4 Adrian Brody drove himself into depression
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Mel Brooks directed ‘The Pianist. This movie had a Roman Polanski's baby who made the world cry. It was based on the life of Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman. Adrien played the role of Szpilman, who lost people and possessions under Nazi rule.
Brody's performance was very tragic in the movie. But he suffered tremendously off-screen. He led himself suffer from depression. It was not easy amidst luxurious life. And so He sold his car, apartment, and abandon all friends and loved ones. He lest all the comforts. He even compelled himself to feel the agony of hunger.
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5 Emile Hirsch watched hundreds of corpses and saw multiple autopsies
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‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’ was a story of a father and a son. Emile Hirsch played the role of the son in the movie. After the release of the movie, the actor was interrogated about his preparation. He admitted that he visited the LA County morgue and saw "hundreds of bodies." He saw an African American woman who was chopped into tiny pieces. He saw a homeless white dude. Even after years, the experience is alive in his mind. Preparing for a role in such way shows the dedication level of actors.
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6 Jason Clarke had himself waterboarded
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Zero Dark Thirty is one of the darkest movies in the world. It is the movie based on how Navy Seal Team Six capped Osama bin Laden in the eye. It is the movie full of torture and tragic behavior. It was so dark that the movie was criticized a lot in this regard.
It was being said that showing bad things is the same as celebrating them. The scenes were very powerful and genuine. To bring out the natural impact in the role, the actor himself underwent acme of torture. He voluntarily underwent waterboarding so that could apprehend what his victim was enduring. He admitted that a simulation of simulated drowning is different from real simulated drowning.
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