History AdaptationalAttractiveness / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/DDay'', a Russian ForeignRemake to ''Film/{{Commando}}'', does this to the air stewardess character. The original was still good looking, but the remake stars Russian supermodel Aleksandra Ursuliak in the role, who even gets a swimsuit scene absent in the original.

** [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic]] has pretty much gotten this across the board. In the comics, while obviously not hideous, he's still generally (DependingOnTheArtist) a plainer-looking ScienceHero compared to the likes of Tony Stark and is certainly overshadowed by his [[AgeGapRomance younger]] wife Susan who is a HeadTurningBeauty. In the unreleased [[Film/TheFantasticFour 1994 movie]], he's played by the comely Alex Hyde-White and in the [[Film/FantasticFour2005 2005 film]], by the very handsome Creator/IoanGruffudd. In the [[Film/FantasticFour2015 2015 film]], he's played by the more {{Adorkable}} Creator/MilesTeller and unlike the comics [[AgeLift is close in age]] to Sue and Johnny. [[spoiler: In the [[Franchise/MavelCinematicUniverse MCU]], as seen in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', he's played by MrFanservice Creator/JohnKrasinski.]]

* While still a MrFanservice either way, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSR8mwwox57YTNCF7832yPdefrSiRwWdnVEjA&usqp=CAU distinctly lacking]] his comic version's brutish brow, widow's peak and Spock-like eyebrows in ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''.

** In the comics, [[ComicBook/BaronZemo Helmut Zemo]] has to wear a mask to hide his charred, hideously disfigured face. In the above-mentioned ''Civil War'', he's played by the handsome Creator/DanielBruhl without any sort of mask or facial prosthetics. He begins wearing a mask in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', and there's always the possibility his face could be burned in a future movie or TV show.

** In the comics, ComicBook/DoctorDoom wears a mask to hide the severe burns he suffered as a young man. The first Tim Story ''[[Film/FantasticFour2005 Fantastic Four]]'' movie keeps the mask, but the explanation is changed from a disfiguring explosion to his new powers gradually turning his body into living metal. The second movie then completely undoes this by having the ComicBook/SilverSurfer accidentally heal his face with an energy blast, which somehow conveniently lets Doom keep his powers ''and'' his good looks. This also raises the question of ''why'' he even bothers to don the mask during the final act, since he no longer has any reason to cover his face.

* In the ''ComicBook/JonahHex'' comics, Tallulah Black is the titular protagonist's DistaffCounterpart, sporting a heavily-scarred face and missing one of her eyes. In the [[Film/JonahHex live-action movie]], she's played by Creator/MeganFox, has both eyes intact, and is missing her trademark scars.

* In ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'', Bastian is fat, and it's one of the key problems he experiences in life with teasing by bullies. In [[Film/TheNeverendingStory the movies]], not only is he thin, but in ''The Neverending Story 2'', he's a ''lithe athletic swimmer''. One of the Aesops of the book was Bastian using his Fantastican powers to wish for an athletic body, which was a symptom of him losing his identity.

* The novel ''Literature/TheHotelNewHampshire'' makes it clear that Susie the Bear really is ugly; she has major acne scars. In the movie she is played by Creator/NastassjaKinski (with no fake scars or anything) who only ''thinks'' she is ugly. This ruins a major plot point, changes the character (instead of being ugly and knowing it, she is beautiful and thinks she is ugly), and ruins AnAesop about beauty.

** Subverted with Beverly Marsh. In the book Bev is descibed as a stunningly beautiful [[HeroesWantRedheads redhead]], but in the minseries she's portrayed by the more homely [[AdaptationalDyeJob and brunette]] Annette O'Toole and Emily Perkins. The film versions have Creator/SophiaLillis and Creator/JessicaChastain who effectively match the book’s description (though Lillis goes for the UnkemptBeauty route).

* ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/DCExtendedUniverse''

** [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic]] has pretty much gotten this across the board. In the comics, while obviously not hideous, he's still generally (DependingOnTheArtist) a plainer looking ScienceHero compared to the likes of Tony Stark and is certainly overshadowed by his [[AgeGapRomance younger]] wife Susan who is a HeadTurningBeauty. In the unreleased [[Film/TheFantasticFour 1994 movie]] he's played the comely Alex Hyde-White and in the 2005 film he's played by the very handsome Creator/IoanGruffudd. In the [[Film/FantasticFour2015 2015 film]] he's played by the more {{Adorkable}} Creator/MilesTeller and unlike the comics [[AgeLift is close in age]] to Sue and Johnny. [[spoiler: In the [[Franchise/MavelCinematicUniverse MCU]], as seen in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' he's played by MrFanservice Creator/JohnKrasinski.]]

* In the ''ComicBook/JonahHex'' comics, Tallulah Black is the titular protagonist's DistaffCounterpart, sporting a heavily-scarred face and missing one of her eyes. In the [[Film/JonahHex live-action movie]], she's played by Creator/MeganFox, has both eyes intact, and is missing her trademark scars.
* A number of issues in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'':
** Some people thought that the overall cast was too young and attractive to portray some of the middle-aged and beaten-down characters. (Although the age issue was out of necessity, to allow the actors to portray their younger selves in flashbacks.) Walter Kovacs in particular, [[spoiler:AKA Rorschach]], is supposed to be "fascinatingly ugly". Compare [[http://images.wikia.com/watchmen/images/b/b2/Walter_Kovacs.jpg comics]] and [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3254751049_8527a1974a_o.jpg movie]] versions.
** In the comic, a deconstruction of the superhero genre, the characters' costumes were intended to look somewhat silly to highlight the inherent absurdity of classic superhero costumes. In the movie, however, the costumes are played straight, and look much more stylish. Nite Owl II's was changed from a full body and head robe to a form fitting armor suit with pointier ears.
* A minor, strange case in ''Film/VForVendetta'': in [[ComicBook/VForVendetta the comic]], V's mask has a round face and an upturned nose, making him look sort of like a doll with a mustache and a goatee, making some of his panels look [[NarmCharm more inappropriately cute]] than usual in especially serious scenes. In the film, he has a longer face and a long, straight nose, making him look more masculine.
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', typically scrawny, geeky Scarecrow is played by Creator/CillianMurphy. He goes from [[http://heroenvy.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/hero-envy-scarecrow2.jpg this]] to ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/bb/5a/cfbb5a83b9911bf347e044cf6fc61f48.jpg this]]''.
* Speaking of Amanda Waller, she was portrayed by the lovely Creator/AngelaBassett in the ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' movie, despite Bassett not being nearly as short or overweight as Waller's classic depiction.
* Arthur Fleck of ''Film/Joker2019'', while not a PrettyBoy like the DCEU Joker, manages to avoid FacialHorror ''entirely'', unlike other Jokers (the DCEU's included), who had their appearances affected by chemicals; ''Film/TheDarkKnight''[='=]s Joker, who sports a GlasgowGrin; or the Joker from [[ComicBook/{{Joker}} his self-titled one-shot]], who had both.

[[caption-width-right:350:The [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland White Queen]] got the the queen of all [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 makeovers]].]]

* In Louis Sachar's ''Literature/{{Holes}}'', Stanley is explicitly described as fat on repeated occasions. Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, the actor playing him in the movie, is quite lanky. A part of the original story was that Stanley would gradually get more fit by all the work at Camp Green Lake, however this had to be dropped for continuity reasons, and because such a drastic change would be too dangerous for a child actor. Also, Shia [=LaBeouf=] revealed in an interview that he tried "gobbling down Twinkies" in order to gain the weight. He stopped when Louis Sachar himself told him that it was more important that he focus on depicting the character's diffidence.

