14 Actors Who Portrayed Famous People Flawlessly
Biopics are movies that choose to follow the life of a famous or noteworthy person by being true to their life story. While accuracy plays a massive role in these films, sometimes producers and filmmakers choose to take some liberties and add non-factual elements. What they are trying to stay 100% accurate about though, is the main star. It seems that representation is the number 1 priority and actors appear to love taking on these roles.
1. Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn
3. Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla, Selena
4. Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
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5. Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar in Loving Pablo
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6. John Travolta as John Gotti in Gotti
7. Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator
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8. O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton
9. James Franco as James Dean in James Dean
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10. Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything
11. Jennifer Love Hewitt as Audrey Hepburn in The Audrey Hepburn Story
12. Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in Respect
13. Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo, Frida
14. Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Elvis
Which portrayal surprised and amazed you the most? Do you think that maybe some other actor would be a perfect fit to play a famous person?
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