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Several powerful actors blew themselves up us The jaw-dropping cinematic transformation of 2025 screens is coming to an end.
Celebrities like Jacob Elord, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ethan Slater Sitting in the hair and makeup chair for hours on end to ensure they fit in with the character in the film, e.g. frankenstein, grinder and evil: doing goodrespectively.
For Johnson, the transition to MMA fighter Mark Cole for Benny SafdieThis biographical sports drama is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“This transition is something I really aspire to do,” Johnson told hollywood reporter September 2025. “I’ve been lucky enough to have a career over the years and make the films I’ve made, but there was a voice inside me, a little voice that said, ‘Well, what if I could do more — I want to do more, what would that be like?'”
Scroll down for a roundup of the craziest on-screen movie transformations of 2025.
Sure, there are a lot of incredible movies coming to 2025, but what if a best-of list included the movies that really got us talking, rather than just the ones that garnered the most attention during awards season? Don’t get us wrong: “Frankenstein,” “Hamnet,” “Battle After Time,” and the rest of the Oscar favorites definitely deserve their moments, but sometimes (…)
Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
It’s a story that’s been told many times before, but Jacob Elordi somehow manages to bring a special charm to the creatures in “Creature.” Guillermo del Toroof frankensteineven though most of the characters in the film view him as a monster. it is Mia GossLady Elizabeth Harland saw the innocence and curiosity beneath his exterior before he met his tragic fate.
“For 10 hours I let go of myself and became someone else, which was a really big relief,” Elodie told me. deadline October 2025, “Incredibly Liberating” Transformation.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “Smash Machine”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Committed to Playing Mark Kerr A dozen prosthetics and a wig exist grinder. In fact, his performance in the film is so convincing that it leaves a lasting impression. us Do a double take.
“I just sat in front of the mirror for three to four hours and watched it all change. There were about 13 or 14 different prosthetics. Subtle, but I think very impactful,” he told me vanity fair August 2025. “When I started filming, I was already Mark Cole and I could feel it from the way he walked to the way he talked and how he viewed life.”
his partner Emily Blunt Johnson was impressed with the dedication to accurately portraying the former professional boxer.
“It seemed like such an effortless immersion – like completely disappearing, it was eerie. From day one, he was somewhere else,” Blunt told the outlet. “He absorbed and witnessed a lot of what Mark went through, and it was a beautiful thing to see this guy let go of having to be an image, having to be a boulder, and split himself in half for this role.”
Sidney Sweeney in “Christie”
Sidney Sweeney Gained more than 30 pounds to play former professional boxer Christy Martin in biographical sports drama Christieunlike anything she’s ever done before.
“I love it,” Sweeney told in magazine June 2025. “I came on board to play Christie and trained for about three and a half months. I started eating. I did an hour of weight training in the morning, about two hours of kickboxing at noon, and then another hour of weight training in the evening.”
Emma Stone in “Bugonia”
Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Bugonia Without wasting time, ask the audience an important question – yes Emma StoneIs Michelle Fuller’s character an alien? she has She shaves her head Within the first few minutes of the film Teddy the Kidnapper (Jesse Plemons) and Tang (Aidan Derbis) and coated her entire body in histamine cream for a jaw-droppingly horrific display.
Stone revealed that, on one occasion, she would only lose her hair to play the role.
“When I knew we were going to do this… I said to Yorgos, ‘We’re going to have to shave your head too so we can stick together.’ And he was like, ‘Okay,'” she said in a behind-the-scenes video she shared. people November 2025. “It was exciting, but not as exciting as I thought it would be, shaving his head. It was cool. But it felt more dramatic, with my shaved head. I don’t mean to brag, but my hair is long and his hair is not.”
Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon”
Ethan Hawke almost unrecognizable blue moonbut he assured fans that wearing brown contact lenses was the reason behind his dramatic transformation.
“It’s funny, I’ve read some reviews that mentioned prosthetics or bald hats or all these different things, but none of those things exist,” he said at the 2025 Hamptons International Film Festival, adding that the exposure “somehow dramatically changed my face in a way that I didn’t understand or anticipate.”
“But I found the eyes had the biggest impact. My actors and I noticed that right away,” adds Hawke. “They were like – everyone treated me differently. Height, obviously, hair, body language, voice. There’s a lot that goes into creating this character, but I find the eyes are the most compelling.”
Ralph Fiennes “28 Years Later”
ralph fiennes Literally covered in blood and dirt 28 years laterbut somehow still remains us His characters’ humanity hums in a world in deep chaos. The actor also appears more muscular in the film, a deliberate effort to benefit Dr. Ian Kelson’s character.
“Dr. Kelson has to look strong and agile enough to survive in a world full of infected people and look like a man who could build a bone temple,” Fiennes’ trainer And Abasirke Tell British GQ June 2025.
Nicholas Hoult in “Superman”
Nicholas HoultDare we say it, evil Lex Luthor is…still sexy. This actor killed the bald look James Gunnof Supermanreminder of hairstyle selection us his Mad Max: Fury Road character, Nux.
Amy Madigan in “Arms”
Amy MadiganPerformances in suspenseful horror films arms Giving petrochemicals a whole new meaning. When we first meet Aunt Gladys, she’s wearing a bright red wig and clown-like makeup that already sends chills down your spine. It turns out there’s more to Gladys than meets the eye – she uses witchcraft to disguise her true appearance.
“It’s very freeing to work with everyone and create this look because you don’t have to put yourself in a modern box of what a woman should look like and how she should dress,” Madigan said in December 2025. screen daily. “I love Gladys’ body. I love everything about her. She puts it all together. To me, from a work perspective, it’s liberating.”
Ethan Slater and Jonathan Bailey in Wicked: Forever
Ethan Slater and Jonathan Bailey Discover a new side of them evil character in the 2025 sequel. Slater shocked viewers with his portrayal of the Tin Man after a row with a heartbroken Nessaros (Melissa Border) while Bailey makes her debut as Scarecrow, fresh off a steamy cave sex scene Cynthia ErivoIt’s Elphaba.
“It took a long time,” Slater said of the hair and makeup process on SiriusXM. Mix and match in the morning November 2025. “The first time we did it, it took about five hours.”
Matt Smith in “Caught Stealing”
Matt Smith A neon orange mohawk is nothing us It’s on our 2025 bingo card, but Darren Aronofskyof Caught stealing And so it was delivered.
“When I go to work, you wear this peacock, and actually the idea of being a punk is an interesting thing in itself because it’s a very intentional thing,” Smith told Yahoo! entertainment Hairstyles for August 2025. “It’s a lot of work and there’s actually something about it that draws you in because at the end of the day it’s about attitude, isn’t it? And I absolutely love it. I love it.”
