9 Actors Who Got Totally Wasted To Shoot Movies

We've all heard of method acting €“ performances that extend beyond the boundaries of the screen so that the actor can draw closer to the character they're portraying. Famous examples include Heath Ledger's Joker, Christian Bale's Trevor Resnick in The Machinist and Daniel Day-Lewis's, well... everything. Recently, it's become a bit of trend for actors and actresses to gain and lose large amounts of weight for the sake of performance. But there are other kinds of performance enhancement too. Take getting drunk, for example. For some people, alcohol has the ability to calm the nerves and provide uncharacteristic bravado and confidence. In others, it produces fury. Alcohol affects different people in different ways, so it's not surprising that it's a useful tool for performers. The same can be said for various kinds of drugs. On top of that, there are also actors and actresses who got inebriated on-set not for the sake of benefiting performance, but simply to have some fun. Forget losing weight or shaving your head for the good of a role, and forget tweeting set pictures in order to put in the day...here are the stars who decided to turn to the bottle (or something a little stronger).