The film industry is a rather complex industry, most people enjoy watching films every day, but few people think about how directors choose actors, how the actors themselves compete for the right to take part in a movie.
Often in films, the viewer can see a character of a very unusual appearance, which has little in common with the human appearance, the viewer does not even think that some actor had to translate this creature on the screen.
In our article, you can find a list of ten actors who managed to play cult roles, but at the same time remain unrecognized fans.
10. Billy Crudup (Doctor Manhattan from The Guardians)
Dr. Manhattan is a fictional character from the Guardians comics. According to the plot of the comics, the hero has the following superpowers: levitation, invulnerability, teleportation, foresight and some others.
On the screen of this character was embodied by actor Billy Crudup, whom the viewer can also know from his roles in films such as Beauty in English, Big Fish, Mission Impossible -3.
To play the role of Dr. Manhattan or John Osterman was not an easy task for the actor, since the character does not look much like an ordinary person. When filming a movie, the directors used motion capture technology.
9. Kevin Peter Hall (First Predator)
The American actor more than once had to play the role of monsters in films. The most famous are the films “Predator”, “Caution”, “Harry and Hendersons” and “Predator-2”.
What is interesting, the filmmakers loved to invite the actor to the roles of various interesting characters due to the fact that he was incredibly tall, his height was 220 cm.
During the filming, Kevin Hall was almost constantly in a stuffy costume of an alien character, only a helmet was easily removed, this allowed the actor to take a breath of fresh air.
8. Christian Godlevsky (Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy)
Few people watched the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, based on the comics of the Marvel Universe. Many viewers remembered Groot - an unusual humanoid, outwardly similar to a tree, but possessing high intelligence.
The character has superpowers, for example, absorbs wood to grow, can control trees, is not afraid of fire.
Able to pronounce just one phrase in human language: "I am Groot!" - she means anything.
On television, the role of an alien was embodied by actor Christian Godolevsky using motion capture technology.
7. Ahmed Best (JJ Binks from Star Wars)
Ja-Ja Binks is a fictional character in the second part of the Star Wars movie.
This alien has a kind, slightly naive disposition. It has an unusual appearance, slightly similar to a platypus, very clumsy. On the screen, the image of a funny hero was embodied by an actor named Ahmed Best. The film was also shot using motion capture technology, the character received the voice acting of the actor.
Unfortunately, this role did not bring Ahmed Best fame, fans of the film hated the actor who played the role of a comedic and did not fit into the plot of the film, in their opinion, Ja-Ja and for a long time harassed him and his family.
6. Nick Castle (Michael Myers from "Halloween")
Michael Myers is known to viewers as a negative character in the Halloween movie, shot in 1978. The idea of creating this movie hero belonged to Debra Hill and John Carpenter.
In addition to films, the killer maniac was also mentioned in literature, video games and comics. On screen, his image was able to embody the American actor Nick Castle.
5. Mayvenn Le Besco (Plavalaguna from The Fifth Element)
Diva Plavalaguna, invented by the director of the movie The Fifth Element, is an opera singer. She is a secret agent and is responsible for the delivery of items.
The name for the fictional character was coined by film director Luke Bessonne. As a child, he often rested in a place with the same name, it is translated from the Croatian language as "blue lagoon."
The dress of the opera diva was designed by a French fashion designer. And the singer herself on television was embodied by actress Mayvenn Le Besco. The aria was performed by Inva Mula (famous opera singer) behind the scenes.
Outwardly, an alien diva slightly resembles an earthly woman, but is distinguished by high growth, blue skin and has processes on the head.
4. Douglas Bradley (Pinhead from HellRaisers)
Pinhead is the negative hero of HellRaisers. The character was coined by Clive Barker in 1987.
According to the plot of the film, Pinhead belongs to the Senobits, that is, people reborn into demons and always wanting to do evil.
The real name of the fictional hero is Elliot Spencer. He went to hell with the help of Lemarshan's casket and turned into a terrible creature.
His head is studded with needles, his skin is pale in cuts, and a hook in his stomach. Pinhead is the leader of the Senobits, in him the only ones left glimpses of human consciousness and a sense of justice.
On the screen, the image of the monster was embodied by the English actor Douglas Bradley, he did it at the request of his friend and classmate, Clive Barker, when he decided to make a film based on his work.
3. Richard Break (King of the Night from Game of Thrones)
Fans of the Game of Thrones know that the King of the night is the main negative character in the series, he is the embodiment of evil in the film, the leader of the terrible army of white walkers.
Unlike his warriors, the king even looks impressive, as he is dressed in armor and has processes on his head that look like an imitation of a crown.
Also, the king of white walkers has superpower, he can resurrect dead people and animals to make his army even bigger.
The role of the King of the Night went to a British-American actor named Richard Break, whom the viewer can also remember on films such as “Water for the Elephants!”, “Thor 2: The Kingdom of Darkness”.
2. Anthony Daniels (C-3PO from Star Wars)
S-3RO is a fictional character from the Star Wars movie, is a droid, and provides advice on etiquette and translation.
This hero appears in eight parts of the movie. On television, his image was embodied by British actor Anthony Daniels.
1. Doug Jones (amphibian man from "Forms of Water")
Amphibian man is the hero of the film “The Form of Water”. According to the plot of the film, they caught him from the waters of the Amazon, people began to try to establish contact with him, but after failure, one of the colonels of the military laboratory beat him, to which the amphibian responds with aggression.
Further, the hero of the film is decided to vivisect, but Eliza, the mute cleaner of this laboratory, decides to help the unfortunate creature, save him by releasing him into the ocean. During further ups and downs between the amphibian and the person, feelings arise, Eliza gains the opportunity to breathe under water.
Brilliantly played the role of amphibian managed actor named Doug Jones. Due to his appearance, he was often involved in science fiction, fantasy and horror films; he masterfully transforms into various non-human beings.