Top 15 Celebrity Changelings

February 22nd, 2010Posted by the ninja

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If you were going to get a staring role in a major Hollywood movie would you be willing to lose 70 lbs? How about gaining 70 lbs? No? Good, neither would the ninja. But that is probably why nobody has offered him one either. That and he prefers to work behind the scenes, preferably in the shadows. But that is the topic for another post.

What we are going to focus on here is the dedication of the top actors and actresses show for their art. Their willingness to lose huge amounts of weight, or their willingness to gain it. How they bulk up for a role after they’ve starved themselves for another. A practice that was detrimental to Matt Damon’s health when he filmed Courage Under Fire.

Let’s take a look at the Top 15 Celebrity Changelings.

And we will get started with…

15 – George Clooney

George Clooney Before & After Syriana

14 – Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhall Before & After Jarhead

13 – Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds Before & After Blade 3

12 – Hillary Swank

Hillary Swank Before & After Million Dollar Baby

11 – Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Before & After Castaway

10 – Jared Leto

Jared Leto Before & After Chapter 27

Is it just the ninja or does anyone else think that Jared looks a lot like Kevin Smith without a beard?

9 – Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Before & After Monster

8 – Russell Crowe

Russel Crowe Before & After Body of Lies

7 – Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler Before & After 300

6 – Benecio Del Toro

Benicio del Toro Before & After Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

5 – Renee Zellweger

Renee Zelwegger Before & After Bridget Jones

4 – Eric Bana

Eric Bana Before & After Chopper

3 – Colin Farrell

Colin Ferrel Before & After His New Movie

2 – Matt Damon

Matt Damon Before & After Courage Under Fire

Matt Damon Before & After The Informant

And the winner for the most drastic change in weight for a role goes to…

1 – Christian Bale

Christian Bale Before & After The Machinist

Christian Bale Before & After Batman Begins

For The Machinist Bale lost 70lbs in less than three months, putting him just over 100lbs. Six months later when he began filming Batman Begins he bulked up to 200lbs. For his ability to change so drastically and so rapidly for a role Christian Bale gets the number one spot.

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