Actors who lied to get a role

We can say that the entire acting profession is built on pretense, but not many people know that actors also lie, though not for the credibility of the image, but to get the role. Our current article is about actors who went to a lie for the sake of the coveted shots.

• Sandra Bullock

  Even such a famous actress as Sandra Bullock went to the tricks and added her age during a meeting with a casting director, and all for a role in the film "Love Potion No. 9".

  Sandra auditioned for the role of a rather mature woman, and instead of her 26, she indicated a different age in the questionnaire - 29 years old. The lie worked out, and Sandra was approved for the main role, with which she coped perfectly well.

• Whoopi Goldberg

  Whoopi Goldberg went further and added six years to her age. Surprisingly, in those days this deception was not revealed for a long time.

• Carla Gugino

  Carla Gugino also lied about her age, but the opposite way; when the writers said that they needed a young actress to shoot in the “Troop Beverly Hills”, Carla said that she was not 16, but 14 years old. The actress was approved for the role, but later the deception was still revealed. At that time, Gugino had already proven herself well and she remained.

• Daniel Craig

  One would think that there is nothing that agent 007 can't do. At the audition, Craig said that he was an excellent rider, but this, of course, was far from the truth. As a result, during filming of the movie "Cowboys vs. Aliens", the deception was revealed, but the entire film crew and the director had already accepted the actor in his role. He had to learn from scratch.

• Mila Kunis

  Mila can be considered one of the most brazen and resourceful actresses. At the audition for That 70s Show, it was announced that all actors must be at least 18 years old. When it was Mila's turn, she calmly replied that she was under 18, but very soon she had a birthday and the director could not worry about this.

  Technically, Kunis was right – she was turning 15 that year, and her birthday was indeed approaching. But the lie was revealed anyway, which added extra spice to the actress on subsequent auditions.

• Rachel McAdams

  Canadian Rachel McAdams lied to Terrence Malick that she loves horses, though she not only tried to avoid these animals because of terrible fear, but was also the happy owner of allergies.

• Chloe Grace Moretz

  The young superstar of the films "Kick-Ass" and "Let Me In. Saga" tried to fool Martin Scorsese himself. Before auditioning for The Keeper of Time, Chloe decided that the director was looking exclusively for the British for his film, and decided to portray a distinctive British accent.

  In 5 minutes, Chloe heard a question from Scorsese: “And can you do the same, but as if you were at a loss and grimacing even more?” She answered: “I'll try!”. Everyone appreciated the audacity of the applicant and he gave her the role, although initially he saw and understood that she was trying to fool him.

• Robert Pattison

  Robert's audacity is something incomparable. Using his British accent, Pattison has repeatedly convinced casting directors that he studied at Oxford or even the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Well, after "Twilight" the actor was really known in all corners of the world, now there is no need to pretend.

• Rebel Wilson

  Actress Rebel Wilson misled everyone for a very long time and told non-existent facts from her own biography: she stated she lived in poor ghetto areas, and even managed to “lose” 7 years of her age in order to match the roles of college students.

• Liam Hemsworth

  Liam Hemsworth fooled the cast for his role in The Last Song. The object of the lie was the ability to play volleyball. It would seem that there is nothing about it. When they say play the ball, you just play the ball, but that scene was re-shot for more than 3 days, and even after classes with a coach. That's how bad Liam was.

• Anne Hathaway

  Another hoax related to horses. Actress Anne Hathaway lied to director Ang Lee for her role in Brokeback Mountain. The scene on horseback was barely filmed and they put an end to it.

• Jessica Chastain

  It is up to this day that few people are sure of the age of Jessica Chestain, so often the actress “played” with the numbers in her profile.

• Chris Hemsworth

  So many actors add height in their profiles, but Chris Hemsworth did exactly the opposite and said that his height was 185 cm, because he heard that they were looking for an actor of that height for the role of Thor. Compared to his 190, Hemsworth did not regret that he lied - he was approved without further questions.

• Eddie Redmayne

  This is another actor who exaggerated his riding skills. For the role in the TV series "Elizabeth I" they needed an actor who could ride on his own. As a result, Eddie was approved, and on one of the stages where he had to ride at a gallop, he almost crashed. When everyone realized that Redmayne had lied about his riding skills, he was urgently sent to an equestrian camp.

• Laurence Fishburne

  In order to get the role of Tyrone Miller in Apocalypse Now, 14-year-old Laurence Fishburne lied and said he was 16 years old.

• Sadie Sink

  For the role in the TV series Stranger Things, actors were selected with the ability to ride a skateboard, Sadie Sink got the role of a tomboyish teenager Max, but she had to lie about her skating skills. She was lucky that her skills were not tested, because a pair of skates was still present at the audition.

• Ben Hardy

  Ben Hardy wanted the role of Roger Taylor in Bohemian Rhapsody so badly that he lied about his drumming skills. The actor was approved and he decided to correct such a strange misunderstanding and learned to play the drums at express courses, and did it quite well.