7 Actors Who Drastically Transformed Their Bodies For Forgettable Movies

7. Matthew Fox - Alex Cross

Still best known for his work as Jack Shepard on Lost and clearly resenting this fact, Matthew Fox decided that he was going to do something drastic for his role opposite Tyler Perry (who earned a Razzie nomination for his role) in a paint by numbers action movie.

Nobody ever expects jaw-dropping quality from films based on James Patterson novels but they should at least offer an exciting diversion, Alex Cross provided audiences with the exact opposite.

Anyone who has had the misfortune of sitting through it knows there are very few redeemable aspects to this critically destroyed adaptation. The one that comes closest being Fox’s transformative appearance as the movie’s villain, Picasso.

Playing a remorseless assassin with a love of shirtless fistfights, there’s a distinct feeling that Fox is desperately trying to distance himself from his more wholesome image and fair play to the guy, he succeeded. Shame about the choice of project, though.

Declaring war on every single bit of body fat he could find, he rendered himself almost unrecognisable which could be considered a blessing due to the fact that nobody would want their name attached to something with the tagline: “Don’t ever cross Alex Cross.”