11 Actors’ Most Dramatic Onscreen Hair Transformations

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Ariana Grande bleached her naturally darkish hair and dyed it purple each two weeks for the primary 4 years she performed Cat Valentine on Victorious.

Here is what her hair regarded like a number of years prior, when she was in 13 on Broadway:

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To play Colin in Not Okay, Dylan O’Brien dyed his hair for the primary time ever. The six-hour transformation required shaving his head then bleaching it twice.

That is what his hair regarded like in his earlier position in The Outfit:

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Florence Pugh shaved her head to play Almut in We Stay in Time. In 2024, she instructed British Vogue, “For any actor taking a task like this, it’s utterly vital that you simply see her head and we see her shaving it – it was simply at all times a no brainer. You have got the respect of doing one thing to your self that’s completely in assist of the character.”

Here is what her hair regarded like just a few months earlier than filming started:

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In Legally Blonde, Linda Cardellini’s incriminating perm was her actual hair, simply severely curled.

Here is what her hair regarded like a number of months earlier than the film was filmed:

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When Robert Pattinson performed Connie Nikas in Good Time, “they peroxided [his] bangs” in some scenes.

Here is what his hair regarded like just a few months earlier than filming started:

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Sam Reid began Interview with the Vampire Season 1 with extensions whereas rising his hair out. Nevertheless, “undoubtedly by the final two or three episodes, that is [his] hair.”

Here is what his hair regarded like in his earlier position on The Newsreader Season 1:

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In 2012, Tom Hiddleston instructed Parade, “In Thor, that was my very own hair. I grew it out. However I’ve naturally curly, blonde hair, so I am going to by no means appear like that.”

Here is what his hair regarded like just a few months earlier than filming started:

For Loki Seasons 1 and a couple of, Tom was ready to make use of his actual hair once more. Talking on a panel at Megacon 2024, he reportedly stated, “I’ve grown it out, and I’ve dyed it. It is at all times a second when the dye goes in.”

Here is what his hair regarded like just a few months earlier than filming Season 1:

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For her first six years on Recreation of Thrones, Sophie Turner dyed her naturally blonde hair purple to play Sansa Stark.

Here is what her hair regarded like IRL as soon as she began sporting wigs on GOT:

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James Marsters bleached his hair for his position as Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The label on the bottle of bleach warned, “Solely do that each six weeks. Not secure to make use of extra typically.” Nevertheless, he had to make use of it each eight days “as a result of a vampire is useless, so your hair does not develop, so you may’t have roots.”

Here is what his hair regarded like on Northern Publicity just a few years earlier:

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To play Rose in Titanic, Kate Winslet dyed her hair purple as a result of director James Cameron requested her, “How would you’re feeling if we did one thing actually daring along with her hair?”

That is what her hair regarded like just a few months earlier than the film went into manufacturing:

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And eventually, Mark Hamill coloured his hair purple with everlasting dye for his transient visitor look as The Trickster on The Flash.

Here is what his hair regarded like earlier than filming his episode: