Grey Owl (1999)
Pierce Brosnan as Archie Grey Owl in "Grey Owl."
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Poll: Oddest Casting Choice for a Real-Life Person
Sometimes, when a certain actor or actress plays a real person, he/she is so perfect for the role that you can't imagine anyone else playing it (Patton, Gandhi, Invictus). Other times, the announcement that so-and-so is playing so-and-so just makes you scratch your head. I'm not saying they all did a bad job, but which of these casting choices do you find the most unlikely?
Make Your Choice
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Gerard Butler at an event for Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Gerard Butler as Attila the Hun in "Attila." -
James Cagney "Yankee Doodle Dandy" 1941 Warner
James Cagney as George M. Cohan in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." -
#4
Willem Dafoe as Jesus Christ in "The Last Temptation of Christ." -
#5
Jeff Daniels as George Washington in "The Crossing." -
Johnny Depp in Public Enemies (2009)
Johnny Depp as John Dillinger in "Public Enemies." -
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator (2004)
Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in "The Aviator." -
Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin (1992)
Robert Downey, Jr., as Charlie Chaplin in "Chaplin." -
#9
Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette in "Marie Antoinette." -
Angelina Jolie and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)
Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great in "Alexander." -
Colin Farrell in The New World (2005)
Colin Farrell as John Smith in "The New World." -
#12
Errol Flynn as George Custer in "They Died with Their Boots On." -
Louis Gossett Jr. in Sadat (1983)
Louis Gossett, Jr. as Anwar al-Sadat in "Sadat." -
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
Kelsey Grammer as George Washington in "Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor." -
Ed Harris in Copying Beethoven (2006)
Ed Harris as Beethoven in "Copying Beethoven." -
#16
Anthony Hopkins as Richard Nixon in "Nixon." -
Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, and Michael Rooker in JFK (1991)
Tommy Lee Jones as Clay Shaw in "JFK." -
Ashton Kutcher in Jobs (2013)
Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in "Jobs." -
Madonna in Evita (1996)
Madonna as Eva Perón in "Evita." -
Crossbones (2014)
John Malkovich as Blackbeard in "Crossbones." -
Bill Murray in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Bill Murray as FDR in "Hyde Park on Hudson." -
#22
Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious in "Sid & Nancy." -
Ryan O'Neal in A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Ryan O'Neal as Brigadier General Gavin in "A Bridge Too Far." -
Robert Pattinson in Little Ashes (2008)
Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dalí in "Little Ashes." -
Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Brad Pitt as Jesse James in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." -
Jack Palance in The Mercenary (1968)
Jack Palance as Fidel Castro in "Che!" -
Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow as Arnold Schwartzenegger in "See Arnold Run." -
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan in "Lee Daniels' The Butler." -
"Magnum P.I." Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck as King Ferdinand in "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery." -
Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968)
Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein in "Funny Girl." -
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (2009)
Meryl Streep as Julia Child in "Julie and Julia." -
Charlize Theron in Monster (2003)
Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos in "Monster." -
John Wayne and Susan Hayward in The Conqueror (1956)
John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror." -
Robin Williams in The Butler (2013)
Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower in "Lee Daniels' The Butler." -
Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (2005)
Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line."
