Actors Who Were Never The Same After A Role

For people who've never done it, it can be easy to think of acting as being paid to pretend, but there's really a lot more to it — in fact, it can often be an all-consuming craft, and like anything that requires extreme effort, it's very possible to take things too far. It's a lesson that's been learned the hard way by generations of stars who dedicated everything they had to roles that demanded intense emotional and/or physical investment, and ended up taking things a step (or two) too far.