* In Louis Sachar's ''Literature/{{Holes}}'', Stanley is explicitly described as fat on repeated occasions. Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, the actor playing him in the movie, is quite lanky. A part of the original story was that Stanley would gradually get more fit by all the work at Camp Green Lake, however this had to be dropped for continuity reasons, and because such a drastic change would be too dangerous for a child actor. Also, Shia LaBeouf revealed in an interview that he tried "gobbling down Twinkies" in order to gain the weight. He stopped when Louis Sachar himself told him that it was more important that he focus on depicting the character's diffidence.

** Will Graham himself, Dolarhyde remarks in a letter to Hannibal in the book that Will isn't very good looking [[note]] [[UnreliableNarrator although]] given Dolarhyde's own crippling issues with his appearance, he very well be could be projecting here [[/note]]. In ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'' he's played by the 80s hearthrobe Creator/WilliamPetersen and in the ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' he's played by PrettyBoy Creator/HughDancy. Out of the actors portraying Graham Creator/EdwardNorton from ''Red Dragon'' is likely TruerToTheText. [[spoiler: Additionally Will is badly disfigured by Dolarhyde in the last minute twist to the novel, Jack Crawford even describes Will as "looking like a Picaso" to Clarice in ''Literature/SilenceOfTheLambs''. In both film adaptations Will is spared from FacialHorror, getting at most some [[GoodScarsEvilScars heroic scars]] in ''Manhunter''.]]

** [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic]] has pretty much gotten this across the board. In the comics while obviously not hideous, he's still generally (DependingOnTheArtist) a plainer looking ScienceHero compared to the likes of Tony Stark and is certainly overshadowed by his [[AgeGapRomance younger]] wife Susan who is a HeadTurningBeauty. In the unreleased [[Film/TheFantasticFour 1994 movie]] he's played the comely Alex Hyde-White and in the 2005 film he's played by the very handsome Creator/IoanGruffudd. In the [[Film/FantasticFour2015 2015 film]] he's played by the more {{Adorkable}} Creator/MilesTeller and unlike the comics [[AgeLift is close in age]] to Sue and Johnny. [[spoiler: In the [[Franchise/MavelCinematicUniverse MCU]], as seen in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' he's played by MrFanservice Creator/JohnKrasinski.]]

** James is described in the book as very average and unremarkable in appearance, the producers still cast Creator/CamGigandet in the role.

** Alice is never described as ugly but is described as very short, compared to Ashley Greene who's 5'6". Transversely Rosalie is described as very tall, but is played by Nikki Reed who is actually the same height.
** Eric is described as having terrible skin, but Justin Chon is completely blemish free.

* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
** In the comics, ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''[='=]s butler, Alfred is a balding man who is often stick thin. This version of Alfred is played by Creator/JeremyIrons, who still has a full head of hair and is in better shape.
** ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' once again sees Amanda Waller get this treatment, as she's played by Creator/ViolaDavis. While still more slender and attractive than the original heavy-set Waller, she is still closer to her classic appearance compared to her appearances in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and the ''ComicBook/New52''. Also, even though he's very scruffy and grungy, Captain Boomerang is still handsomer and more youthful-looking than his comic counterpart, who is usually depicted as a very scrawny middle-aged man with a receding hairline.
** Aside from the metal caps, tattoos and lack of eyebrows, ComicBook/TheJoker is played by [[OlderThanTheyLook the youthful-looking]] PrettyBoy Creator/JaredLeto. This, especially compared to the creepy Jack Napier sporting a botched facelift in ''Film/Batman1989'', the filthy GlasgowGrin-sporting vagrant in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', and the subsequent mentally-ill Arthur Fleck of ''Film/Joker2019'' (and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix is three years younger than Leto, though even Arthur himself is a case of this).
** ''Film/Shazam2019'' has the formerly creepy and diminutive Doctor Sivana played by the tall and ruggedly handsome Creator/MarkStrong.
** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' gives us Dr. Poison as [[MindScrew a straight example and hard aversion at once]]. She's played by a lovely actress with an obvious flesh-colored partial mask over her disfigured face, the damage, once revealed, being pretty gnarly but confined to a quarter of her face, making her less ugly and more "pretty but had a thing happen the lower left side of her face." The comic version, on the other hand, is an almost comical-looking {{Gonk}}, her wide and bulging eyes and permanently stretched grin (spread your lips away from your teeth as far as you can, past the point where it hurts... now imagine a face frozen like that 24/7.) being about what you'd expect if someone was perpetually about 2/3 of the way through death by Joker venom. However, it turns out that's a mask and her true appearance is quite lovely.[[note]]Now, that was the Golden Age version, and as always, DC Comics' reboot addiction means it may or may not be true ''this'' week. However, the current comic version looks just like the Golden Age version did when masked.[[/note]]
** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'':
*** Ratcatcher in the comics as you can imagine just by his name has an appropriately ghastly [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZEyVPU9Wbpw_gP6ZnqR7qbYMIRO5EgXQWCQ&usqp=CAU rodent-looking appearance]]. In the film he’s played by the handsome Creator/TaikaWaititi. Ratcatcher’s [[LegacyCharacter successor]] in the comic certainly isn’t as [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQbB9BaDYgtt02xVcVIVdbNmnRKBKMpd05IA&usqp=CAU stunningly gorgeous]] as Daniela Melchior either.
*** Bloodsport is a brutish BigScaryBlackMan in the comics, nothing like the suave and sexy Creator/IdrisElba who plays him in the film.
*** Polka-Dot Man usually [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRc-u3PP_c1ZNMaBD4WI8eBGbWfzOYQnSPmiw&usqp=CAU looks like a sketchy creep]] in the comics, in the film he’s played by the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdcoZsHGojULWQzP83Xp9Ceo4bjY3xcLCGYQ&usqp=CAU pleasantly comely]] David Dastmalchian.
*** While Creator/PeterCapaldi isn’t a spring chicken, he’s [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOwGcNPhw0Uv4Z6j0zdiLjOax-0c7aJ6kwyg&usqp=CAU much better looking than the comic version of The Thinker]].
*** [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLQJT_E5OHFelorVYAEXaGnuQWBNYV1TNAoQ&usqp=CAU Mongal]] (played by Mayling Ng) despite having lumpy skin and large forehead is a [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Orange-Skinned Space Babe]], a far cry from the comic version [[StrongFamilyResemblance who took after her]] hideous father Mongul and is a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRApr9HXN0CmcJOYa1e7D_dk71XbpgJydvvLg&usqp=CAU brutish]] BrawnHilda. [[PlayedWith Then again]], Mongal has been made to be more of a AmazonianBeauty DependingOnTheArtist.
*** Costume example with Creator/NathanFillion’s T.D.K. (The Detachable Kid) who’s a loose expy of the infamously lame [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes Arm Fall-Out Boy]]. In the comics [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQV346_YK4AGe5F2mnqXTTohjd7VNwG6xfIbg&usqp=CAU he has a hideous pink suit with arms that look like they’re covered in pimples]]. In the film [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRDlKUewMHdzM3OFCXFaMiXtvYM8vJ3nY5CDA&usqp=CAU he has a sensible green costume with normal looking arms]]. He’s also lacking the horribly clashing orange skin from the comics.
* Speaking of Amanda Waller, she was portrayed by the lovely Creator/AngelaBassett in the ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' movie, despite Bassett not being nearly as short or overweight as Waller's classic depiction.

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!!Films and film series with their own pages
[[index]]
* ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/DCExtendedUniverse''
* ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/HarryPotter''
* ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
* ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/XMenFilmSeries''
[[/index]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Hela in [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor the comics]]: looks like a female [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]].[softreturn]Hela in [[Film/ThorRagnarok the movies]]: looks like Creator/CateBlanchett.]]

