10 Actors Who Prepared Totally WRONG For A Role
5. Henry Fonda Grew A Mustache & Wore Dark Contact Lenses - Once Upon A Time In The West
It cannot be overstated how much of a big deal it was to see Henry Fonda playing the villainous outlaw Frank in Sergio Leone's iconic 1968 Western Once Upon a Time in the West.
It was a far cry from the upstanding, heroic characters Fonda was better known for portraying, and after some initial trepidation, he agreed to take the part.
But on the first day of shooting, Fonda arrived on set with a mustache and wearing brown contact lenses, feeling that the physical transformation would make it easier for audiences to accept him playing an evil character.
Yet director Leone saw the matter completely differently, and was excited to shock the audience by having Fonda play a child murderer.
He wanted viewers to know precisely who they were looking at - to recognise Fonda's distinctive face and deep blue eyes - and so immediately ordered him to remove the contacts and have his 'tache shaved off.
And boy, it was certainly the right decision, as that initial reveal of Frank's face just pops.