Buzzworthy Roles: Celebrities Who Shaved Their Heads for Iconic Films

There was no room for error — Natalie Portman has her mane removed in the movie … and she said having a bare pate was the easy part, adding that shaving "was a one-shot deal, and that was the most stressful thing about the experience."

Known for doing his own dangerous stunts, Tom Cruise's naked noggin was just another day at the office. "After all, at any age you can pull a muscle and that’s just a real pain. I finished Vanilla Sky, shaved my head, and began work on Minority Report the next day."

Anne Hathaway was truly a miserable one and cried after her hair was hacked off with a knife to portray a prostitute in the classic film. In the end, Hathaway admitted, "It was totally worth it" for the flick — and she auctioned off her tresses for charity.

After trying various styles to play a futuristic bada--, Charlize Theron herself suggested going bald as a baby’s backside, grabbed some clippers, did the job herself and shared on social media! Her cue ball look was "very freeing."

Shaving her scalp for a role is nothing new for Cate Blanchett, who revealed, "When I was at school, I used to shave my hair really close. It was like a Victorian schoolboy haircut. It was just so easy."

Cropping his cranium to play a future criminal was drilled — and drummed — into his head! Matt Damon put his chrome dome in the lap of his 10-year-old daughter "and let her bang away as long as she wanted. She thought that was the funniest thing."

Sigourney Weaver wanted more cold hard cash to have her scalp clipped clean! When pitched the vulnerability of bald Ripley, Weaver recalled, "I liked that. All I said was, ‘Well, if I shave my head, then my price goes up.’ Everyone laughed nervously. I didn’t get another dime!"

There’s no "semi" for Demi Moore — she trained like a soldier and sheared her strands for her role as a gutsy recruit. But she admitted she wouldn’t go bald for another role because "I don’t have anything to prove. If they really need my hair different, they can give me a wig."