11 actors, whose lives have changed forever after the role in the movie

Watching the next film, few people think about what the story of his creation, and how the actors coped with their task. At some stars the life has cardinally changed after a role in cinema.

The life of Hollywood stars looks easy and carefree, but it's far from the case. It's not easy to get involved in this or that role, and there are times when the game absorbs so much that the whole life changes radically. This can be seen by looking at real examples of famous actors.

1. Isabel Adjani - "Obsessed"

Most of all, people's lives are affected by horror films, and as an example, you can bring a picture taken in 1981. To play Anna, the actress had to put a lot of physical and emotional efforts, which adversely affected her condition. Ajani in the interview told that after the shooting was a long time led a reclusive way of life, and she had to spend several years on the treatment and recovery of her mental state. In addition, she admitted that she would never again audition for roles in such films.

2. Tom Cruise - "With wide eyes closed"

When a pair of lovers Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were asked to play in the film of the genius Stanley Kubrick, they were very happy to work together. Filming lasted more than a year, because to every scene the director carped to the smallest detail. All this became the reason that lovers began to quarrel often, and as a result their marriage broke up.

3. Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"

To prepare for a new role, the actress had to take desperate steps: shave her head and sit on a strict diet to lose weight. She admitted that the shooting was a real test, because she did not have the strength. Because of physical and emotional exhaustion, the star lost contact with reality during work, which negatively affected her psychological state. Ann said that after filming for a long time could not normally respond to events around.

4. Hugh Laurie - "Doctor House"

Great glory to the British actor brought the role of a gloomy doctor, one of the main chips of which was lameness. He had to depict limping for eight years (so many shots lasted), which affected his health, so he had pain in his knee. As a result, Laurie had to limp and in ordinary life. To ease his condition, he sometimes changed his leg, which was limping, but it did not help.

5. Heath Ledger - "The Dark Knight"

The unsurpassed play of the actor in the role of the Joker was rated by spectators and critics for the highest score, for which he was awarded an Oscar prize. Honored award to the actor could not hold in his hands, as it was awarded posthumously. Ledger died because of an overdose of drugs. Many are sure that it was the game in the movie "The Dark Knight" that caused all the blame. To prepare for the role and better understand the world of crazy people, Hit before the shoots lived in isolation, kept a diary and plunged into a new state for him. As a result, depression and insomnia arose, which led to the use of painkillers, antidepressants and hypnotics. Frightening is the fact that the last entry in the actor's diary is the phrase "Bye Bye".

6. Brandon Lee - "The Crow"

Fatal for the actor was working in a dramatic film. In one scene, a blank cartridge was to be fired at him, but, by coincidence, the bullet was fighting, and Brandon died right on the landing. An interesting fact - the actor did not manage to act in one scene, during which he fell after death from height. In it, another actor was already filming, and the face of Brandon Lee was "put on" his face during the editing. After this terrible incident, this method of processing is used in other films to "revive" the dead actors.

7. Keanu Reeves - The Matrix

With one of the most popular films, many tragedies are connected, so even a concept was invented such as the "curse of the Matrix". For example, a friend of Reeves's first child was born, and then she died. The actress, approved for the role of Zi, passed away, so the shooting was postponed for several months. There was a situation in which Keanu himself nearly died, crashing on a motorcycle uphill. The actor admitted that the "curse of the Matrix" haunted him for a long time. In addition, during the filming of the second part of the film, Kianu became a convinced Buddhist, so he forced on the site to read mantras and burn incense to protect everyone from negativity. After that, many began to regard Rivza as a "black sheep".

8. Shelley Duval - "The Shining"

During the filming of one of the best horror films of all time, Shelley had to pass a real test. For example, in a famous scene with a baseball bat, the actress's scream was not faked, but is the result of nervous exhaustion, since the director of the film made the girl replay the stage a huge number of times, which ended in a nervous breakdown for her. In the interview, she told me that the shooting took almost a year, and for about nine months she had to scream for 12 hours a day. As a result, after completing the shooting for several years Shelley suffered from a mental disorder.

9. Johnny Depp - "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

After the actor received the role of writer and journalist Hunter Thompson, he decided to carefully study his life and manners, so even moved to the basement. Unsurpassed game Depp was so believable that the crew questioned whether it was under the influence of "acid". After the completion of the work, Johnny for a long time could not get rid of the manners of his character, and he was friends with Thompson before his suicide. Love for alcohol and an unstable psychological state have caused many problems in the life of a talented actor.

10. Adrian Brody - "The Pianist"

The actor set a goal - get used to the role to the maximum, so he decided to give up everything (sold the car, flat, turned off the phone) and even leave the girl, because in another way he would not have felt what it's like to lose everything. In addition, he refused for several weeks from eating. He told journalists that after the shooting, he was depressed for a long time and doubted whether he would be able to return to normal life without going insane. To recover, Brody took a year and a half.

11. Janet Lee - "Psycho"

Thanks to the incredible talent of Alfred Hitchcock, the world saw a cult film in which the psychology of the murderer was demonstrated. For the actress, who played the role of a victim, shooting was a test. For example, the scene in which the heroine was killed in the shower, causing a huge number of knife strikes, was shot for a whole week. In her interviews, Li confessed that she had been afraid of shower cabins for a long time after working in Psycho, so she always opened the curtain and looked at the door.

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