{"id":18565,"date":"2025-05-03T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18565"},"modified":"2025-05-03T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:32:15","slug":"she-let-herself-be-disfigured-for-a-role-in-a-tv-series-heres-what-she-looks-like-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18565","title":{"rendered":"She Let Herself Be Disfigured For A Role In A TV Series. Here\u2019s What She Looks Like In Real Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8720-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8720-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8720-630x359.png 630w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8720.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nAmerican actress Naomi Grossman went through a dramatic transformation to portray the character Pepper in American Horror Story. In real life, Naomi is an attractive woman, but she chose to shave her head and undergo a three-hour daily makeup routine to embody the role.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8721-244x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8721-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8721.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><br \/>\nPepper is introduced in the show\u2019s second season as a patient in the Briarcliff psychiatric hospital. Though she seems harmless, her character has a disturbing backstory \u2014 accused of drowning her sister\u2019s baby and mutilating the body. She also suffers from a condition that causes an abnormally small head and brain.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8722-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8722-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8722.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><br \/>\nPepper\u2019s story continues in the fourth season, where viewers learn more about her past before being institutionalized. Interestingly, her character is based on a real person named Schlitzie, a sideshow performer who traveled with circuses in the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi Grossman\u2019s physical and emotional commitment to the role is a powerful example of how far actors are willing to go for their craft. Her transformation was not easy, but it earned her recognition and respect in the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American actress Naomi Grossman went through a dramatic transformation to portray the character Pepper in American Horror Story. In real life, Naomi is an attractive woman, but&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18569,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18565\/revisions\/18569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}