In this weekend’s Tower Heist , Eddie Murphy stars as as a benevolent crook who helps a few Ponzi scheme victims attempt to recover their money. So how did a Brooklyn-area stand-up transform himself into an ’80s comedic superstar, an unexpected dramatic talent and this February, an Academy Award host?
In this weekend’s Margin Call , Demi Moore plays a workaholic risk management exec whose reckless peers at a fictional Wall Street investment firm help ignite the 2008 economic crisis. So how did a Brat Packer from the ’80s transform herself into a high powered finance exec?
In this weekend’s Warrior , Nick Nolte assumes his most personal role to date: that of a recovering alcoholic who can’t seem to redeem himself in the eyes of his sons, or at the end of the day, himself. How did Nolte transform himself from a strapping TV miniseries rebel to a gravelly-voiced vet actor mirroring his own notorious demons onscreen?
Here’s one way to make yourself a screen sensation: star in as many movies in a row as possible! Justin TImberlake is so ubiquitous as a film presence right now that it’s bizarre how only a year ago, his casting as Sean Parker in The Social Network felt like a questionable anomaly. Now, there’s no denying Timberlake’s panache as a romantic lead, comic actor, and serious thespian talent. And to think it all began with Mickey ears and a failed trial with Ed McMahon. Let’s reinspect nine moments in the evolution of Justin Timberlake.
In this weekend’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 , Ralph Fiennes reprises his role as Lord Voldemort , the noseless, screamy “Dark Lord” archenemy of our bespectacled box office hero Harry Potter. How did the English Oscar-nominee transform himself from chilling Nazi war criminal to a J. Lo love interest and back again to another kind of purity-seeking evildoer?