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1. For my role of Peter Pan I regularly had my arms shaved to give me a more youthful appearance. And for one scene, when the Lost Boys paint me, I had to have my back and chest shaved too. I guess that's what I get for being such a hairy guy!
2. Brooke Smith gained 25 pounds for her role of Catherine Martin in the movie 'Hannibal'. It was a lot of weight to put on, considering the fact that most of her on-screen time was spent at the bottom of an old well.
3. I gained 35 pounds for my role of Belle Rosen in that movie about an ocean liner that completely capsized when it was hit by a 90 foot tidal wave.
4. When playing Dr. Jo Anne Harding, I spent a lot of time in a truck chasing storms. In order to make the background skies appear darker and more threatening, the truck cab was flooded with high-intensity lights. As a result, my co-star and I received some minor retinal burns.
5. I'm more than happy to take whatever lessons I need in order to be more convincing in my roles. When I played Stanley Jobson I took stunt driving lessons, and when I played Leopold Mountbatten I took lessons in 19th century etiquette, ballroom dancing, and horseback riding.
6. I lost 35 pounds for my role of Winston Baldry in 'The Mexican', but then I had to gain it back for the next season's filming of 'The Sopranos'. I would have been happy to keep it off, but my producer didn't think that our viewers would like to see a skinny Tony.
7. The make-up that I had to wear for my role of John Merrick took 12 hours to apply. It was so uncomfortable to walk around in, that I phoned my wife and told her, 'I think they finally managed to make me hate acting'. However when I saw the finished film, I realized that it was worth it.
8. I had to wear a fake nose when I played Virginia Woolf, which isn't that big a deal I guess. But I did have to learn to write right-handed as well.
9. For my role of Holocaust survivor, Sophie, I learned both to speak with a Polish accent, and how to speak German.
10. My most famous role to date (2004) has definitely been that of Peregrin Took. One scene called for me to be hit in the head with an apple, and it was shot 15 times before the apple hit just as the director wanted.
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