8. Maggie Gyllenhaal In The Deuce

The TV series The Deuce focuses on the legalization of the adult industry in 1970s New York. Which means, to make an actual and “real” series, it would have to feature a ton of filthy language with some shocking scenes. Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Candy Merrell, an escort turned adult film businesswoman. Now Maggie is no stranger to revealing scenes, for before there was Fifty Shades, there was The Secretary. But she was youthful then and now age is catching up with her, so this was a role that she really thought about before accepting. Once she said yes, she accepted it and totally immersed herself in it and even tuned producer for the series – to be able to have a say in the way the role shaped as well. And this is not a role that was easy to play. Gyllenhaal admits it was tough to play Candy and immerse herself in the seedy salaciousness of the world of adult film, escorting and transactional relationships, and the revealing scenes that accompanied it.

7. Henry Cavill In Justice League

So what could be so traumatic about playing Superman? Well, nothing actually. Except Henry Cavill was asked to perform reshoots for the movie, while he was already mid-shooting on Mission: Impossible 6, and so was sporting a large, bushy mustache. Paramount refused to allow Cavill to shave his mustache since growing it back would have meant delays for M:I6. But Warner Bros refused to wait for Superman to get a shave and so they decided to go ahead with reshooting Cavill’s scenes with the mustache. They used CGI to digitally remove it in post-production but the results were at best, uneven and painfully apparent. The term stiff upper lip got a whole new meaning in Justice League and turned Cavill into a laughing stock with tons of memes referring rather unfavorably to “MustacheGate!” Poor Superman, and poor Cavill.

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