Talented off your screens: the skills of actors from other areas that are useful in cinema (12 photos)

Many actors, like other people, not only know how to do their job or, as in the case of cinema, act talentedly, but also have other skills. Many actors needed these skills on the set.





For example, in Keanu Reeves’ debut project “Young Blood,” the actor played the role of a hockey player, using his real hockey skills, because Reeves played hockey in his school years and even in college. And he played very well. So much so that he was given the nickname “The Wall” as a goalkeeper.



But Michelle Pfeiffer had to specially study to become Catwoman. The actress took lessons in using a whip, did gymnastics, yoga and martial arts. Thanks to this, the scene where Catwoman chops off the mannequin's head with a whip was filmed in one take.





The director of the 1982 film Blade Runner specifically rewrote some scenes with Daryl Hannah's aneroid so that the actress could show off her gymnastics skills.



For the title role in Gorillas in the Mist: The Dian Fossey Story, actress Sigourney Weaver played scenes with real gorillas, for which she learned to burp like them and learned various monkey gestures. By the way, the actress was nominated for an Oscar for this role.



Dustin Hoffman has been playing the piano since childhood and in his youth wrote a song dedicated to breaking up with his girlfriend. The actor performed this song in the film “Last Chance Harvey.”



Kurt Russell, on the set of the film “Escape from Los Angeles,” specially learned to play basketball so that in the right scene he could easily throw balls into the basket without the use of film effects.



The character of Ruth Wilson in the film “Dark River” had to be able to shear sheep, for this she specially studied this, and also acquired the skill of smoking rats out of the room. She did all this in order to better get used to the role of the character.



Tom Holland got his role at such a young age not only for his beautiful eyes, but also for his acrobatic abilities and plasticity. The film contains many scenes with stunts that the actor performed himself. So he rightfully deserved to be Spider-Man.



In the film "Ringleader" Bill Murray had to hit 3 strikes in a row in a bowling competition. The film crew was sure that this would require about 15 takes and mastery of gluing. True, the directors were surprised when the actor did it in the first take, having thoroughly trained in advance.



According to the plot of “Witness,” Harrison Ford was supposed to help build a barn and fix a broken birdhouse. It’s not hard to guess that he managed to do this without any problems, because before his acting career he worked as a carpenter. By the way, thanks to this skill, George Lucas liked him, who opened the way for him to the world of Star Wars.



Well, let’s end with John David Washington, who had to work hard on himself to act in Nolan’s “Tenet.” After all, there his hero had to manage time. To make the action on screen look more convincing, the actor had to learn not only to move backwards, but also to speak. And for good reason, because it added realism to the scenes.



What acting talents do you know that were useful on film sets?