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10 Best Shape Shifting Performances

joblo.com — I'm not talking shape shifting like Mystique in the literal sense. I'm talking about actors who physically altered themselves for the craft. Bulked up, slimmed down, got fat, got skinny, got ugly...

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 4, 2008

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  • dbldn, on 07/03/2008, -0/+12You can find 10-6 Here: http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=21733

    10. Leonardo DiCaprio - WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE
    9. Benicio Del Toro - FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
    8. Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
    7. Cate Blanchett - I'M NOT THERE
    6. Russell Crowe - THE INSIDER
  • ThatDustyGuy, on 07/04/2008, -0/+8Robert Downy Jr. in the upcoming movie, Tropic Thunder.

    http://screenrant.com/images/downey-jr-tropic-thun ...
  • inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8Excellent list. There should be no debate about that 1# choice.

    Robert Deniro's performance in Raging Bull is legendary. He is the consummate method actor.
  • ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -0/+7aside from the physical weight gain it's amazing what these makeup artists can do: i.e. #2 charlize theron.
  • chadwalters23, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7C.Thomas Howell - Soul Man.
  • gvolt9amer, on 07/04/2008, -1/+7No Edward Norton?? (American History X)
  • aptanalogy, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6Michael: You haven’t auditioned yet?
    Tobias: (painted entirely blue) Oh, no, no. I’m not in the group yet. No, I’m afraid I just blue myself.
    Michael: There’s got to be a better way to say that.
  • Nezacant, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5They were right on with the 1 - 5 list. Those actors put themselves through hell to become their characters. Good list.
  • koreaski, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5good. eddie murphy continues to be ignored.
  • WallsOfPeril, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4I would add Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote. He did not lose or gain weight but he nonetheless transmogrified is a really critical way.
  • RedStateRetard, on 07/04/2008, -1/+5John Goodman had to lose 40lbs TO PLAY BABE RUTH!
  • gryphon50, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4the amazing thing about Charlize Theron's performance was not just her looks but her voice, expressions, gestures, etc. She is just completely unrecognizable in that role.
  • Unlgued, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Ed Norton: http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/ ...

    Pic from movie: http://rt3reviews.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/0 ...
    Scene from movie (Violence, Language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEtN0-vF90
  • pingpants, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3marion cotillard in "la vie en rose" - height, weight, age, gestures, etc
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3No one has anything on Arnold! -

    http://images.google.com/images?q=arnold%20before% ...
  • ClemsonPoker, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3He was right, I think Bale should have been #1, Theron #2, and DiNero #3.

    But when that's the most I can find to disagree with on a random internet list, good job.
  • Niubai, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3Stallone in Copland. He was fat as a whale.
  • Zandarrr, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3Bale deserves the #1 slot. He destroyed himself for that movie. He should also get the #2 slot for going from sickly thin to big and muscular.
  • RedStateRetard, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3"transmogrified"?!?
    Did have a pet tiger named Hobbes?
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3Leonardo DiCaprio looked retarded to begin with. Shouldn't be on that list.
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2What, he went from being his normal unkempt fat slob self to ...a well spoken slob? I don't see it.
  • Hosalabad, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Give 2 spots to Tom Hanks. He put on all kinds of weight for A League of Their Own.
  • BoneheadFarker, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2Didn't he just play himself in that movie?
  • TimTheSuperGuy, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2Sling Blade should def. be on there, and Gerard Butler in 300. They went through hell to bulk up that much muscle.
  • Destrider, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2What about Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade.
  • Thrilltone, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1I knew DeNiro and Theron had to be 1 & 2, before I clicked
  • jlungu, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1As naturally beautiful as Charlize Theron is, she can become one scary lookin' woman.
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Reminded me alot of Mask with Eric Stoltz.
  • kidcodea, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Theron OGC
  • RoccoMcTaco, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1You shouldn't a dun that.
  • Mononuclear, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Russel Crowe looks exactly the same but a little older... Not much of a transformation.
  • ThatDustyGuy, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1Christian Bale looks thinner in the Dark Knight, when compared to himself in Batman Begins.
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1drood!
  • thebadkitty, on 07/04/2008, -3/+3Naw, he didn't do that much. Just ate a bunch of watermelon and kool-aid.
  • dboone74, on 07/04/2008, -0/+0I think Vincent D'Onofrio's most amazing transformation was in The Salton Sea. He is virtually unrecognizable.
  • magusg, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1Wait.. what?
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1fail
  • iknowphp, on 07/04/2008, -4/+2I can't believe they left out mike myers and shrek.... HUGE transformation.
  • gryphon50, on 07/04/2008, -3/+0it's hard to look at... I admire his dedication and all but I'd much rather see him as Batman.
  • thuimeeha, on 07/04/2008, -5/+0arnold?
    http://tinyurl.com/5z85hd
  • BillionWishlist, on 07/03/2008, -7/+1look at how skinny christian bale got!

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