause everyone!

  • According to Entertainment Weekly, Berry worked with costume designer Pierre-Yves and hair

  • and makeup artist Daniel Parker to rock the look of this elderly Korean man.

  • Parker explained that when creating an old face like he did on Berry, it was important

  • to keep his strokes light so that the features would be more subtle.

  • Well, I was anything but subtly surprised by this transformation!

  • #2.

  • Joel Edgerton in Bright With a 2017 film about a universe in which

  • humans, elves, fairies, and orcs all coexist, it's not surprising that some seriously

  • awesome makeup and special effects would be involved.

  • To transform actor Joel Edgerton into an orc cop by the name of Nick Jakoby, artists worked

  • on him for around 3 hours a day every time he was on set.

  • But while this sounds pretty taxing, the actor admitted that the process was actually a bit

  • freeing since he didn't have to think about vanity anymore.

  • Ah, the troubles of being gorgeous!

  • #1.

  • Doug Jones in The Shape of Water Latex, latex, latex!

  • Actor Doug Jones got very familiar with this material during his time on set for the 2017

  • hit film The Shape of Water.

  • According to indiewire.com, the actor couldn't text on his phone or even turn a doorknob

  • while in his head-to-toe (er, “fin”) costume.

  • For this transformation, Jones had to sit still in a chair as 4 people squeezed him

  • into a body suit made of latex, foam, and rubber.

  • He also wore web-fingered gloves and a fiberglass helmet complete with buzzing mechanics that

  • controlled his gills.

  • And this was all before he'd have to hang from a hip harness, bob in water, and attempt

  • scuba-diving-inspired moves.

  • Well done, Doug Jones, well done.

  • Can you add any more mind-blowing actor transformations to the list?

  • Leave them in the comment section down below!

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