15+ Actor's Transformations That Could Make You Open-Mouthed

Elise Feyrer

Many of us have undoubtedly fantasized about becoming budding actors or actresses who could easily play the starring part with some luck and help us remember the lines. But performers themselves are aware that the work demands a tremendous amount of talent and commitment. It frequently involves more than just adopting a different persona to say a few lines here and there while donning makeup or even a false mustache.
Preparation, commitment, and sacrifice are essential components of art. And an actor must go through many steps while getting ready for a new movie to ensure this every time. Many actors use the method acting approach to create the ideal character. Certain factors need them to wear bulky costumes and wigs and cope with many applications of makeup and prosthetics on their faces.
They also take extraordinary measures to bring a character to life, whether through weight loss or gain, unique body language, or accents. Everyone has gone through the process, including Richard Armitage as Thorin in The Hobbit or Tim Roth as Captain Leo Davidson in Planet of the Apes. Still, a few people and performances stunned audiences by becoming utterly unrecognizable.
Although there are innumerable instances on the internet, We have selected the most unexpected changes that will leave you in awe. And below is the list of the 18 actor's transformations that could make you open-mouthed.

1. Naomi Grossman as Pepper in American Horror Story

Source: 20th Television


2. Meryl Streep as Rabbi in Angels in America

Source: HBO


3. Vladimír Furdík as Night King in Game of Thrones

Source: Vladimir Furdik


4. Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee in Nanny McPhee

Source: KVH Media Group


5. Helena Bonham Carter in Alice in Wonderland as Red Queen

Source: Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures


6. Daniel Radcliffe as Ig Perrish in Horns

Source: KVH Media Group


7. Susan Sarandon in Enchanted

Source: Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures


8. Richard Armitage as Thorin in The Hobbit

Source: New Line Cinemas


9. Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca in Star Wars

Source: 20th Century Fox


10. Jim Carrey in as Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Source: Universal Pictures


11. Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in The Darkest Hour

Source: Universal Pictures


12. Warwick Davis as Griphook in Harry Potter

Source: Warner Bros.


13. The Wayans Brothers in White Chicks

Source: Sony Pictures


14. Hugo Weaving in Cloud Atlas

Source: Warner Bros. Pictures


15. Tilda Swinton in Suspiria as Dr. Josef Klemperer

Source: Amazon Studios


16. Tim Roth as Captain Leo Davidson in Planet of the Apes

Source: 20th Century Fox


17. Bill Skarsgård in IT as IT

Source: Warner Bros. Pictures


18. Angelina Jolie in Salt

Source: Columbia Pictures