Method playacting is a range of playing that allows the actor or actress get into complete grapheme by pretend , talking , and living like the fictitious character the actor or actress is portraying . By transforming into a character completely , the actor or actress is hoping to embody who they ’re playing whole - heartedly .

There are plenty of techniques professional actors take part in to get into their role but method acting is one of the most intense . From starving themselves to selling their flat and live in their car , method acting acting is not for the faint of spunk , and yet a smattering of actor take on method acting represent in hope of taking home the Best Actor award .

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington has been growing her career ever since she played Jasmine inMr . and Mrs. Smith . Since then she ’s been in the television set miniskirt - seriesBlack Panther ,   Django unchain , Scandal , and Hulu’sLittle Fires Everywhere . Lexi Underwood played Kerry ’s girl Pearl inLittle Fires Everywhere , and she note how Kerry was very much a method doer .

She enounce , “ Miss Kerry   is what helped pull out the raw emotion want for filming , including her Method playacting technique . " Because of Kerry , Underwood was able to give aroused scene apace .

Jim Carrey

Comedian superstar , Jim Carrey , has been hit audiences laugh since the ' 80 . Ever since hisAce Ventura : Pet Detective , his career has been on an up ravel . However , it was his role inMan on the Moonthat receive people ’s attending for his method playacting techniques .

According toThrillist , Carrey said he was lie on a beach when he get the word that he come through the part of   Andy Kaufman and he immediately wondered what Kaufman would be doing . What pass next was " out of [ his ] control , " Carrey said . He had people call him Andy , he drove a cable car with a bag over his head , and he demanded to see   Steven Spielberg while he was on set for another movie .

Halle Berry

fabled actress Halle Berry made a splash in her movie office as Vivian in 1991sJungle Fever . In the flick , Berry had a small character as a drug freak . To get inside the mind of an addict who would do anything for a eminent , Berry visited a crack den and contract note as inquiry . To get further into character , Berry did n’t bathe for two weeks prior to filming !

SinceJungle Fever , Berry has gone on to be a lead actress in filmslikeSwordfish , Monster ’s Ball , andCatwoman .

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker has been in the manufacture since the ' 80 and has made a name for himself in the action / thriller genre . Whitaker wholly sells the roles he plays , no matter the part . In 2006 , Whitaker carry the part of   Ugandan President ,   Idi Amin .

To get in Armin ’s mind , Whitaker spend three months subsist in Uganda , gain ground 30 pound , and learned how to address Swahili for the office . He even pass meter with Armin ’s familyand those he tight worked with . His method of represent paid off because he occupy home a Golden Globe , an   Academy Award , and a BAFTA for his portrayal .

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet is much more than her time inTitanic . She ’s won awards for her purpose inRevolutionary Road , Steve Jobs , Mildred Pierce , and most importantlyThe Reader . InThe Reader , Winslet played Hanna , a German Nazi guard during the Second World War . To be as unquestionable as potential , Winslet adopted a German accent and would verbalise that elbow room athome to her kids . She also discover it hard to leave Hanna and become herself again .

According toContact Music , Winslet said ,   " When I go away a character , I have to analyze the trance through which I have just go across . It can take me several months to say adios to them . "

Ashton Kutcher

know thatAshton Kutcher normally take goofier part , no one expected him to turn to method acting when it come in prison term to present Steve Jobs inJobs . But when it total clock time to transform into one of the world ’s most well - known technical school hotshot , Kutcher did what Jobs did .

For months , Kutcher ascertain Jobs in interviews , public lecture shows , and documentaries to con how to sound and move like Jobs .   I noticed how he used his manus to spill the beans and how he counted with his fingers ( pinky finger first ) , how he used the word ' aaaaand ' and ' noooow ' to mean about what he was go to say next,“Kutcher recite lover in an on-line assembly . Kutcher was even hospitalized for   going on the fruit dieting that Jobs was on !

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman   is one child actress who successfully became a sought after adult actress . She ’s win countless awards over the class for multiple role , and now it come out that she has method represent to give thanks for it .

For the role of Nina Sayers inBlack Swan , Portman lose 20 pound and prepare for eight hour a Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to be seen as an reliable ballerina . However , consume less and brook acute breeding made Portman finger like she " was going to die . " It was her role as Nina that she realize she could be take " down " by a function .

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks has done it all : comedy , drama , legal action , thriller … He ’s also a writer and manufacturer . His voice is beloved as Woody inToy Story , his brace behaviour inCaptain Phillips , and the connection he had with Meg Ryan inYou Got Mail .

However , it was his role inCast Awaythat occupy him over the edge . He did n’t cut his hair or bathe , which was severeenough to give him a staphylococci infection . He also lost 50 Syrian pound to look like he too was starve . He did similar thing for his role as   Paul Edgecomb inThe Green Mile .

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny arrive at it big with her seriesBig Lovewhen she won a Golden Globe . But it ’s her function as Daisy in Brown Bunny that has our aid for her method acting acting . In the movie , Daisy had an intimate scene with a male co - star that turn out to be 100 % real .

She told those at the Cannes Film Festival that she does n’t regret her pick of act or doing thecontroversial scene ,   " I wish I had the confidence I had now . I was insecure . Everyone says , ‘ what do you regret ? ’ And I know that they desire me to sayThe Brown Bunny , but I wo n’t . ”

Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan is on top of the universe right now . It seems to be hit after reach for the actor . FromThe WiretoCreedtoBlack Panther , Jordan is n’t slowing down any metre soon . However , after portrayingBlack Panther’sErik Killmonger , Jordan had to assay therapy to get out of that space .

Just like Erik , Jordan prepare by spend a lot of clip alone .   “ I shut out love , I did n’t want lovemaking . I wanted to be in this lonely place as long as I could , " he aver . The obscure distance he was in did the trick forBlack Pantherbut it drive Jordan ’s mind into the ground . Luckily , therapy avail the actor bounce back .

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