{"id":3285,"date":"2015-01-14T08:59:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2015-01-14T08:59:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:59:16","slug":"5-actors-who-should-seriously-consider-a-career-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/01\/14\/5-actors-who-should-seriously-consider-a-career-change\/","title":{"rendered":"5 actors who should seriously consider a career change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Foxcatcher <\/em>was released in the UK last weekend, and its well worth watching just to marvel at the physical and emotional transformation of the normally lovable Steve Carrell.<\/p>\n<p>Donning a fake nose and a terrible haircut, Carrell\u2019s creepy presence as twisted wrestling coach John du Pont makes it difficult to comprehend that this is the guy who once uttered the line \u201d\u02dcI love lamp\u2019. This is Carrell in \u201d\u02dcserious actor\u2019 mode, and it suits him well; is this is the beginning of a brave career switch for the comedy actor?<\/p>\n<p>Well, probably not. But he could if he wanted to. And he\u2019s not the only one. Here are a few more actors who should consider pursuing a new line of work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Planning to clear out your movie collection? Then <a title=\"sell DVDs\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell <\/a><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><a title=\"sell DVDs\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">DVDs<\/a> with musicMagpie \u201d\u201c it\u2019s free! Get an instant price by <a title=\"clicking here\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/start-selling\/\">clicking here<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Christian Bale: weight-loss (and gain) coach<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H0fuHY4U1UA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although he\u2019s a talented actor, we can\u2019t help but feel that Christian Bale would be a world-class weight loss (and gain) coach.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Bale starred in <em>The Machinist<\/em>, a cult indie drama for which he lost 60lbs by surviving on a tin of tuna and an apple per day. Six weeks later, Bale was Batman; he bulked up for the role by gorging on ice cream and pizza.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, so it\u2019s not the healthiest way to gain and lose weight but it works apparently! We\u2019re sure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0auwpvAU2YA\">Bale\u2019s infamous temper<\/a> would scare most people into sticking to their meal plans too&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Joaquin Phoenix: hidden camera show host<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H0fuHY4U1UA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Joaquin Phoenix appeared on the <em>Late Show with David Letterman <\/em>and convinced the world he had gone completely mad. Appearing dishevelled and mumbling, Phoenix announced he was retiring from acting to pursue his dream of becoming a rapper, a process he would document in the film <em>I\u2019m Still Here<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out to be a hoax, but Pheonix had managed to fool the world and inadvertently positioned himself as the natural successor to the late Jeremy Beadle. Come on, ITV: give Joaquin a call and get the hidden camera show revival on the road!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Sir Daniel Day-Lewis: president of the United States\/Bear Grylls\u2019 replacement\/champion boxer<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H0fuHY4U1UA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is crazily committed to his craft, often assuming whatever role he\u2019s portraying even when he isn\u2019t on camera. While this method approach hasn\u2019t won him many friends, it\u2019s left him with so many skills that we\u2019ve had to list 3 potential new careers for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1: President of the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Day-Lewis apparently got so into the role of Abraham Lincoln that he started acting <a title=\"as if he was the legendary president all the time\" href=\"https:\/\/uproxx.com\/filmdrunk\/2012\/11\/daniel-day-lewis-sent-sally-field-text-messages-in-character-as-abe-lincoln\/\">as if he was the legendary president all the time<\/a>. We\u2019re not sure if that automatically gives him any political talent, but it\u2019s worth a shot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2: Bear Gryll\u2019s Understudy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While preparing for <em>The Last of the Mohicans<\/em>, Day-Lewis <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.movies.yahoo.com\/the-craziest-ways-daniel-day-lewis-prepared-for-roles-171013867.html\">only ate food he had hunted himself<\/a> \u201d\u201c making him the ideal stand-in if Bear Grylls\u2019 ever fancies a day off. We\u2019re not sure if Day-Lewis has tried surviving off his own bodily fluids yet, but he might give it a go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3: Champion Boxer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For <em>The Boxer<\/em>, Day-Lewis trained with ex-champion Barry McGuigan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/features\/how-daniel-daylewis-notoriously-rigorous-role-preparation-has-yielded-another-oscar-contender-776563.html\">twice-a-day, 7 days a week for 3 years<\/a>. According to McGuigan, Day-Lewis was so good by the end of it that he could have turned pro.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that Day-Lewis has already pursued a second career, taking a 5-year sabbatical from acting to work as a cobbler in Italy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Tom Cruise: Samurai<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T50_qHEOahQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so there isn\u2019t much demand for Samurai in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century, but Cruise would be first in line if there was. For <em>The Last Samurai<\/em>, Cruise trained in swordfighting, Kendo, martial arts and horseriding, as well as learning Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-205313\/Cruise-brush-death.html\">he was almost killed by a sword during a stunt<\/a> and presumably now lists \u201d\u02dcfearless\u2019 under the \u201d\u02dcskills\u2019 section of his CV.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve know of any surprising skills possessed by famous actors, let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foxcatcher was released in the UK last weekend, and its well worth watching just to marvel at the physical and emotional transformation of the normally lovable Steve Carrell. Donning a fake nose and a terrible haircut, Carrell\u2019s creepy presence as twisted wrestling coach John du Pont makes it difficult to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3287,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3285\/revisions\/3287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}