Denzel Washington is one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, sporting a bright smile that has appeared in a slew of blockbuster films. However, did you know that the actor used to have a very different smile?When audiences saw Washington in 2017's Roman J. Israel, Esq., they assumed the gap between his two front teeth was caused by the film's makeup department. Nevertheless, everything was natural.
Washington's entire childhood was spent with a gap-toothed smile, which he corrected only after high school. The actor took off his dental caps for his role in the film, which added authenticity to his performance.This is not the actor's first appearance on camera with a gap in his teeth. Washington wore the same gap-toothed grin as his character, Steve Biko, while he starred in the true story Cry Freedom.Washington's dental work undoubtedly helped him land larger and better acting roles, and he is far from the only celebrity to undergo cosmetic dentistry. Nicolas Cage, George Clooney, and Morgan Freeman have all benefited from veneers, while Dakota Johnson and Ben Affleck have had their gaps filled.
Tom Cruise is the actor who receives the highest volume of dental work. Although Cruise is well-known for his megawatt smile, his teeth were not always this way. To achieve his stunning smile, the actor underwent clear braces, veneers, and teeth whitening procedures.While many celebrities undergo dental work in order to improve their chances of landing roles or to appear more attractive to red carpet cameras, others have embraced their unique smiles. Madonna, Michael Strahan, Anna Paquin, Eddie Murphy, Willem Defoe, and Uzo Aduba have all embraced their distinctive smiles.
"In Nigeria, my mother explained, a gap is a sign of intelligence and beauty," Aduba explained in a Cosmopolitan essay about embracing her smile. "It is desirable. My mother wished she was born with the gap, but she was not. She persisted in laying on the guilt, claiming that my chasm was 'history in my mouth.'"
Washington's bright smile may have aided him in breaking into the acting industry, but it appears as though his gap-toothed grin has aided him in landing some of the roles he has taken on over the years.
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