While a lot of movies are works of fiction there’s a hefty amount of films being made based on real events and about real people. Sometimes the movie is more about what happened and what event occurred and the characters are made up. But when a movie is meant to tell a story of a real life person, it’s pretty important to make sure the actor or actress who gets cast to play the part actually looks the part. Hollywood doesn’t always get this right, but they try. So let’s take a look at some of the actors and people they played side by side. White it’s obvious that it’s not always a perfect match when it comes to appearance, in some of these movies the resemblance between the actor and the real person is uncanny.
1. Elton John – Taron Egerton
View 23 photos2. Queen Elizabeth II – Olivia Colman
View 23 photos3. Fred Rogers – Tom Hanks
View 23 photos4. Ted Bundy – Zac Efron
View 23 photos5. Sully Sullenberger – Tom Hanks
View 23 photos6. Billie Jean King – Emma Stone
View 23 photos7. Abraham Lincoln – Daniel Day Lewis
View 23 photos8. Katherine Johnson – Taraji P. Henson
View 23 photos9. Aileen Wuornos – Charlize Theron
View 23 photos10. Elizabeth Gilbert – Julia Roberts
View 23 photos11. Queen Elizabeth II – Helen Mirren
View 23 photos12. Nelson Mandela – Idris Elba
View 23 photos13. Princess Diana – Naomi Watts
View 23 photos14. Ray Charles – Jamie Foxx
View 23 photos15. Sharon Tate – Margot Robbie
View 23 photos16. Steve Jobs – Ashton Kutcher
View 23 photos17. Muhammad Ali – Will Smith
View 23 photos18. Jackie Kennedy – Natalie Portman
View 23 photos19. Chris Gardner – Will Smith
View 23 photos20. Kris Jenner – Selma Blair
View 23 photos21. Judy Garland – Renée Zellweger
View 23 photos22. Ken Miles – Christian Bale
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