20 times actors went method and nailed the role

8. Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon

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It was only his second dramatic film after nearly two decades as a comedian: Man on the Moon - Jim Carrey played the quirky performer Andy Kaufman. Known for only comedies, Carrey was ready to go big time capturing Kaufman for this biopic. Interestingly, off-camera, Jim Carrey stayed in character to get everything Andy Kaufman did. When the famous wrestler Jerry Lawler, with whom Kaufman had been involved in a widely publicized feud, showed up on the set, Carrey insisted that he reenacted the infamous wrestling move, which Lawler refused to do for safety reasons.

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