Actors will sometimes go through months of preparation for a role, which can involve dramatically changing one’s appearance. Months of preparation doesn’t earn them any extra money, but it can pay off with an Oscar or bigger and better roles down the line. When you think about actress transformations, the first one that comes to mind is Linda Hamilton the Terminator series. In the 1984 film, Sarah Conner was a simple damsel in distress. But we were all impressed when we saw her in Terminator 2.
While Linda Hamilton’s career may have been based on her relationship with Terminator direction James Cameron, make no mistake about it. She was an absolute star when she got ready for her role in Terminator 2. Let’s face it. The real machine in this movie was in fact Linda Hamilton. Remember the first Terminator? She was just a poor ol’ diner waitress who you kind of felt bad for. But remember how famous she was during the promotions of T2? Clearly years of sitting in a mental hospital got to her character. Hamilton was by far the most famous female on the planet for having gotten ripped for this role. Funny, she’s not really famous anymore. Should have stayed married to James Cameron.
Um, let me tell you a little secret. When Linda Hamilton divorced James Cameron, she got a $50 million settlement. She doesn’t need to work, or be famous. But now that we’ve reminded you of the most obvious actress transformation, read about five more at TVOM. One actress even made the list twice.
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I bought my first typewriter, a Royal Royalite 64 at California Typewriter. They were really friendly there, luckily for me its a quick bus ride from the UC Berkeley campus.
The first guy that invents a ribbon re-inker will make millions. Or go broke.
(maybe the ribbon companies will murder him)
...But that was way before "DOS" or "Windows" - Géé I'm getting óld...!
:-D
I don't remember inking typewriter ribbons. I did ink printer ribbons though. I remember dipping a fountain pen in the ink bottle and pulling the lever down to fill up the rubber bladder with ink. One brand of ink even had bottles with a small reservoir of ink near the lid so you wouldn't need to dip the pen way down into bottles that were nearly empty.
Remember when a bottle of ink and ribbons were really inexpensive? Now you almost have to mortgage the house to afford printer ink.
Then came Teletype printers but that's a story all by itself. GGG
(we all know why printers are so cheap)