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Likewise, Chuck Norris dropped out of American Ninja because he didn't want to obscure his face by wearing a mask.But Jeff Goldblum loved the script and saw the prospect as an exciting challenge, and the result was his Star-Making Role. With David Cronenberg's take on The Fly, there was some trouble finding an actor willing to play a character who starts out attractive and slowly, inexorably becomes more and more and more diseased-looking and repulsive-acting (the final full-body makeup stage took a full five hours to apply).However, she ended up walking away once it was decided that makeup and facial prosthetics would be used to make her look uglier, as she felt it might negatively impact her career. A classic example: Gale Sondergaard was originally cast as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, and even did costume and makeup tests.This was at least partly because Allen had an allergic reaction to the makeup used in the first movie and wanted to minimize the time spent in it in the sequels. Both sequels to The Santa Clause feature a plotline that turns fat, old, jolly Saint Nick back into Tim Allen.

(Keep in mind that comic books, animation and prose narratives offer other methods of conveying the same information, rendering it less important to see the character's true face.) This isn't just about vanity - an actor's face and facial expressions are vital in "selling" the acting in a medium such as film where body language matters. Therefore the actor and producers will want the audience to see the actor's face as much as possible, particularly during highly dramatic moments. This is a fairly straightforward concept when the character is just a drawn image on a page.īut what happens when such a character is brought over into live-action? In the world of Hollywood, any actor with the clout to play said character is probably recognizable to the degree of bankability. Sometimes this visage involves wearing a mask, helmet, heavy makeup, or otherwise concealing or altering the character's face. If a character is reasonably popular, through cartoons, comics, or general folklore, they'll probably have some kind of iconic visage.