Halle Berry to Shave Head for New Role

Scared to Death

In this movie, which is scheduled for release in 2008, Berry, 40, plays a woman who discovers her hair is falling out following an illness and decides to shave it off. As a result, she must deal with people's perceptions of how she was defined by her hair. Berry recently explained her choice for shaving her head in her upcoming movie: "In the course of the story something bad happens to my character’s hair and she shaves it all off," reports Fametastic.com. "I suppose going bald could be a little exciting too, though, so we’ll probably film the process beginning to end."

Bald is Beautiful

Halle Berry is not the first celebrity to shave his or her head:

• Cuba Gooding Jr. shaved his head for his role in Jerry Maguire, a role that won him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
• Jeff Bridges went bald for his role in the upcoming movie, Iron Man.
• In 1992, actress Sigourney Weaver shaved her head for her role as Ripley in Alien 3.
• Young actress Natalie Portman went bald during a scene in V for Vendetta.
• Pop singer Britney Spears shaved off her locks before entering rehab in February 2007.

Other Halle Berry News

• On April 4, 2007, Berry received the 2,333rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony attended by family, friends and many fans. Berry originally was supposed to receive the star in 2003, but scheduling conflicts kept her from attending a ceremony until this year.

• A recent interview with CNN's Larry King revealed that in 1997, Berry had contemplated suicide by gassing herself inside of her vehicle after her failed marriage to baseball star David Justice.