QuoteReplyTopic: Radical hair changes in the movies Posted: July 29 2003 at 1:55pm
I was watching "G.I. Jane" (unfortunately) last weekend in which Demi Moore famously shaved off her long hair. I guess it's kind of hard to top that one, but what do you think is the biggest hair change featured in a movie?
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Does it have to be an instance where the actress really changed/cut her hair? Or can it be an instance where the character "cuts" or otherwise drastically changes her hair? I can think of 4 movies in which a main character drastically alters her hair... Remember Julia Robert's character Shelby in Steel Magnolia's. She had gorgeous long flowing auburn hair and then the character cut it into a short style which was very unattractive in my opinion and obviously a wig. The 2nd instance I can think of was Charlize Theron's character in The Devil's Advocate. She had hair that was approximately shoulder length and when her character moved to NYC, she got it cut. I think Charlize generally keeps her hair short (which looks wonderful on her - she's so beautiful) and the shoulder length style was probably extensions or hairpieces. The 3rd movie I can think of is The Nun's Story starring Audrey Hepburn in which her character Sister Luke had her lock's sheared at some point in her novitiate (I think that's what they call it when one is becoming a nun). The 4th movie I can think of is Alison Lohman's character (she played the daughter) in White Oleander. She cut her long gorgeous locks herself while in a juvenile center - it was obviously a wig and looked really horrible but that was the character's intent. I'm trying to think of an instance where a male character's hair was changed drastically but I'm stumped at the moment.
Audrey Hepburn -- "Roman Holiday" -- Long to short Kim Novak -- "Vertigo"??? -- Style change/platinum Mia Farrow -- "Rosemary's Baby" -- Long to short Jane Seymour -- "Holocaust" -- Bald (cap) Jamie Lee Curtis -- "Trading Places" -- Long to short (Wig) Bonnie Bedelia -- "Heart Like a Wheel" -- Chronological style changes Melanie Griffith -- "Working Girl" -- Long to shorter Carey Lowell -- "License to Kill" (007) -- Long to short Cheryl Ladd -- "Millenium" -- Long to short/futuristic Bess Armstrong -- "My So Called Life" (TV) -- Long to short Brigitte Fonda -- "Single White Female" -- Long to short Jennifer Jason Leigh -- "Single White Female" -- Long to short Joan Chen -- "Temptation of a Monk" -- Long to Bald Robin Tunney -- "Emprie Records" -- Long to Bald Demi Moore -- "GI Jane" -- Long to Bald Keri Russell -- "Felicity" (TV) -- Long to Short Bai Ling -- "Anna and the King" -- Long to Bald Christine Taylor -- "Friends" (TV) -- Long to Bald (cap) Jennifer Lopez -- "Enough" -- Long to short (wig)
I am not sure which is the most radical, but I am sure that I will think of several others in the meantime. My favorite is Mia Farrow's in "Rosemary's Baby."
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On "Beautiful Joe", Sharon Stone wore several different wigs.
For TV Series: Alias (Jennifer Garner) and "Carita De Angel". On Carita, there is a strange leading character: "Aunt with Wigs".
She have more than a dozen wigs with various style and colors (from purple, green, pink, etc). The actress mentioned that once she have to change her wig 30 times in a single day during the making of the TV series.
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I was watching "G.I. Jane" (unfortunately) last weekend in which Demi Moore famously shaved off her long hair. I guess it's kind of hard to top that one, but what do you think is the biggest hair change featured in a movie?
Totally off topic: Lyris, I notice you changed your quote. I lOVE the new quote by the way!! Where did you hear it? OR did you come up with it? I'm writing that down! Pam
Aggie, how I wish I were that witty! I have no idea where I found that quote, so I did a Yahoo search to see who coined it and the first result display was MY HB PROFILE! LOL. So I guess we shall both have to wonder (unless someone else can enlighten us.) I was cleaning out my old computer the other day and found an entire list of great insights, some funny, some very clever, so I'll be using those as well!
Clownboots, whoa, what a list; I congratulate you! I totally forgot about Devil's Advocate. I couldn't believe how different--yet stunning either way--Charlieze looked with just a little cut, color 'n style. And SWF...well, that was just creepy.
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I like so much the radical change of Lori Singer in the movie "The Last Ride" (Also know as F.T.W). She cut her very long blonde hair short and dye it brown.
There's a big list of haircut scenes in movies and books at:
To add to clownboots list, there was a haircut scene in "Boy Meets World" where Topanga cuts her hair on her own, then has to get it "cleaned up" at the local hair salon...
Has everyone forgotten about Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors. She goes from long shoulder length hair to a short cute bob type cut. Great cut i think,
Has everyone forgotten about Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors. She goes from long shoulder length hair to a short cute bob type cut. Great cut i think,
And moreover, that movie proved that some people really do NOT look good as dyed brunettes!
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Has everyone forgotten about Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors. She goes from long shoulder length hair to a short cute bob type cut. Great cut i think,
And moreover, that movie proved that some people really do NOT look good as dyed brunettes!
That was Gwens best look ever.
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Anyone remember Carla Gugino from son-in-law? Anyone know if that was her real hair or a wig? What about Haviland Morris from the movie Sixteen Candles? Stuck in a door, and they cut it out for her? I also recall a clip on the Arsenio Hall show, showing Maria Conchita Alonso cutting her very long hair to a short pixie for the movie predator 2. Anyone got that on tape? How about Julie Christie gettin her hair cut by warren beatty in that one movie, can't remember the name. Anyone help me on this one? Thanks
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Ballet, I saw Alana Austin interviewed for the movie Motocrossed, and they really did cut her hair. I'm surprised they did not include it in the video. Arch, the movie was " Shampoo ".
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1. Cate Blanchett shaved her head (shoulder lenght hair)- onscreen - in "Heaven" 2. Toni Colette shaved her head (short hair) - onscreen - in "8 1/2 Women" 3. Peta Wilson did a selfcut in "Nikita" 4. Julianne Nicholson buzzed her hair - offscreen -in "The Love Letter" 5. Suzy Amis cut her fantastic long hair - onscreen -- in "The Ballad of Little Jo"
Thanks, Clownboots! After see the name of the movie "License to Kill" in your list I decided to watch to the movie to see the transformation of Carey Lowell. In spite of her "before" hair not being exactly long, I was amazed. Carey with her very short hair is something near to the perfection in beauty for me. It's a "must see" for every short hair lover. Wonderful!!!
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This topic reminds me of a movie. "Haut les Coeurs" from Islandic director Solveigh Anspach (don't know how it translates), in which French actress Karin Viard has her head shaved at the salon - she's playing the role of a woman struck by cancer. A very moving film, not only because of this scene....
She has very short hair before the cut, but still you can speak of a radical change...
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