The Most Expensive Transformations in Hollywood

Since the very beginnings of Hollywood, stars have been using surgical procedures to enhance their beauty. Decades later, non-invasive procedures like Botox, laser treatments, and filler mean that basically, no celebrity face goes untouched. However, some celebs embrace the transformative powers of cosmetic surgery more than others. These stars have paid megabucks to enhance their beauty, some with better results than others.

So, we all know Ryan Reynolds is a total heartthrob, right? But in Deadpool, he went from hot to... not so much. Thanks to some gnarly special effects makeup, Reynolds transformed into the scarred vigilante.

Johnny Depp had a lot of input into his Mad Hatter makeup in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. He researched and found out about Hatter's Disease, which was caused by toxic chemicals used in hat-making.

In the movie Salt, Angelina Jolie goes undercover as a man to throw off the bad guys. Let's just say it was a pretty convincing disguise. Apparently, Jolie's son Maddox even came to the set and didn't recognize her until she said: "Mad."

Creating a character for a movie or TV show isn't always a quick and easy process. Just ask the Night King from Game of Thrones. His look took weeks to design! According to Barrie Gower, the prosthetic designer, "It's such a complex department, and the builds that go into these things are quite time-consuming."