14 Stars Who Dove Deep Into Their Roles of Real Life People

It seems that movies that are based on real life people and their true stories are so successful, even if the final result isn’t that engaging. Maybe it’s because people don’t care about the story of the movie, since they already know it, and just can’t wait to see how their life was told on the big screen. What is usually done perfectly is the acting, where actors give their best performances and oftentimes win the biggest awards.

1. Cillian Murphy as Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer

2. Michael Douglas as Liberace in Behind The Candelabra

3. Lily James as Pamela Anderson in Pam & Tommy

4. Sherilyn Fenn as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

5. Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo in Frida

6. Madonna as Eva Peron in Evita

7. Taron Egerton as Elton John in Rocketman

8. Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is By My Side

9. Christian Bale as Ken Miles in Ford v Ferrari

10. Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in Ali

11. Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in The Runaways

12. Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac Shakur in All Eyez On Me

13. Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla in Selena

14. Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar in Loving Pablo

There are so many real life stories that get transferred on the big screen that it’s only natural to see actors portraying real characters. We don’t know if it’s easier to portray a real person, but we know that they usually do a wonderful job.