1. While preparing for "Call Me By Your Name," Timothee Chalamet spent four hours a day learning Italian, piano and guitar. She also moved to the location, Crema, Italy, five weeks before the others to enter the character.
2. To make Breaking Bad as realistic as possible, Bryan Cranston learned how to really make methamphetamine. It was taught by DEA agents who served as consultants for the series.
3. During the filming of "Blue Valentine", Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling and Faith Wladyka lived for a month as a celebrity in the characters house. They celebrated fake Christmas, birthdays and bought presents for each other to create real memories.
4. To play Wladyslaw Szpilman in "The Pianist," Adrien Brody sold the car and the apartment and headed to the barn with only two suitcases.
5. During the filming of "The Revenant," Leonardo DiCaprio switched to hypothermia because he had to dip into cold water several times.
6. For Vivian's role in "Jungle Fever," Halle Berry visits a drug addict's house to better understand the character. It also didn't shower for two weeks.
7. In preparation for "The Dark Knight," Heath Ledger locked himself in a hotel room in London and went inside the character.
8. To play Tonya Harding in "I, Tonya," Margot Robbie spent four hours a day, five days a week on skating lessons.
9. In "Mission Impossible: Fallout," Tom Cruise jumps from 320 mph with no defenses.
10. For his role in "My Left Foot," Daniel Day Lewis did not move out of the wheelchair even through doubles or scenes. He was nurtured by staff members after playing the role of an artist with cerebral palsy.
