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Several talented actors have exploded We with their breathtaking on-screen transformations in 2025.
Stars like Jacob Elordi, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson And Ethan Slater sitting in the hair and makeup chair for hours to make sure they fit the character in movies like Frankenstein, The smashing machine And Villain: for goodrespectively.
For Johnson, transforming into an MMA fighter Marc Kerr For Benny Safdie‘s biographical sports drama was the opportunity of a lifetime.
“This transformation was something I really wanted to do,” Johnson said. The Hollywood Reporter in September 2025. “I’ve been very fortunate to have the career that I’ve had over the years and to make the films that I’ve made, but there was just a voice inside of me, a little voice that said, ‘Well, what if I could do more – I want to do more and what does that look like?’ »
Scroll below for a roundup of 2025’s craziest cinematic transformations.
Sure, 2025 had a lot of amazing movies, but what about a best-of-movies list filled with films that actually got us talking — not just the ones that made the most noise during awards season? Make no mistake: Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another and the rest of the Oscar crowd absolutely deserve their moment, 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 Creature in Guillermo del ToroIt is Frankensteineven though most of the characters in the film only see him as a monster. It is Mia Gothicof Lady Elizabeth Harlander who sees the innocence and curiosity beneath her exterior before meeting her tragic fate.
“It took me 10 hours to let go and become this other thing, which was really a big relief,” Elordi said. Deadline in October 2025 of the “incredibly liberating” transformation.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in “The Smashing Machine”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has signed on to take on the character of Mark Kerr, sporting more a dozen prosthetics and a wig In The smashing machine. In fact, her performance in the film was so convincing that it left We do a double take.
“I sat in front of that mirror for three or four hours and saw everything change. There were about 13 or 14 different prosthetics. Subtle, but I think very impactful,” he said. Vanity Fair in August 2025. “The moment I arrived on set, I was Mark Kerr and I felt it, from the way he walked to the way he talked to the way he looked at life.”
His co-star Emilie Blunt was impressed by Johnson’s dedication to accurately portraying the former professional fighter.
“It seemed like an effortless immersion – like a complete, frightening disappearance. From day one, he was somewhere else,” Blunt told the outlet. “He absorbed and witnessed so much of what Mark went through that it was such a beautiful thing to see this person give up having to be an image, having to be The Rock, and break in two for this role.”
Sydney Sweeney in “Christy”
Sydney Sweeney gained over 30 pounds to play a former professional boxer Christine Martin in the biographical sports drama Christieunlike anything she’s ever done before.
“I loved it,” Sweeney said In the magazine in June 2025. “I came on board to play Christy and did about three and a half months of training. I started eating. I trained with weights in the morning for an hour, did kickboxing at lunch for about two hours, then again with weights in the evening for an hour.”
Emma Stone in “Bugonia”
Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Bugonia wastes no time asking viewers an important question: is it Emma PierreMichelle Fuller’s character, extraterrestrial or not? She has his shaved head in the first minutes of the film by Teddy’s kidnappers (Jesse Plemons) and Don (Aidan Delbis) and coats his entire body in histamine cream for a wickedly brilliant performance that leaves jaws dropping.
Stone revealed that she would only cut her hair to play the role on one condition.
“When I knew we were going to do this… I told Yorgos, ‘We’re going to have to shave your head too to show solidarity.’ And he says ‘OK,'” she said in a behind-the-scenes clip shared by People in November 2025. “It was exciting but it wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be to shave his head. It was cool. But it was more dramatic, my shaving. I don’t want to brag, but my hair was pretty long, and his was not.”
Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon”
Ethan Hawke was almost unrecognizable in Blue Moonbut he assured fans that wearing brown contacts was the reason behind his massive transformation.
“It’s funny, I’ve read reviews that cite prosthetics or a bald cap or all these different things, but none of that is there,” he said at the 2025 Hamptons International Film Festival, adding that the contacts “somehow dramatically changed my face in a way that I didn’t understand or anticipate.”
“But I found that it was the eyes that had the biggest impact. And I noticed that right away with my classmates,” Hawke added. “They were like…everyone treated me differently. The height, obviously, the hair, obviously, the body language, the voice. There were a lot of things that went into creating that character, but I found the eyes the most dramatic.”
Ralph Fiennes in “28 Years Later”
Ralph Fiennes is literally covered in blood and dirt 28 years laterand yet somehow I still left We droning on about his character’s humanity in a world seriously turned upside down. The actor also appeared more muscular in the film, something he intentionally worked on to benefit Dr. Ian Kelson’s character.
“Dr. Kelson had to look strong and agile enough to be able to survive in a world full of infected and look like someone who is capable of building the Temple of Bones,” Fiennes’ trainer said. And Avasilcai said British GQ in June 2025.
Nicolas Hoult in “Superman”
Nicolas HoultVillain Lex Luthor was, dare we say… still very hot. The actor slayed the bald look James GunnIt is Supermana choice of hairstyle that recalls We of his Mad Max: Road to Fury character, Nux.
Amy Madigan in “Weapons”
Amy Madiganperformance in mysterious horror Weapons gave a whole new meaning to petrification. When we first meet Aunt Gladys, she’s already chilling with her bright red wig and clown makeup. It turns out that Gladys is much more than that: she disguises her real appearance with witchcraft.
“It was very liberating to work with everyone and create this look because you didn’t have to put yourself in a contemporary box of what a woman is supposed to look like, how you’re supposed to dress,” Madigan said in December 2025, according to Daily screen. “I loved Gladys’ physical state. I loved everything she did. She put everything together. For me, professionally, it was just a release.”
Ethan Slater and Jonathan Bailey in “Wicked: For Good”
Ethan Slater And Jonathan Bailey exploited new facets of their Wicked characters in the 2025 sequel. Slater stunned audiences with his portrayal of the Tin Man after a fight with heartbroken Nessarose (Melissa Bode) while Bailey made his debut as The Scarecrow, fresh from a steamy cave sex scene with Cynthia ErivoIt’s Elphaba.
“It took a long time,” Slater said of the hair and makeup process on SiriusXM. The morning mix in November 2025. “The first time we did it, it took about five hours. »
Matt Smith in “Caught Stealing”
Matt Smith with a neon orange mohawk, it wasn’t something We had on our bingo card for 2025, but Darren AronofskyIt is Caught stealing delivered exactly that.
“I get to work and you put on this kind of peacock, and actually the whole idea of being a punk is an interesting thing because it’s a really deliberate thing,” Smith said. Yahoo! Entertainment in August 2025 of hairdressing. “It takes a lot of work and there’s actually something that draws you there, because it’s all about attitude at the end of the day, right? And I really loved it. I loved it.”
