Have you ever wished you could trade your life for that of a celebrity? Think again. People usually only see one thing: million-dollar contracts, world travel and countless fans. But every stick has two ends, and for fame and success you have to sacrifice a lot. How much, read below.
You can read here amazing celebrity stories, who are ready to sacrifice almost everything for their career.
Daniel Day-Lewis lived in the jungle for 6 months for the role that won him an Oscar.
For a role in a movie Last of Mohicans (1992) Daniel Day-Lewis spent 6 months in the jungle learning how to make a canoe and trap animals.
For a role in a movie Gangs of New York (2002) worked as a butcher for a while and ended up with pneumonia because he didn't want to wear a warm coat (as his character in the movie didn't even wear one).
Before he started shooting the movie My Left Foot (1989) spent 8 months in a hospital with people with cerebral palsy. He was on a gurney and let the staff feed him. Somehow he even managed to break 2 ribs.
For the movie Boxer (The Boxer, 1997) trained to box for 18 months and was finally ready to compete as a professional.
The life of a ballet dancer
Aleksandra Bilgic she is a Polish ballerina and oriental dancer, who does not hide how fine, but at the same time hard, the life of a dancer can be. For example, this is how her legs look after tiptoeing all day.
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Also a Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin he says that the life of every dancer includes special foot care, various exercises to strengthen the muscles and joints, strict diets that affect the muscles but should not affect the shape of the body, daily exercises, sharp pain that occurs if they skip exercises, a cocktail painkillers before each performance, etc.
Ed Harris slept in Jackson Pollock's bed, built himself a studio and spent 10 years preparing for this role.
Ed Harris he read a biography of Jackson Pollock and started with 10 years of preparation for the role. He familiarized himself with all the books and documentaries devoted to Pollock, visited galleries, carefully analyzed his paintings, started smoking Pollock's favorite cigarettes, visited his home, slept in his bed, built a studio where he learned to paint and reproduced Pollock's paintings, which appear in the film.
Taylor Phinney was seriously injured, recovered within a year and returned to his career.
Taylor is a professional road cyclist and world champion. Injuries, fractures and sprains are a part of every athlete's life and Taylor is strongly against all doping and even legal painkillers as he believes that pain is an essential part of sports. In 2014, Taylor broke the tibia and metatarsal in his left leg. With the help of medicine and a strong will, he recovered during the year and continued with his career.
Joaquin Phoenix carried a sword, learned to play the guitar and almost went crazy.
Joaquin thoroughly prepares for each role. While Russell Crowe has been physically preparing for Gladiator, Joaquin is the focus devoted to details: he learned to fight with a sword and carried it with him, as he thus got used to its weight and adjusted his gait accordingly.
For the movie Walk the Line (2005) he learned to sing and play the guitar. This experience had a great impact on him. He actually wanted to quit acting and focus on hip-hop.
Michael Jordan was kicked off several basketball teams because he didn't jump well.
Developing your physical abilities is Michael Jordan devoted a lot of time and effort. He was kicked off the basketball team at school, and when he got to the NBA, his jumps weren't up to the level of professional players. It's like that every day shot the basket more than 100 times, so that he could develop his knowledge. His former coach says it was an incredible amount of hard work that made him a superstar.
Janessa Wright on the dark side of the fashion industry
Janessa is building a career in fashion and also works as a hostess. Here reveals details about the hard work of models, such as the fact that they are always expected to have a perfect body. This means they spend hours in the gym, follow strict diets and even undergo plastic surgery. This industry is also rife with illegal income and drugs to keep girls away from depression. Some models also work other jobs to pay the bills and build a future.
Bethany Hamilton is one of the best surfers in the world, even though she lost her arm in a fight with a shark.
Bethany is a professional surfer from Hawaii. Even in childhood, it was known that she would become a great athlete, but she did at the age of 13 attacked by a shark and bit off her left arm. This accident did not stop her: she was back on the surf in just 26 days. Today he is on the list of the 50 best surfers in the world, winning competitions and inspiring people around the world. The movie Soul Surfer (2011) was also made based on her story.
Linda Hamilton had to train very hard to prepare her body for the role of Sarah Connor.
In order for Linda to be truly ready for her role in Terminator, her trainer put her through hell. 13 weeks before filming, the actress, who at the time weighed 50 kilos, had to start a rigorous workout (cardio, weight lifting, shooting, judo) and a strict fat-free diet. Her coach even wanted her to swim with weights in the ocean. These intense training sessions came just a few months after Linda gave birth to her son.
John Obi Mikelje was able to play 90 minutes of football while his father was being tortured by criminals.
During this year's World Cup, the father of a Nigerian football player was kidnapped. John Obi Mikel was preparing to play Argentina when strangers called him and demanded he pay a ransom for his father or they would kill him. Obi confided the terrible news only to his closest friends. His teammates and coach knew nothing. Mikel played his 90 minutes and said that 190 million Nigerians could not let him down. Within a week, the police rescued his father.
