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It might be a stretch to call Jennifer Aniston a true method actress, but this trailer for her new Indie flick Cake does show the actress transformed. A makeup-free and heavier Jen stars as a recovering addict, and by the middle of the trailer you kind of forget that it's Rachel of Friends episodes past. In a long held Hollywood tradition (for better or for worse), a makeup-free look plus a weight gain is recipe for an Oscar nom, so we're calling it early. Jen, this is your year.