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1. (2001) For my role of Samwise Gamgee I gained 30 lbs. and I took a lot of ribbing about it as well.
2. (2003) For my role of Jack Sparrow I had gold teeth implanted because I thought it would make me look more...pirate-like.
3. (1996) Because my character, Elise Elliot, had her lips injected with collagen, my lips were injected with saline solution. Thank goodness it was temporary, because it sure hurt. The movie, about a group of friends getting even with their ex-husbands, was a lot of fun to make though.
4. (1983) Although I was young (in my early twenties), they wanted me to look even younger for my role of Joel Goodson, the teenager who comes up with a rather unique way of raising money to pay for repairs on his dad's Porsche. So I was made to work out strenuously for seven days a week until I lost 10 pounds. Then the exercise regime was stopped and I was put on a diet that was high in fatty foods. This added a layer of 'baby fat', which gave me the 'fresh-faced', teenaged look that they wanted.
5. (1992) I've been known to lose a chunk of weight for movie roles before, but this time I gained 30 pounds for my role of Jimmy Duggan, a former baseball great who lost it all to a drinking problem. He's offered a second chance, when he becomes the reluctant manager of an All American Girl's Baseball League.
6. (2001) I was privileged to play the part of President Franklin Roosevelt, during that difficult time when an invasion of an American naval base forced America's entry into the Second World War. For this role I wore steel leg braces that were identical to the ones that Roosevelt actually wore. These were extremely uncomfortable things, that left me with bruised and chafed skin for weeks after I was done filming my role.
7. (1988) When I was 40, I had collagen lip injections to make me look younger for my role of Hillary Whitney Essex. I felt I needed to do this because Hillary is first seen as a young law school graduate who walks away from her wealthy, privileged life to live with her friend C.C. Bloom. Hilary subsequently dies when only in her thirties, because of a virus that she catches which affects her heart.
8. (1993) While running from the Federal Marshals I tore some ligaments in my leg. Okay, so this isn't something extreme that I deliberately did for my role but wait, there's more. I refused to have any surgery until the filming was done because I thought the continuity of having the character keep his limp was important. I was playing Dr. Richard Kimble, determined to find the one armed man who killed my wife.
9. (2002) I broke two ribs falling from my horse, and then spent a few days running in pursuit of the orcs who took my friends while they were still broken. Oh yes, I was playing Legolas Greenleaf at the time.
10. (1997) Appearing nude while being sketched was easy, compared to the hours I spent running around, waist deep in freezing cold water, and all because that stupid boat ... I mean ship ... went and got hit by an iceberg. I was playing Rose DeWitt Bukater at the time.
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