1. He'll do anything for a role


Sure, we'd all like to shed a few pounds now and then, but Hardy makes transforming his body into an art form. In 2007, Hardy was cast as Stuart Shorter, a homeless, alcoholic heroin addict with muscular dystrophy in the heartbreaking BBC/HBO TV adaptation of 'Stuart: A Life Backwards,' and his hunched, emaciated frame could certainly give Christian Bale's 'Machinist' makeover a run for its money. Then, in 2009, Hardy gained 35 pounds to portray the legendary criminal Charles Bronson, dubbed Britain's most violent prison inmate, in the indie film 'Bronson'. Bald and sporting a mustache that would make Tom Selleck jealous, Hardy was practically unrecognizable in the part, effortlessly switching between moments of theatrical levity to foaming, unprovoked violence at the drop of a hat.

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