9 Actors and Actresses Who Reincarnated for a Role So Much That Even a Die-hard Fan Wouldn't Recognize Them Right Away

A good actor must have the ability to perform roles in films and series of various genres so that the audience believes in what is happening on the screen. Be it a comedy, thriller, or action movie. Sometimes talent alone is not enough to make a character look convincing. Actors undergo drastic body changes in order to gain or, conversely, lose weight. Among other things, make-up is also used, because of which there may be problems with movements, and breathing. Reincarnating outwardly and getting used to your role is an incredible job. We offer to look at the actors whose images were embodied so well that they are simply unrecognizable.

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9. Russell Crowe

For the role of Roger Isles in the TV series The Loudest Voice, the actor gained up to 140 kilograms. Of course, Crowe is no longer the muscular gladiator of the year 2000, but for the image of Isles, he radically changed himself.

8. Anya Taylor-Joy

In this very unusual image, Anya Taylor-Joy played the role of the soothsayer Cassandra in the 2013 TV series Atlantis.

7. Mike Myers

Few recognized the actor, famous for his role as Austin Powers in Bohemian Rhapsody. Myers played the role of Ray Foster, an EMI studio manager.

6. Cate Blanchett

A biopic about Bob Dylan, in which six different stars played the eminent musician. One of them is Cate Blanchett. Recommended for fans of music biopics.

5. Anthony Hopkins

Sir Anthony Hopkins starred in Hitchcock. And although the changes in appearance can not be called radical, they are executed so precisely that, coupled with the acting, it seems that we are really seeing one of the greatest directors in history. Hopkins adopted all the habits of Hitchcock.

4. Jared Leto

The role of Paolo Gucci is far from the first reincarnation of the actor. Leto was awarded the 2014 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Dallas Buyers Club, for which he lost a lot of weight, got rid of his hair from all over his body, learned to walk in heels, and apply makeup.

3. Rooney Mara

For the first time, the actress impressed the audience in the last decade with the image of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In the Oscar-nominated 2023 Oscar-nominated film The Women Are Talking (pictured right), Rooney portrayed Ona Friesen, a Mennonite woman.

2. Johnny Depp

Kevin Smith's films are far from mainstream and you may not have seen the comedy horror film, Tusk. Depp played the role of amateur detective Guy LaPointe, and in this image, it is quite difficult to recognize him.

1. Lily James

The miniseries about the lives of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee was nominated for the Golden Globe 2023 in the categories: Best Actress in a Miniseries, Best Miniseries, Best Actor in a Miniseries, and Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie. Lily James got used to the maximum in the image of Pamela, and the work of make-up artists made her completely unrecognizable.

Bonus: Ron Perlman

The image of Hellboy is the most successful and memorable reincarnation of the actor. But back in the late 80s, Pearlman starred in the TV series Beauty and the Beast, along with Linda Hamilton.