Many actors tolerate carrying uncomfortable costumes for the sake of their roles. Sometimes they in all probability want they might say no, and in uncommon instances, they really do.
Here are 13 on-screen seems that actors refused to put on or ditch of their roles:
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When Scarlett Johansson was doing Captain America: The Winter SoldierMarvel was taken with Black Widow “being a shapeshifter.” In 2021, he stated Paternal“This is a extremely humorous factor: The look is cool and utilitarian. First he comes on this stunning automobile and goes to select up Cap, and initially within the script, it was like he is available in his white tennis garments, with a blonde wig. It’s was killed in a short time.”
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In his 2024 Variety actors on actors within the interview, Paul Mescal stated this when he first received the half Gladiator IIhad “some ‘doubtful’ wig equipment”. She stated: “They have been nice. And it wasn’t to do with – we have been working with the most effective hair and make-up crew on the earth. It was simply that I haven’t got a head for wigs.”
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Amanda Seyfried past about Gamora’s function in Guardians of the Galaxy as a result of she “was identical to, ‘Ah, I do not wish to be inexperienced. It’s simply a lot work.'”
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In his 2023 memoir PageElliot Page stated that, earlier than popping out as trans in 2020, he turned down a “wished” half in a e-book adaptation that will have required him to put on ladies’s interval clothes. He stated no to the function as a result of damaging results it could seemingly have on his psychological well being.
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Emma Watson worked with costume designer Jacqueline Durran to reimagine Belle’s iconic yellow ballgown for live-action Beauty and the Beast. The actor was firmly towards carrying a corset.
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In 2024, Courtney Thorne-Smith instructed the podcast Still the placethat, in a movie she made at 17, her 17-year-old character was scripted to sleep with an older man, after which put on “considered one of his button-down shirts”. However, as a substitute of a button-down shirt, she can be given “a extremely attractive gown” to put on. She felt “trapped” and when she refused to put on it, a producer allegedly instructed her that the crew was saying “she was a baby.”
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Virginia Hey performed Pa’u Zotoh Zhaan Distant panorama from 1999 to 2002, however she”required to depart as a result of the make-up made her really feel very unhealthy.”
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In The Wizard of OzBuddy Ebsen was initially launch just like the Tin Man. The costume was product of stiff husk fabric coated with leather-based. There was additionally a considerable amount of aluminum mud, which reportedly precipitated him signs similar to muscle ache and shortness of breath. When the studio refused to imagine he was really sick, he needed to name a nurse to substantiate his claims. Just 10 days into manufacturing, he remained in hospital for 2 weeks after which recovered at house for a month. So, ultimately, he needed to abandon the function.
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When Waheeda Rehman was making 1958 Hindi movie Solva Saalshe supposedly “was given a fancy dress that (she) did not wish to put on” for a scene wherein her character, Laaj, took off her moist garments. In 2023, he stated Radio Nasha“The director stated, ‘If you do not really feel snug, do not put on it, however if you get to the set, you need to be completely happy.’ So after I arrived on set, I wore what made me really feel snug.”
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According to the e-book Universal Studios Monster MoviesIn Werewolf of Londonthe monstrous make-up that Jack Pierce designed for actor Henry Hull (who performed Doctor Wilfred Glendon) was initially extra animalistic. However, Henry wished him to be extra human in order that the opposite characters may nonetheless acknowledge Doctor Glendon, because the script required.
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Julie Caitlin Brown performed Na’Toth Babylon 5however her Left after the primary season as a result of her “face was very sore from the make-up and (she) was afraid there can be everlasting injury.”
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Gene Hackman reportedly he refused to shave his head or put on a bald cap (for many of his scenes) to play the famously bald Lex Luthor in Superman (1978).
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And lastly, when Katharine Hepburn labored at RKO, she famously wore denims on set. When she returned to her dressing room after filming, she reportedly she found that her trousers had been stolen in an try and get her to put on a skirt. Instead of complying, she determined to return to the set in her underwear till they returned her denims.
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