Things You Didn’t know about movies

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THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOWABOUT MOVIESBy: Natalia Zepeda & Alexia Castro

English Project, Second Bimester, Teacher Jorge







Natalie Portman

Her weight change in

the thriller Black Swan.

Lost over 20 pounds to

play the ballet dancer.

The actress worked out five

hours a day with cros-trainingand swimming.



Christian Bale

Christian Bale appeared thriller The

Machinist. For the role, Bale lost

around 63 pounds.

In Batman, the actor ate a high-carb

diet and returned to his three-hour

training sessions to gain 60 Pounds.

Finally Bale gain 40 pounds to get

the role of Irving Rosenfeld in the

movie American Hustle.



Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron picked up a BestActress Oscar playing the real-lifeprostitute-turned-murderer AileenWuornos.

Theron had to gain over 30 pounds and

wear prosthetic teeth to look like Wuornos.



George Clooney

Clooney gained over 35 pounds, grew a

bushy beard and shaved back his hairline

to look just right.

To play the role of CIA

Agent Bob Barnes in

the oil/political thriller

"Syriana,"



Jared Leto

In his role as John Lennon-killer Mark David Chapman in

"Chapter 27," Leto gained a whopping 67 pounds.



TOM HANKS

For his role at Cast Away He dropped over 50 pounds and grew a

frighteningly long beard to look authentic.



Steve Carell

Steve Carell actually did get his chest waxed—in onetake—for his first starring role in "The 40-Year-OldVirgin."





Renée Zellweger

For 2001's "Bridget Jones'

Diary", the actress gained

25 pounds to play the

overweight, modern-day

version of Elizabeth Bennet

Just a year later, the actress dropped

the weight and a few extra pounds to

play the murderess Roxie Hart in the

1920s musical hit "Chicago."





Poltergeist

Producer Steven Spielberg's insistence on using real human

skeletons.



The Hunger Games

Within 3 days of release The Hunger Games has become the

highest grossing film for production company Lionsgate.



Narnia

She was brought to the lamp post blindfold, her look of

wonder is real because it was the first time she had seen it.



Distric 9

The alien language in District 9 was created by rubbing a

pumpkin.



Nightmare On Elm Street

The movie is based in on a real event.



Twilight

Edward a Vampire Hunter



Ratatouille

Dug the dog from up?



The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US

than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.



Titanic

First Choice for music







Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s

Chest

They evacuate while filming









The Dark Knight

Christian Bale, got arrested

The actor was found dead

in his Manhattan

Morgan Freeman, was seriously

injured in a car accident



The Crow



The Wizard Of Oz



Rosemary’s Baby



Apocalypse Now





The Twilight Zone: The Movie



The Conqueror



The Passion Of Christ

















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