Ed Helms Employs Method Acting In "The Hangover"

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If you haven’t seen “The Hangover” it is definitely worth checking out – pretty hilarious! Actor Ed Helms decided to employ a method acting technique, by sporting a real missing tooth for the role.

“It is totally real,” Helms, 35, tells PEOPLE. “I have an implant. An adult tooth never came in … and when I was 16, they did a permanent implant.”

“We started to do different tests with prosthetics and blacking it out and nothing worked,” Helms says. “I wasn’t eager to take out my implant because my mouth is healthy, but I talked to my dentist … and he was like, ‘Yeah we can do it!’ My dentist was really into it.”

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