Several talented actors blew Us away with their jaw-dropping 2025 onscreen movie transformations. Stars like Jacob Elordi, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Ethan Slater sat in the hair and makeup chair for hours on end to make sure they got into character for films like Frankenstein, The Smashing Machine and Wicked: For Good, respectively. For Johnson, transforming into MMA fighter Mark Kerr for Benny Safdie's biographical sports drama was the opportunity of a lifetime. "This transformation was something I was really hungry to do," Johnson told The Hollywood Reporter in September 2025.