* In Louis Sachar's ''Literature/{{Holes}}'', Stanley is explicitly described as fat on repeated occasions. Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, the actor playing him in the movie, is quite lanky. A part of the original story was that Stanley would gradually get more fit by all the work at Camp Green Lake, however this had to be dropped for continuity reasons, and because such a drastic change would be too dangerous for a child actor.

* M.Bison (Vega in Japan) from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games has creepy white eyes and [[EvilMakesYouUgly unpleasant]] face with a near [[PerpetualSmiler constant]] SlasherSmile plastered on it. In ''Film/StreetFighterTheMovie'' he's played by late and great comely LatinLover [[Creator/RaulJulia Raúl Juliá]] who while not muscly like in the games, has got normal eyes and nowhere near as threatening face.

** Subverted to a degree with Lady Jesscia, in the book and 1984 film (where she's played by Francesca Annis) she's a regal beauty who is desired by Piter and several other males. In the 2021 film Jessica is played by Creator/RebeccaFerguson, who is quite attractive mind you, but like the other Bene Gesserit she's mostly [[BeautyInversion made up]] in unflattering creepy Sith-esque attire and in general isn't quite as striking described in the book. Possibly this was a play for realism from the filmmakers, given she has a 15 year old son.

** In [[Literature/{{Dune}} the original novel]], Gurney Halleck is described as an "ugly lump of a man" with a disfiguring purple facial scar. In [[Film/Dune1984 the 1984 film adaptation]] he was played by future "Sexiest Man Alive" Creator/PatrickStewart and conspicuously scarless. In [[Film/Dune2021 the 2021 film]] the role went to Creator/JoshBrolin, and while the makeup emphasizes his grizzled ruggedness and gives him some pretty gnarly scars, he is still a far cry from "ugly".

*** Princess Dragomiroff is described as hideous of to the point of {{gonk}} in the book. In the 2017 adaptation she’s played by the lovely Creator/JudiDench who while old isn’t the wizened toad Christie describes in the book.

*** Edward Ratchett aka Cassetti is described as plain looking and balding. In the 2017 film he’s played by Creator/JohnnyDepp.

* TheFilmOfTheBook ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'':

** James is described in the book as very average and unremarkable in appearance, the producers still cast [[http://www.truetwilight.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/james.jpg Cam Gigandet]] in the role.
** Bella Swan thinks of herself as rather plain and unfashionable, while [[http://www.9sn.net/resim/Kristen-Stewart.jpg Kristen Stewart]] plays her in the movies. However, some readers infer that Bella is overly hard on her appearance.
** Alice is never described as ugly but is described as very short, compared to Ashley Green who's 5'6". Transversely Rosalie is described as very tall, but is played by Nikki Reed who is actually the same height.

* A minor, strange case in ''Film/VForVendetta'': in [[ComicBook/VForVendetta the comic]], V's mask has a round face and an upturned nose, making him look sort of like a doll with a mustache and a goatee, making some of his panels look [[NarmCharm more inappropriately cute]] than usual in especially serious scenes. In the film, he has a longer face and a long, straight nose, making him look more masculine.

** Goes back and forth with the dwarfs as they tend to be on the broad side but are usually more wide than they are heavy (except [[{{Acrofatic}} Bombur]]), and have various facial prosthetic such as bulbous noses, oversized jowls, etc; then there's [[ThoseTwoGuys Fíli and Kíli]] as well as [[BadassInCharge Thorin]], who not only is easily the most handsome dwarf, but also has his [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade driving motivation changed]] from [[GoldFever reclaiming the lost gold and treasure from Erebor]] to reclaiming a proper homeland for his scattered, wandering people.

* ''Film/DDay'', a Russian ForeignRemake to ''Film/{{Commando}}'', does this to the air stewardess character. The original was still good looking, but the remake stars Russian supermodel Aleksandra Ursuliak in the role, who even gets a WalkingSwimsuitScene absent in the original.