6. Tom Cruise - Collateral
You are the most famous movie star working today, your films still manage to top the box office irrespective of quality and you have one of the most recognizable faces in the world. So how do you hide your face to become a generic, unrecognizable everyman? With the help of an aging beard and different hair cut to make his look totally unlike anything he had done before, Cruise attempted to blend into the role of a hitman Vincent in Michael Mann's Collateral. Playing a man who stalks his victims and takes them out without looking any different than your average Joe is role that Cruise went one step further to achieve. For a few months before shooting, he worked in LA as a FedEx delivery man, attempting to float into normality by delivering packages around bustling Los Angeles to become anything but the most famous movie star on the planet. Cruise spoke about the experience stating I got my mission; go in and deliver this package to this place. Then go to this area, buy a coffee and sit down and just talk. It was just a great acting exercise. I'm a very good stalker now too, which is excellent."