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32 Side-by-Side Photos of Real People and the Celebrities Who Played Them On-Screen

Men's Health

July 12, 2020 at 9:33 AM

32 Side-by-Side Photos of Real People and the Celebrities Who Played Them On-Screen

Emma Stone and Billie Jean King

Will Smith and Muhammad Ali

Selma Blair and Kris Jenner

James Franco and Aron Ralston

Jennifer Lawrence and Joy Mangano

Natalie Portman and Jackie Kennedy

Sandra Bullock and Leigh Anne Tuohy

Daniel Day Lewis and Abraham Lincoln

Helen Mirren and Queen Elizabeth II

Octavia Spencer and Dorothy Vaughn

Taraji P. Henson and Katherine Johnson

Janelle Monáe and Mary Jackson

Charlize Theron and Aileen Wuornos

Ashton Kutcher and Steve Jobs

Dev Patel and Saroo Brierley

Julia Roberts and Elizabeth Gilbert

Julia Roberts and Erin Brockovich

Jesse Eisenberg and Mark Zuckerberg

Will Smith and Chris Gardner

Mark Wahlberg and Vince Papale

Angela Bassett and Tina Turner

Brie Larson and Jeannette Walls

Kerry Washington and Judy Smith

Naomi Watts and Princess Diana

Reese Witherspoon and Cheryl Strayed

Leo Dicaprio and Jordan Belfort

Jamie Foxx and Ray Charles

O'Shea Jackson Jr. and Ice Cube

Denzel Washington and Malcolm X

Felicity Jones and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

David Oyelowo and Martin Luther King Jr.

32 Side-by-Side Photos of Real People and the Celebrities Who Played Them On-Screen

One major challenge of making a biopic? Finding just the right actor to play the real-life subject. Some castings are scary accurate, true doppelgängers. And others you're just like, Are these supposed to be the same person? Either way, imagine being cool enough to have a movie made about you and an A-lister live out your life on-screen? Ahead, 33 photos of real people right next to the actors who played them in films. Spot-on casting? You be the judge.

Rami Malek was spot-on as Freddie Mercury.

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