Actors Getting into Character...Literally

You've always heard of actors spending lots of time practicing their characters so they can really get a better grasp on the role they must play, but have you ever heard of an actor actually becoming their character? Over time, you hear reports of the certain actors who completely engulf themselves in their work, and by that I mean when they receive a role in a movie, they don't waste time to completely become that character both on and off the screen. They spend the entire duration of the filming just being the character that they were given, like they forgot all about who they really were and entirely became someone else.

 The latest report was recalled by Anne Hathaway as she told people about filming The Devil Wears Prada with fellow costar Meryl Streep. Hathaway spills that when she first met Meryl, she was greeted in a warming hug and immediately felt loved but that went away the minute Streep opened her mouth and told Anne that that would be the last time that she was nice to her. At first you'd think that Hathaway would be speechless and not know what to think, but she soon learned that it wasn't that Meryl Streep didn't like her, it was because Streep was ready to completely transform herself into Miranda Priestley, her bitter, cold character in the movie. 

Meryl’s facade lasted the entire time the movie was being filmed. From the minute she stepped on the set to the minute filming, Streep never once strayed away from her bitter side especially when it came to her relationship with her co star Anne who she treated as Miranda treats Andie in the movie. Hathaway explains to the press how she loves and respects Meryl for her ability to be able to be able to become someone else for the entirety of the movie.

Streep isn’t the first and only actor who consumes herself into the role that she plays. So many other actors and actresses do the same exact thing every time they set foot on the set of a movie they are partaking in. Some go to great lengths to study their characters, their way of life, how they would talk, walk and everything else they could find out about their character. Actors like Nicholas Cage have been reported to do this technique as well, and I guess it works because these people are extraordinary actors and actresses.

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