History Main / DyeingForYourArt

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' has an in-universe example with Natalie Rhodes. In order to be closer to Beckett's style (since Nikki Heat was based on her), she dyed her hair from blonde to brunette.

"I never have…" I told him hesitantly. "Couldn't I just wear a wig?"

* Michiel Huisman cut his shoulder-length hair to match the 1940s setting of ''Film/TheGuernseyLiteraryAndPotatoPeelPieSociety''. As a result, he had short hair for ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''.

* {{Wrestling/Naomi}} added green tips to her hair when she adopted her 'Feel The Glow' gimmick. The hair glowed in the dark as a result.

* To play Lisbeth Salander in Creator/DavidFincher's 2011 remake of [[Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011 ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'']], Creator/RooneyMara chopped her long brown hair off and went to a dyed-black pixie cut, bleached her eyebrows, got both ears pierced four times, and got her eyebrow and one nipple pierced as well (lip and nose piercings were fake). Say what you will about her, she doesn't do things in half measures.

---> "I must admit I was starting to see a life free of steamed chicken breasts. They told me the idea and, at the time, it was Creator/MatthewVaughn [directing]. Instantly, I knew it was a winner. It just felt like everything was coming full circle. However, I must admit my stomach and my mind were like, �Oh no.'"

-->"I must admit I was starting to see a life free of steamed chicken breasts. They told me the idea and, at the time, it was Creator/MatthewVaughn [directing]. Instantly, I knew it was a winner. It just felt like everything was coming full circle. However, I must admit my stomach and my mind were like, �Oh no.'"

* Creator/CharlizeTheron put on about thirty pounds, partially shaved and bleached her eyebrows, and had her actual hair thinned and damaged to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Film/{{Monster}}''.
** She gained weight again, by putting on 50 pounds in order to play a new mother in ''Film/{{Tully}}'', reportedly it took nearly a year and a half to lose the weight.

* Mikael Persbrandt, a Swedish actor, has lost more than 30 pounds and buffed up noticeably for his role as the title character in ''Hamilton In The Interest Of TheNation''.

* Creator/VincentDOnofrio gained ''70 pounds'' of fat to play Private Pyle in ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. The added weight later caused the ligaments in his knees to tear up during the obstacle course scene.
** His next movie, which came out later in 1987, was ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''. He looked like [[https://throwbackthorsday.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/adventuresinbabysitting5.jpg?w=1840 this]].

* Creator/KumailNanjiani gained 25 pounds of muscle and became ripped almost beyond recognition for his part in ''Film/TheEternals''. To the point where Pornhub made an photo of him the thumbnail image for their "Muscular Man" category.

* Gina Rodriguez shaved the side of her head for ''{{Film/Annihilation}}''.

* Carolee Carmello was cast as the takeover for Carla in the Musical Theatre/Nine, they had no time to make a wig, so she dyed her brown hair red. She kept the colour ever as she received more parts because of it.

** As soon as he joined, Creator/EzraMiller bulked up considerably, as well as cut his signature long black hair short to play Barry Allen.

* When Wrestling/BigShow debuted in WCW as "The Giant", he permed his hair, presumably so that he would looked more like Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, since he was supposed to be André's {{Kayfabe}} son. He stopped doing so around late 1996 once he joined the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder.

** Winona Ryder was still getting cast as EmoTeen characters and resembled Lydia from ''{{Film/Beetlejuice}}'', nearly getting denied an audition for not being pretty enough. She went to a local Macy's department store and was given a makeover to audition, and eventually won the part of Veronica.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Creator/SamReid, a redhead [[note]]coincidentally, Reid is a surname of Scottish origin which means "red"[[/note]], grew out his hair and dyed it blond for the role of Lestat de Lioncourt. He also waxed his chest (this is a [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Sam_Reid_actor_2013_TIFF.JPG rare pic]] of the actor where you can see some of his chest hair) so that his character has a smooth torso.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Sam Reid, a redhead [[note]]coincidentally, Reid is a surname of Scottish origin which means "red"[[/note]], grew out his hair and dyed it blond for the role of Lestat de Lioncourt.

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* ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'':

** Creator/AmandaBynes took two hours to get her pigtails right, and risked losing her teeth from eating ''around 40 lollipops a day''. Yeesh!

* Creator/MargaretCho, shooting her short-lived sitcom ''Series/AllAmericanGirl'', was forced to lose weight [[HollywoodPudgy to play]] [[RealityIsUnrealistic herself.]] She lost 30 pounds in three weeks and her kidneys collapsed as a result.

* Creator/FrankaPotente dyed her hair red for ''Film/RunLolaRun''. As the color was so sensitive (and the entire film takes place over the course of twenty minutes) she couldn't wash her hair during production.

* Creator/ChadwickBoseman worked out to get a superhero shape for ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', lost that weight for ''Film/{{Marshall}}'', and then again got very ripped for his solo film ''Film/BlackPanther'' (plus ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'')... [[SecretlyDying after discovering the terminal cancer that would take his life]], meaning Boseman was keeping into shape in spite of his body not helping, specially consider how aggressive the treatment is.

* Wrestling/EvaMarie was signed to WWE with dark brown hair. Management wanted her to change her color to avoid being mistaken for the Wrestling/BellaTwins. She first got a few red streaks in, and the next day was told to become platinum blonde. Eva balked at that idea and became fire engine red instead. Luckily for her, management liked it and 'All Red Everything' became her CatchPhrase.

* ''Fanfic/FamilyGuyFanon'' does an in-universe example with Mayor Wild West. When he's determined to become overweight to win the obese side of Quahog over to his side in "Fattest in the West", he gained almost a hundred pounds to be classified as obese. Originally, he wanted to try a FatSuit, but went this direction upon seeing how long it took from a test try with Peter, and being full-on uncomfortable.

* Creator/NatalieDormer is a natural blonde - she dyed her hair black to play Anne Boleyn on ''Series/TheTudors''.