We can all appreciate the amount of post production that goes into making a movie, particularly where CGI is concerned, but what about the effort that goes into making a movie look good whilst on set?. A movie is only ever as good as its acting and for these movies the makeup artists on set made sure that even if their acting wasn’t up to scratch that they would look the part at the very least. Here are 19 of the most amazing makeup transformations actors have undergone for a movie role.
1. Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool
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2. John Leguizamo as Clown in Spawn
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3. Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands
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4. Danny DeVito as Penguin in Batman Returns
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5. Tim Roth as General Thade in Planet of the Apes
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6. Jim Carrey as the Grinch
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7. Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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8. Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort in Harry Potter
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9. Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in X-Men
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10. John Travolta as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray
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11. Helena Bonham Carter as Ari in Planet of the Apes
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12. Ron Pearlman as Hellboy
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13. Daveigh Chase in The Ring
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14. Doug Jones as Abe Sapein in Hellboy II: The Golden Army:
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15. Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca in Star Wars
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16. Dustin Hoffman as Hook in the movie Hook
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17. Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor
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18. Maiwenn Le Besco as Diva Plavalaguna in The Fifth Element
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19. Hugh Keays-Byrne in Mad Max: Fury Road
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