10 Recent Movie Characters That Totally Messed Up Actors

For those who haven't been gifted with the experience of sitting through Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe's gradual descent into all-out madness over the runtime of 2019's The Lighthouse, hearing that the former masturbated, puked, and p*ssed himself when bringing his Ephraim Winslow into existence will likely come as a bit of a shock.

For those who have seen the black and white rollercoaster, though, it probably sounds just about right.

When recalling his co-star's borderline insane dedication to the part, Dafoe would tell Mr. Porter:

"He wants to throw himself into deep water and he feels like it will only be true if he’s drowning. Which, for this role, is perfect because that’s the state he’s going to be in. For me, that seemed wacky. But I’m not trying to judge."

Pattinson himself would also add that he was "basically unconscious the whole time. It was crazy," when talking about his time in the "extreme surreal hellscape" of a movie.

If that's not enough to make you want to stop what you're doing right now and watch some of the most visually bizarre and mesmerising scenes ever committed to a cinema screen, then your writer doesn't know what will.