20 Actors Who Learned Dangerous New Skills For A Role

ever wonder what extreme lengths your favorite actors had to go to for a role acting may look easy but many actors have put themselves through a lot for their characters for example did you know that kate winslet had to learn to hold her breath for over seven minutes it's safe to say that acting requires more than just looking good on camera i don't know if i'd go through this one again in an interview with gq jacob belordy shared that he had to learn how to ride a motorcycle for his role in the kissing booth he said while shooting in south africa he was basically thrown onto a motorcycle on the side of a freeway and was told to just figure it out he said he fell a lot but it was an awesome experience i don't ride them my mum won't let me in order to convincingly play olympic figure skater tanya harding margot trained for three months prior to shooting she worked with skating choreographer sarah kawahara training about four times a week starting completely from scratch margo learned to spin a little bit they started out with stretching then practiced choreography on the floor and eventually moving to the ice getting on the ice i was like i'm gonna break something and if i break something i'm doing the maths in my head i'm like it would cost us how much robert pattinson's upcoming version of batman has the actor working under a grueling training regimen it's required him to train in various forms of martial arts and he's becoming pretty skilled in jiu-jitsu it's been reported that we will get to see his version of batman as a full force fighting machine and that robert has really been putting the work in gal gadot's training for wonder woman required her to train six hours a day six months before shooting began it was two hours of gym work two hours of fight choreography and one and a half to two hours learning how to horseback ride she was genuinely surprised at how painful it was learning how to ride horseback and she has a new respect for those who do it regularly i've learned how to fight with swords horseback riding which is very challenging and a lot of hours in the gym in an interview with us today timothy shared that he spent about a month and a half training to sword fight and ride horses while wearing the incredibly heavy armor he would be wearing in the film he said it was to get him into a place that he looked like he could convincingly hold his own in a battle you try to get good on the horse too try to get good on a horse while wielding a sword that kind of thing in an interview with seth meyers ansel revealed that he took about 10 stunt driving classes in preparation for his role as baby he said he was able to do most of the stunts after taking the classes but while filming with his co-stars jamie foxx and jon hamm he wasn't allowed to drive he was allowed to do some of the stunts when it was just him though oh interesting yeah so they didn't want to risk the whole cast yeah just me just part of it yeah in the upcoming avatar 2 kate plays a water person which requires her to perform scenes underwater in an interview with the hollywood reporter kate said i had to learn how to free dive to play that role in avatar and that was just incredible my longest breath hold was 7 minutes and 14 seconds like crazy crazy stuff madeleine has aquaphobia which is a fear of natural bodies of water that made shooting her scene of falling through the ice in season one incredibly difficult she said that the tank she was in for shooting was so deep she couldn't see the bottom or the scuba divers in the corner ready to jump in if something happened [Music] jennifer said she loved her trainer and she was incredibly strict she said if i had a bad form she would pinch my ear she really didn't put up with anything jennifer revealed that the training permanently changed her bodies my shoulders were two inches broader and my right arm is one inch longer than my left arm the arrows weighed like two pounds right i would like aim and look all cool and then i'd shoot it and i'm just going poop yifei leo was already an accomplished martial artist before landing mulan but she still had to undergo six to seven hours of training a day for three months before shooting she became skilled in wushu which is a contemporary form of chinese martial arts cinematographer mandy walker said she did 90 of her own stunts in the movie i wanted to see how much more i can do as an actress while the actor isn't generally known as a method actor he did learn how to make the certain substance walter white was famous for he revealed on the graham norton show that he spent time at the drug enforcement agency where the chemist there showed him how to create the stuff he said it was very interesting intricate and dangerous and it's a massive experience emotionally and physically joseph gordon-levitt actually had an eight-day intense training session with the person he was portraying in the walk philippe petit before shooting eventually he was able to walk across a wire that was two feet off the ground with ease during his time with him he also learned how to ride a unicycle and to walk on his hands from fatigue what i've learned is the balance comes much easier being in motion john went through rigorous military-based training for his role in 13 hours in addition to spending countless hours in the gym to get in shape he learned several skills to make him feel like a soldier he had weapons training tactile training and even learned how to maneuver through a burning building how many hours in the gym it was about three to four hours a day for six days a week and yes yes it is there it is that is not fake leo went above and beyond for the revenant including being close to death several times he had to sleep in animal carcasses go in and out of freezing water and eat raw animal meat including bison liver for the graphic bear fighting scene leo said that it involved a lot of cables and intense choreography yes it was incredibly difficult to do but you know we rehearsed for for weeks beforehand on just that sequence olivia went through extensive training for her role in x-men mainly learning sword fighting she trained for five months six hours a day learning how to effortlessly and safely wield a katana sword it paid off because she ended up doing 95 of her own stunts in the film i've never done sword work before and i started doing all the sword work and then wire and stunt training natalie portman spent eight hours a day training as a ballerina for black swan that paired with her extreme diet of basically almonds and carrots the oscar winner said she thought she was going to die she even dislocated her rib in rehearsals but said that's not uncommon for ballerinas to hurt themselves during the process i had to train a year before the film so it it was great to sort of immerse myself in everything halle berry is now known as the best female weapons handler in hollywood due to her dedication for john wick in preparation for the role she trained with tar and tactical she confessed that her training was the hardest six to seven months of her life she also became skilled in martial arts and dog training and even had three broken ribs during that time i don't think she ever missed a workout in the five months since being cast in the new rocky creed franchise michael b jordan has spent years honing his boxing skills even telling tmz that he could hold his own against former world champion roy jones jr that definitely takes some guts but it's impressive that michael has taken his training for the franchise so seriously the internet's boyfriend keanu reeves actually had to learn how to surf for point break learning from the surf doctor of hollywood dennis jarvis dennis said that the training lasted for about two months before shooting and that all of the actors were pretty much beginners keanu took such a shine to surfing that dennis made him his own custom surfboard for personal use for his role in fury shia labeouf joined the national guard during the filming process spending a month living on a military base while on the military base he became a chaplain's assistant he also went to extreme lengths outside of the military training he had a tooth fold and would cut a scar into his face after watching these actors push their limits and train for months we are truly impressed by the dedication they have to their craft having to look like a master of these insane skills while being fully in character is clearly what sets these actors in a class of their own learning a new skill or hobby is hard enough let alone with a whole cast crew and studio watching to make sure you nail it this definitely makes us want to re-watch all of these movies now

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Length: 8min 32sec (512 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 22 2021