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Tom Hanks looked nothing like Mister Rogers.
Recently, Variety reported that Rooney Mara will be portraying the iconic Audrey Hepburn in an upcoming biopic movie.
Rooney Mara to Play Audrey Hepburn in Apple Biopic Directed by Luca Guadagnino https://t.co/ijlisHWhab
And if my opinion counts, it's seriously one of the best casting choices Hollywood has ever made — I mean, look at this comparison! Rooney is basically Audrey's clone!
Bettmann / Getty Images / StudioCanal
This got me thinking about all of the TV/movie biopics out there, and the good vs. bad casting choices Hollywood has made. So, here are some actors who looked *just* like the famous people they portrayed, and actors who totally didn't:
MISSED THE MARK: What Rami Malek looked like as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018):
20th Century Fox
What the real Freddie Mercury looked like:
Michael Putland / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Kristen Stewart looked like as Joan Jett in The Runaways (2010):
Summit Entertainment / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Joan Jett looks like:
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Zoe Saldana looked like as Nina Simone in Nina (2016):
RLJ Entertainment
What the real Nina Simone looked like:
David Redfern / Redferns / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Denzel Washington looked like as Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992):
Warner Bros. Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Malcolm X looked like:
Truman Moore / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Javier Bardem looked like as Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos (2021):
Amazon Studios
What the real Desi Arnaz looked like:
Bettmann / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Viola Davis looks like as Michelle Obama in the upcoming miniseries The First Lady (2022):
Jackson Lee Davis / Jackson Lee Davis/SHOWTIME
What the real Michelle Obama looks like:
Stan Honda / AFP via Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Madonna looked like as Eva Perón in Evita (1996):
Buena Vista Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Eva Perón looked like:
Bettmann / Bettmann Archive / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Jessica Chastain looked like as Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021):
Searchlight Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Tammy Faye Bakker looked like:
Donaldson Collection / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Diana Ross looked like as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972):
Paramount Pictures
What the real Billie Holiday looked like:
William Gottlieb / Redferns / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Taron Egerton looked like as Elton John in Rocketman (2019):
Paramount Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Elton John looks like:
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Martin Sheen looked like as John F. Kennedy in Kennedy (1983):
NBC / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real John F. Kennedy looked like:
Bettmann / Bettmann Archive / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Sterling K. Brown looked like as Christopher Darden in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016):
FX / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Christopher Darden looks like:
Lee Celano / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Jessica Lange looked like as Joan Crawford in Feud: Bette and Joan (2017):
FX
What the real Joan Crawford looked like:
Avalon / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Drey Barrymore looked like as Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (2009):
HBO
What the real Edith Bouvier Beale looked like:
Tom Wargacki / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Tom Hanks looked like as Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019):
Sony Pictures Releasing / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Mister Rogers looked like:
Bettmann / Bettmann Archive / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Lil Mama looked like as Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013):
VH1
What the real Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes looked like:
LaFace / Arista Records
MISSED THE MARK: What Angelina Jolie looked like as Gia Carangi in Gia (1998):
HBO Pictures
What the real Gia Carangi looked like:
Andrea Blanch / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Halle Berry looked like as Dorothy Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999):
HBO / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Dorothy Dandridge looked like:
Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Eddie Murphy looked like as Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name (2019):
Netflix / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Rudy Ray Moore looked like:
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Lily James looks like as Pamela Anderson in the upcoming series Pam & Tommy (2022):
Hulu
The miniseries starts streaming on Hulu on Feb. 2, 2022.
What the real Pamela Anderson looks like:
Pearson All-American Television / Courtesy of Everett Collection
MISSED THE MARK: What Aaron Taylor-Johnson looked like as John Lennon in Nowhere Boy (2009):
Icon Film Distribution / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real John Lennon looked like:
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) looked like as Chuck Berry in Cadillac Records (2008):
Sony Pictures Releasing / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Chuck Berry looked like:
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Beyoncé looked like as Etta James in Cadillac Records (2008):
Sony Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Etta James looked like:
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Daniel Day-Lewis looked like as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012):
20th Century Fox / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Abraham Lincoln looked like:
Hulton Archive / Getty Images News / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Lindsay Lohan looked like as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick (2013):
Lifetime
What the real Elizabeth Taylor looked like:
Archive Photos / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Uzo Aduba looked like as Shirley Chisholm in Mrs. America (2020):
Hulu
What the real Shirley Chisholm looked like:
Leif Skoogfors / Corbis via Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Leonardo DiCaprio looked like as Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004):
Miramax / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Howard Hughes looked like:
Bettmann / Bettmann Archive / Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Jennifer Lopez looked like as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in Selena (1997):
Warner Bros. Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Selena Quintanilla-Pérez looked like:
Arlene Richie / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What John Cusack looked like as Richard Nixon in The Butler (2013):
The Weinstein Company
What the real Richard Nixon looked like:
Wally Mcnamee / Corbis via Getty Images
HIT THE MARK: What Leslie Odom Jr. looked like as Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami... (2020):
Amazon Studios / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Sam Cooke looked like:
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
MISSED THE MARK: What Meryl Streep looked like as Florence Foster Jenkins in Florence Foster Jenkins (2016):
Paramount Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Florence Foster Jenkins looked like:
Pictorial Parade / Getty Images
And HIT THE MARK: What Renée Zellweger looked like as Judy Garland in Judy (2019):
Roadside Attractions / Courtesy of Everett Collection
What the real Judy Garland looked like:
Hulton Archive / Getty Images
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