Beyond tuning in for a “Where are they now?” special, its rare to find a former child star in the adult spotlight. Couple the typical teen star turmoil with the cult horror phenomenon that was “The Exorcist,” and you have actress Linda Blair. Blair’s career may be stuck in the bedroom of head-spinning and demon-possessing teen Regan, but she will live on forever as the ugliest movie character of all time. See which other movie characters made our ugly list inside.
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Malcolm McDowell’s psycopathic Alex DeLarge in “A Clockwork Orange” may be ugly on the outside, but he was hideous underneath.
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The beautiful Charlize Theron won an Academy Award for best actress when she transformed into “Monster” serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
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Jack Nicholson flew over the ugly nest in “The Shining.”
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The clownish make-up couldn’t hide the hideous scars of Heath Ledger’s now-iconic joker in “Dark Knight.”
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Another “Dark Knight” actor, Gary Oldman, never shies away from ugly roles, including the “Devil,” “Harry Potter’s” Sirius Black, Count Dracula in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and the most cringeworthy of them all – Mason Verger, the only surviving victim of Hannibal Lecter.
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Speaking of “Hannibal,” Anthony Hopkins terrifies as Dr. Lecter.
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Before hitting the gym to become Batman, Christian Bale shed almost 70 lbs. to play an industrial worker suffering from insomnia in “The Machinist.”
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Ewan McGregor lost his share of weight to play heroin addict Mark Renton in “Trainspotting.”
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Bad boy Colin Farrell sparked much gossip when the usually muscular actor looked skin-and-bones chic for the upcoming movie, “Triage.”
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Matt Damon, who once lost 40 lbs to play a heroin-addicted soldier in “Courage Under Fire,” was recently looking plump on the set of his new film, “The Informant.”
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“My So Called Life” groupies will barely recognize Jared Leto in the upcoming “Chapter 27.”
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Renee Zellweger became the first female actress to really pack on the pounds for “Bridget Jones.” The normally svelte actress dieted to return to her normal weight, but had to return to the cookie jar when plans for the sequel rolled in.
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“Munich’s” hunky Eric Bana in “Chopper.”
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According to director Martin Scorsese, production of “Raging Bull” was shut down for around four months so Robert De Niro could go on a binge-eating trip around Northern Italy and France to increase his weight from 145 to 215 pounds to play the fatter version of boxer Jake LaMotta.
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Javier Bardem snagged an Academy Award for best supporting actor in “No Country for Old Men.”
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His co-star, Josh Brolin, took ugly to a new level in the Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez collaboration of “Grindhouse: Planet Terror.”
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Tim Curry as a mad scientist and transvestite in “The Rocky Horror Show.”
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Rob Zombie’s “House of 1000 Corpses” and “Devil’s Rejects” made Sid Haig the most terrifying clown, ever.
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The nightmarish “Freddy Krueger.”
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Johnny Depp, who is known for morphing into his unique characters, went to the dark side as “Sweeney Todd” and “Edward Scissorhands.”
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Ellen Burstyn personifies delusion in the cultish drug drama “Requiem for a Dream.”
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Hilary Swank’s breakout role was as a boy in “Boys Don’t Cry.”
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Felicity Huffman continued to blur gender lines as transsexual Bree in “Transamerica.”
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Emma Thompson as the unusual and ugly “Nanny McPhee.”
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Daveigh Chase became the Millenium’s “Exorcist” in “The Ring.”
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Green is a perfect color for “Oz’s” wicked witch, played by Margaret Hamilton.
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A man of many “Masks,” Jim Carrey has gone a little green himself as the “Grinch,” and recently went a little crazy in “The Number 23.”
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Mike Meyers’ “Austin Powers” villains – Fat Bastard and Goldmember.
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Gwyneth Paltrow found out what it was like to be overweight when she slipped on this fat suit for “Shallow Hal.”
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John Travolta, who played Barry Pepper in “Battlefield Earth,” slipped on a fat suit and a pair of high heels for “Hairspray.”
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Tom Hanks took his weight in waves so he could talk to a volleyball in “Castaway.”
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The dapper George Clooney gained weight for “Syriana” and sports a not-so-dapper ‘stache for his upcoming film, “Men Who Stare at Goats.”
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George’s BFF Brad Pitt, who could arguably be called sexy even with his “vampire” fangs, held “Benjamin Button” watchers in cruel anticipation by playing an older man for more than half of the movie.
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Demi Moore may be the prettiest bald and butch “GI” the screen has ever seen.
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Peter Mayhew played such a good Chewbacca that George Lucas cast him for all four “Star Wars” films.
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Eddie Murphy was the first to don the fat suit as “Nutty Professor” Mr Klump, and later for “Norbit.”
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Martin Lawrence borrowed the suit for “Big Momma’s House.”
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Sacha Baron Cohen plays hairy and comical journalist Borat.
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Tom Cruise’s “Tropic Thunder” appearance tops the cameo list.
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Sylvester Stallone takes a beating or two in “Rocky” and “Rambo.”
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Mickey Rourke makes a pretty comeback as an ugly “Wrestler.”
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The “Election” took a toll on Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.
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And Anne Hathaway took a beating as a damaged druggie in “Rachel Getting Married.”
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Nicole Kidman in “The Hours.”
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Halle Berry gets committed in screamer “Gothika.”
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Robin Williams plays a photography pervert in “One Hour Photo.”
