Bjork, Dancer in the Dark
A sexist director drove Bjork up a wall and into her home. Lars von Trier was so terrible and misogynistic to the elusive singer that she vowed to never again make a movie. When telling his side of the story, Lars said "[T]he problem with her was a little bit like the problem you have with women — sometimes they do something that you don’t really understand."
Christian Bale, The Machinist
Bale is no stranger to changing his appearance for the right part. He's gained loads of weight, lost it all, gotten super ripped, and then super skinny all over again. For this film, the actor lost over 60 pounds and weighed only about 120 pounds. He lived on only water, an apple, one single cup of coffee, cigarettes, and whiskey.
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