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When beautiful actors play real people
 1453  7.1  7.3 Charlize Theron as Aileen Wournos
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLER  
975 7.4 7.9 Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY WHISTLE-BLOWER  
605 6.1 6.5 Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY ANOTHER WHISTLE-BLOWER  geojones100's rating:
 
204 7.4 7.1 Eric Bana as Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY BAD-ASS  
919 6 5.9 Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE INFAMOUS BOUNTY HUNTER  
841 7.4 7.6 Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE LITTLE SPARROW  
1634 7.3 7.5 Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE LITERARY GIANT  
2527 7.5 7.8 Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash
FROM THIS?  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE MUSICAL LEGEND  
2635 8 8.2 Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE DOOMED ADVENTURER  
41 6.7 6.9 Billy Crudup as Steve Prefontaine
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE INSPIRING ATHLETE  
538 6.5 6.6 Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THIS MUSICAL PRODIGY  
1686 7.4 7.8 Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE RELENTLESS MOTHER  
1162 6.9 6.9 Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE LIVING LEGEND  
490 6.9 7.1 Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE REVOLUTIONARY HERO  
1409 7.2 7.5 Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE WOMAN WHO PLAYED A MAN  
2433 7.3 7.8 Will Smith as Christopher Gardner
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO A LOVING DAD  
262 5.8 5.6 Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO LENNON'S KILLER  
2643 7.4 7.7 Johhny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE GONZO GOD  
225 6.5 6.6 Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE GREAT THINKER  
79 6.3 6.1 Matthias Schweighöfer as Manfred von Richthofen.
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE WWI ACE  geojones100's rating:
 
355 6.8 6.2 Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE MODERN POET  geojones100's rating:
 
1694 7.5 7.7 James Franco as Aron Ralston
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE INSPIRING SURVIVOR  geojones100's rating:
1329 7.5 7.9 Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg
as Dicky Eklund and Micky Ward FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY BROTHER BOXERS  geojones100's rating:
272 6.5 6.8 Naomi Watts and Sean Penn
as Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY CIA AGENT AND AMBASSADOR  geojones100's rating:
167 6.6 6.7 Gerard Butler as Sam Childers
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY PREACHER/PROTECTOR  geojones100's rating:
457 7 7.4 Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY A WOULD-HAVE-BEEN ONE OF THE BEST  
495 7.5 7.8 Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown
FROM THIS  TO THIS  TO PLAY THE INSPIRING PAINTER  |
People who voted for this also voted for
Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry
Helen Mirren in The Queen
Johnny Depp in The Libertine & Finding Neverland
Will Smith in Ali
Heath Ledger in Ned Kelly
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
I'll surely consider those great suggestions.
You're right 350125g0, i was actually kinda making a little fun with Joaquin Phoenix back there. hehe.
Thanks again.
Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman in the movie Chapter 27
Also Benicio Del Torro Same film
Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman
Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles
Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta
Thanks!
What about Robert De Niro & Joe Pesci portraying Jake LaMotta & Joey LaMotta, respectively in Raging Bull!
Let me know if these suggestions worked!
Hilary Swank in Boys Don't cry, Cate blanchett as Dylan and Jared Leto as Mark david chapman were my favourites!!!!!
Leonardo Di Caprio plays J Edgar Hoover in 'J.Edgar' (soon to be released)
Russell Crowe plays Prof John Forbes Nash, Jr. in 'A Beautiful Mind'.
Ben Kingsley in the role of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)
Bruno Ganz plays Adolf Hitler in the WWII movie 'Der Untergang' a.k.a 'The Downfall'
Tom Cruise as Col Claus von Stauffenberg in 'Valkyrie'.
Frank Langella plays President Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon.
Johnny Depp takes on the role of Depression-era Bank Robber, John Dillinger, in Public Enemies.
Denzel Washington plays the innocent boxer behind bars Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, in The Hurricane.
Hrithik Roshan plays the Mughal Emperor, Akbar the Great in Jodhaa Akbar
Adrien Brody plays the role of WWII Jewish musician, and holocaust survivor, Władysław Szpilman. In Roman Polanski's masterpiece 'The Pianist'
Liam Neeson plays Oskar Schindler, the German Industrialist who saved several Jews from near certain death in WWII. In Spielberg's Oscar winning WWII movie ‘Schindler’s List’.