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10. It Took Eight Hours For Jennifer Lawrence To Get Into Costume For X-Men

Jennifer Lawrence was initiated into the X-Men universe in 2011 when she took on the role of Mystique in X-Men: First Class. As the shape-shifting mutant boasting scaly blue skin, crimson hair and yellow eyes, the actress went through a rigorous process in the dressing room each day in order to look the part.

Speaking to Jimmy Fallon, Lawrence claimed that her physical transformation took up to eight hours per day. She would either stand up or sit on a bicycle while a team of six make-up artists painted her entire body. Her scales would be applied first, followed by three layers of aquamarine body paint and five layers of splattering effect.

In later X-Men films, Lawrence decided to swap blue paint for a skintight bodysuit. While this new outfit allowed her to spend less time in the dressing room, the nature of the constrictive garb meant that she was unable to sit down to use the toilet. Armed with a funnel, Lawrence took it all in her stride, but using the implement was made rather difficult by her co-star James McEvoy, who once broke into her bathroom and shot her with a BB gun as she performed the delicate task.