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Why didn't they put up Ed O'Neill? Oh yeah..He's already ugly. But he managed to ugly himself 10 times worse for his part in "10th Kingdom" (Relish the Troll King)

Christian Bale in "The Machinist" is incredibly disturbing to see visually, but very impressive. That might be the most insane transformation I have ever seen on screen. And to film Batman right after?!?!?! Jared Leto was another one. Crazy. I might also mention Raging Bull with Deniro. And heck toss in Tom Hanks in Castaway, and I agree with a comment about Diaz in Being John Malkovich too. Sounds like Matthew McConnehy (sp) pulled something similar recently weight wise, yet I have not seen it yet. And I know there is a million Tom Cruise haters out there, but I very much enjoyed Vanilla Sky, and rest assured, he looked VERY different from what you would expect.

Joseph looks like a damn monkey, who knew a haircut can change so much.....and I didn't even notice much of pitts de-vamping in inglorious bastards.

Here are a couple of others:
Cameron Diaz in 'Being John Malkovich'
Charlize Theron in 'Monster'
And one for the future: Daniel Bruhl in 'Rush'

You really should mention Sean Penn in Carlito's Way. His transformation is quite amazing.

Jude Law looks a lot like David Hyde Pierce there

There should be some mention of actors in fat suits, like Eddie Murphy or John Travolta.

Hesher was a sexpot.

It's not that Jude Law is ugly in this role, it's that he looks distressingly like a younger version of my dad in the topmost picture.

Qualify your use of the term "ugly," please.

Apart from Joaquin Phoenix, I mean, most of these guys would still be bangable. Particularly Jude Law.

Alan Rickman (YES OF COURSE he counts as a pretty boy) -> Ronald Reagan.
Excuse me, I have to go cry in a corner.

James Franco in Pineapple Express

Still hot

I would have gone with Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder instead of Vanilla Sky.

This. He put on a fat suit and has a bald head.

HEY! Some of us call that "going to work"!

Mel Gibson tried uglification in the form of facial scarring for The Man Without A Face, with dubious results (I didn't think the scarring was all that realistic). Back then, Mel was quite a looker -- back before alcohol and unspecified nuttery took their toll.

Christian Bale is not uglied up as much as displaying his soul. This Christian Bale and the buff version take turns in the attic depending on the role.

I think Brad Pitt still looked hot in IB. The role he uglied himself I'd say was for Burn After Reading.

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Yeah you're right. There was still something alluring about Aldo. Chad, however... whatever they used to do that to that face, keep it from being weaponised.

THE HAIR!

I'd say Tom Cruise was more changed to play the older version of his Vietnam Vet character in "Born On The Fourth of July."

I was really expecting to see: Matt Damon, The Informant. And Russell Crowe, The Insider.

Brad & JGL is look hella hot to me

I still think JGL should do a Jamiroquai-JK biopic one day. Yes, I am that mean.

Actually, I think Keanu in The Gift was just about the best he's ever looked.

Pitt shoulda been in for Kalifornia's "Early Grayce"...

Bale in The Machinist was simply gross.

Daniel Day-Lewis - SO sexy as Hawkeye, not so much in Lincoln.

Well. Lincoln was never a good candidate for the catwalk:D

I would say that Javier Bardem looked weirder/more unattractive in Skyfall than No Country For Old Men.

Agreed. Taking out half of his mouth seemed to even improve things. Sorcery.

But dammit, was he AWESOME. Most of the uglifying in this list totally backfired.

I waited through the entire movie expecting the blonde hair to be explained. When I saw set photos I assumed it was part of some disguise, but he's just blonde the whole time, for no reason!

Edited to add: despite the blonde-ness, I still could have watched his first scene with Daniel Craig for hourssssssss...

He's blonde because Bond's blonde. He's the other side of the same coin.

the reason is the character is blonde, that's enough of a reason. What do you want, hair dye that melts into his skull and gives him rage?

It doesn't have anything to do with his character, it's distracting on a purely practical level. We know Harrison Ford wears earrings in his regular life, but if he'd worn them in Air Force One, you'd have this nagging feeling in the back of your mind the whole time of "What's with the earring??" You have to factor in ahead of time what your audience is expecting to see, and changing a known actor's appearance generally isn't done just for the hell of it. So yes, I was expecting a reason.

I think the reason is: he's eccentric. They wanted him to have a slightly off, dandyish appearance. Aside from scars, do Bond villains usually have their personal appearance choices explained?

I'm not saying they all do, or that it's Bond-specific, but as far as I can remember: Goldeneye's now-evil 006 is scarred from the explosion in the prologue, I think Blofeld's scar was the result of some kind of fight earlier in his life, Le Chiffre in Casino Royale cries blood and explains it's just a damaged tear duct, the awful one with Halle Berry has a dude with diamonds embedded in his skin from an explosion... the only one I can think of that's left completely unexplained is Jaws.

well let me give u one. If they had left him unchanged, all most people would have seen is anton chigurr

I think he exudes "Javier Bardem: Sexy Spaniard" more than anything. Which actually works pretty great for the role.

i can't say i disagree man