No amount of digital technology can match the skills of a skilled makeup artist who can transform a frog into a prince and vice versa.
We shows 18 photographs of well-known movie characters in which it is nearly difficult to identify the actors.
Yondu Udonta — Michael Rooker
Guardians of the Galaxy, 2014
Ayesha — Elizabeth Debicki
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 2017
Mystique — Rebecca Romijn
X-Men, 2000
Kona Chief — Hugh Grant
Cloud Atlas, 2012
The Faun — Doug Jones
Pan’s Labyrinth, 2006
Betelgeuse — Michael Keaton
Beetlejuice, 1988
Alice — Milla Jovovich
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 2016
Captain Teague — Keith Richards
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 2011
Jaylah — Sofia Boutella
Star Trek Beyond, 2016
Madame Blanc — Tilda Swinton
Suspiria, 2017
Saul — Eddie Murphy
Coming to America, 1988
Apocalypse — Oscar Isaac
X-Men: Apocalypse, 2016
The Witch — Helena Bonham Carter
Big Fish, 2003
Les Grossman — Tom Cruise
Tropic Thunder, 2008
Queen Narissa — Susan Sarandon
Enchanted, 2007
The Thing — Michael Chiklis
Fantastic Four, 2005
The Rabbi — Meryl Streep
Angels in America, 2003
Darth Maul — Ray Park
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, 1999
Bonus: Owen Chase – Chris Hemsworth
In the Heart of the Sea, 2015
Sometimes actors can’t just rely on makeup though and have to actually change their bodies to look the part.
Preview photo credit Сhris Hemsworth / instagram, Marvel Studios