These famous faces have changed quite a lot over the years. Some are almost unrecognizable.
An actor can spend years or even decades living a perfectly normal life while the internet keeps comparing them with a photo from back when they were 20. You just can’t fight time, and these celebs are here to prove it.
1. Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis is not doing great at the moment and requires extra care due to his health condition. His family announced in March 2022 that he was done with acting after being diagnosed with aphasia. In February 2023, they shared a more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
Seeing a childhood hero leave their career behind can be upsetting, especially when those earlier performances remain universally beloved classics.
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Kathleen Turner is one of Hollywood’s most magnetic leading women. Or at least that’s how she used to be viewed. Body Heat gave us an image that followed her for decades, along with some impossible expectations that no person could maintain forever.
Then the rheumatoid arthritis hit her. Pain medication and steroids affected how she looked, with consequences for her confidence and her position in an industry that’s almost completely reliant on physical appearance.
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View 33 photos3. Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke in 9.5 Weeks looks so crisp and handsome, it’s easy to understand why he was seen as an ’80s heartthrob. But after he returned to boxing in 1991, he got beat up pretty badly, having his cheekbone smashed twice. Repairing the damage required multiple operations, and the results, well, you can see them with your own eyes. In 2009, he admitted to having chosen the wrong surgeon for the reconstruction, but unfortunately, it was too late.
His changing appearance became an important part of his portrayal in The Wrestler. That comeback earned him an Oscar nomination, so maybe it wasn’t all for naught after all.
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View 33 photos4. Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith, The Working Girl star, admitted that cosmetic procedures had changed her face more than she initially realized. In a 2017 interview, she said she finally realized how far things had gone after her fans’ comments. She got in contact with a different doctor who began undoing the damage.
It’s still wild that she actually discussed her dissatisfaction with the results on social media. Nobody needs to play amateur surgeon with a zoomed-in red-carpet photograph.
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