When I spoke earlier about not being happy when models made drastic changes to their appearances, I was obviously referring to more than just a model growing a goatee or a moustache. I'm referring to other more striking and unexpected changes that are not usually for the better. (In my own opinion and perception of a handsome appearance.)
As an example of that in mainstream professional acting/modeling I look back to Mariska Hargitay of Law and Order fame. In the middle of a season and ven in fact in between shooting segments of the same episode, she asked a hair stylist from the set to give her haircut at home of just a light trim. She offered him wine and he got carried away with the cutting.
She still talks about it as the haircut that almost got her fired. Why? Because millions of fans and the success of the show was built on people's love of the characters and actors. When they tune in to see a beautiful women that they expect to look a certain way, and then there's a drastic change, there always the a strong chance that many viewers will be angry and stop watching the show.
She went from looking one way, to looking like a butch lesbian.
Source below:
http://www.dailyactor.com/tv/marisk...er-fired-from-law-order-special-victims-unit/
Mariska Hargitay Says a Bad Haircut Almost Got Her Fired from ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’
By Chris McKittrick on November 12, 2013@ChrisMckit
Mariska Hargitay has always been front and center on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Olivia Benson for the show’s entire run (its now in its fifteenth season). But Hargitay’s marathon run on the series almost ended early because of a haircut.
During the third season, Harigtay got her hair cut for an upcoming photoshoot. However, the hair stylist cut a bit more than she expected. She reveals, “My hair was so cute and then all of a sudden, he did the one irrevocable cut. I went, ‘Oh! Oh!’ and he said, ‘What? Honey, you’re gorgeous.’ He kept going. He cuts it and then he leaves. I’m calling the producer at 10:30, [crying], ‘I just got a haircut. I don’t think it looks good!’ I went over to the producer’s house and he was like, ‘Yeah, that’s a problem.’ When they saw dailies [at work], they weren’t happy.”
The problem? Hargitay was in the middle of shooting an episode. In fact, when she called series creator Dick Wolf to tell him about the accidental cut, he replied, “I’ve fired people for less.” Obviously it all worked out, and Hargitay has continued with the series, even winning an Emmy in 2006 — long after the haircut that got her in so much trouble.