History Main / DyeingForYourArt

** To portray the SerialKiller version of Slim Shady on ''Relapse'', Eminem (who had become obese in 2006) slimmed down to a very low body fat percentage, to the extent of even losing the fat on his face that gave him the cute, boyish appearance he'd been known for previously. He'd wanted to look like Creator/ChristianBale in ''Film/TheMachinist'', but his personal trainer had talked him out of it. He still makes a point of [[MrFanservice showing off]] his extremely slim new body in the ShirtlessScene and BloodBath scene in the music video for "3 a.m.".

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': Creator/MichaelSheen bleached his hair white-blonde to play Aziraphale while Creator/DavidTennant dyed his red to play Crowley. The [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange different hairstyles]] Crowley has during flashbacks are wigs but all present-day scenes are Tennant's own dyed hair.

* Creator/AdrianPasdar grew a beard for the second season of ''Series/{{Heroes}}.'' It was so impressive it [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pasbeard had its own nickname]].

* Creator/JodelleFerland dyed her dark brown hair [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]] for ''Series/{{Dark Matter|2015}}'' - one of the reasons was for her to stand out visually from her co-star Creator/MelissaONeil.

* Creator/ChristopherReeve put on nearly 30 lbs. of muscle to play the Man of Steel in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''. Footage of him during his screen test, which is available on the DVD, shows how skinny he was when he was cast. In fact, he put on so much muscle, they were forced to reshoot a few scenes for the sake of continuity.

* Creator/YulBrynner shaved his head for ''Film/TheKingAndI'', and (like Telly Savalas) didn't grow his hair back. He also bulked up during ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' because he didn't want to appear scrawny next to Charlton Heston... which is why he's so fit in ''The King and I''.

* Song Kang-ho gave his black hair blond highlights for ''Film/TheHost'', to play a character who's [[DumbBlond not very bright]].

* Gerard Way of Music/MyChemicalRomance bleached his hair white to portray a dying cancer patient in Music/TheBlackParade era.

* Gretchen Mol, a blonde, played the title role in ''Film/TheNotoriousBettiePage''. Page was a brunette and Mol either dyed her hair or wore a wig to match.

* Gretchen Mol, a blonde, played the title role in ''Film/TheNotoriousBettiePage''. Page was a brunette. Whether Mol dyed her hair or wore a wig on her head is not known, but in a couple of brief nude scenes, the hair in her lower regions was definitely brunette. You may draw your own conclusions.

* Creator/PedroPascal gives the tile character of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' a raspy voice by screaming into a pillow before speaking.

* Pasquale Finicelli, an actor with naturally [[http://www.beehive.it/Pasquale_Finicelli_file/Pasquale.jpg dark brown hair]], had to dye it [[http://www.lorenzone.it/wp-content/uploads/2000/01/mirko.jpg blond with a red forelock]] in order to play Mirko in the Italian teen soap opera ''Love Me Licia'' (a live-action adaptation of the manga ''Manga/AiShiteNight'', where the male lead Go had AnimeHair like that).

* Creator/KeiraKnightley cut her hair short for ''{{Film/Domino}}'' and ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham''. Amusingly enough, both cases required her to wear extensions for the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies she had to film immediately afterward. Keira later confessed that her hair got ruined from having to dye it so much for roles - she's resorting to wigs since 2013.

* Creator/RobertCarlyle had shoulder-length hair when the sequel to ''Film/T2Trainspotting'' was greenlit. He cut it all off to reprise his role as Begbie. As a result, Rumpelstiltskin has short hair in Season 6 of ''Series/OnceUponATime'', which he had to film immediately after.

** For ''Divergent'', Creator/ShaileneWoodley had her dark brown hair lightened to blonde. She later went blonde again for ''{{Film/Adrift}}''.

** He packed on thirty pounds and had his hairline shaved back and receded to play UsefulNotes/AlCapone in ''Film/TheUntouchables''. He went so deep into the role, he wore the same silk underwear the real Capone wore, something ''audiences would never actually see''.

* [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] with the rather shameful example of ''castrati''. Back in the earlier days of {{Opera}}, when prepubescent boys with good singing voices would be castrated so that their voices wouldn't break (and therefore ruin their ability to hit the high notes that composers were so fond of putting in their compositions). This practice eventually died out: ''castrati'' were frequently cast as women--which made sense in an age where few women took up acting or singing in operas, which was seen as unladylike somehow. When female opera singing became more socially acceptable and stealing the manhoods of little boys was not, the practice gradually disappeared, and was finally banned in its primary center (Italy) in 1861 (shortly after unification). Only one castrato, Alessandro Moreschi, lived long enough to have his voice recorded.

* [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] with the rather shameful example of ''castrati''. Back in the earlier days of {{Opera}}, when prepubescent boys with good singing voices would be castrated so that their voices wouldn't break (and therefore ruin their ability to hit the high notes that composers were so fond of putting in their compositions). This practice eventually died out: ''castrati'' were frequently cast as women--which made sense in an age where few women took up acting or singing in operas, which was seen as unladylike somehow. When female opera singing became more socially acceptable and stealing the manhoods of little boys was not, the practice gradually disappeared, and was finally banned in its primary center (Italy) in 1861 (shortly after unification).