Movie Costumes That Made Actors Seriously Sick

In «X-Men: First Class,» up-and-coming young actor Jennifer Lawrence took over the role of Mystique made famous by Rebecca Romijn. Lawrence took the part despite the arduous costume process needed to become the blue-skinned, shape-shifting mutant, but what she didn’t realize was that it would literally make her sick.

Things got so bad for Lawrence on the set of «X-Men: First Class» that a specialist was brought in to treat her. According to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald, the body paint and latex caused rashes and even boils on her skin. With that kind of reaction, it wouldn’t surprise anyone if Lawrence opted never to appear in another X-film, especially after she won an Academy Award for «Silver Linings Playbook.» But producers found ways around the problem, designing a special body suit for the sequels, which helped convince Lawrence to return three more times. 

Lawrence wasn’t the only one to deal with the problem, of course. Years earlier, her predecessor Rebecca Romijn had issues, too, though not quite as bad.

«When we finally wrapped, someone brought out tequila shots to celebrate. I did a shot and immediately vomited blue,» she told Yahoo, recalling her final night of shooting 2000’s «X-Men.» «There was all this blue paint in my stomach. The thing that got me through it was that it was the most beautiful costume I had ever seen.»