10. Forest Whitaker – lazy eye
Forest Whitaker’s most distinctive feature is so familiar – his face has regularly been on our screens since the 80s – that you might not even register it anymore.
You may have noticed Forest’s lazy eye
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The Black Panther and Last King Of Scotland actor was, however, born with a drooping eye.
Whitaker’s ptosis, which affects his left eye, is hereditary – his father suffered from it as well.
It’s called ptosis
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Though Whitaker has considered getting surgery to correct his ptosis – not because of the way it looks, but because it “impairs my vision” – he’s otherwise pretty zen about it.
Whitaker knows that the eye “informs” the way some people see him, but he doesn’t “think it makes me look bad or anything. It just is”.
It affects his left eye
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After almost four decades, it would be difficult to imagine Whitaker without the droop; hell, some critics have even said it adds to his performances.