10 Actors Who Were Changed Forever After Playing Their Roles

No matter how charismatic the actors look or how fascinating their life seems, the truth is bitter. These actors really work hard, and sometimes even torture themselves to give the best for the role. But what if a role changes their life?

These iconic actors did the best possible justice with their role and sacrificed a good share of their life!

10. Gene Hackman

The most popular actor from Superman series Mr. Hackman announced a sudden retirement. Even after having a good filmy career the role changed him and he left; giving chance to the upcoming artists.

9. George Clooney

The last role in his career changed him completely. He had an accident on the set. After being bedridden for weeks with hell lot of injuries, he found a new way to live.

8. Shelly Duvall

Owning an iconic role isn’t as fascinating as it seems to be. Shelly was son into her character that she messed up with reality. She took the tortures way to seriously and had an actual emotional breakdown.

7. Bill Skarsgard

Bill completely changed himself to live the role of the clown. But later after the released, he was left terror-stricken. He could feel the clown torture him to the worst.

6. Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins is a known name from the cartoon industry. It was the ” Roger Rabit” that overpowered the original identity. He was so into the role that couldn’t get back to the older version of himself.

5. Colin Firth

He spent much of his time and hard work to learn the stutter for the King’s speech. Later it took him an equal effort to get back to his original self. Kind of identity disorder!

4. Linda Hamilton 

Working for a movie like Terminator that has horrible sounds isn’t easy. The horrible sounds of blasts and other effects left Linda with a hearing disorder that she still suffers.

3. Heath Ledger

Who could ever forget the Joker? Heath did the best possible justice to his role. Later the actor couldn’t be the old one again. He went through some fault medical treatment and lost his life.

2. Jake Lloyd

The actor from Star Wars couldn’t take people’s reaction after the release. The other kids bullied him for his role. This made him quit Hollywood forever.

1. John Wayne

A role that offered cancer! The actor was exposed to nuclear radiations for one of his roles. Sooner it was known, many workers from the crew had cancer symptoms.