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Actors go to extreme lengths to become real people—Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf, Steve Carell with a fake nose, Jared Leto gaining 67 pounds and eating soy sauce ice cream, Matthew McConaughey losing weight, Robert De Niro training with a boxer, Charlize Theron transforming into a killer, Christian Bale shaving his head to play Cheney. Some nail it with physical and psychological commitment, others miss the mark—DiCaprio’s Hoover looked too heavy on makeup, Meg Ryan’s Jackie Kallen felt off, Ashton Kutcher’s Jobs just looked like Kelso. Even when actors look the part, like Naomi Watts as Diana, the soul of the performance can still fall flat. The takeaway? Looks matter, but the heart of the role is what truly wins—or loses.

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