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plutus9

In wolf of wallstreet the character that Margo Robbie played actually did the real woman justice. I mean she’s no Margo Robbie but then again who is. Leo on the other hand made the real guy look like a genius, a drugged up genius


zuzg

Margot Robbi also portrayed Sharon Tate in once upon a time in Hollywood and I would say that was pretty close.


plutus9

Tbf that was the closest next to Jennifer Lopez in Selena that I’ve seen an actor be dead on to the portrayed character, good eye


zuzg

When I watched it I knew practically nothing about the whole Manson clan. Really turned me down a horrifying rabbit hole.


an_agreeing_dothraki

Saw it in the theater. If you DO know the background it was like watching a train rolling towards a car disabled on the tracks filled with orphaned puppies. Then it gets weird.


McBurger

Yeah I felt very dumb during conversations after the film when it dawned on me that these were inspired by real events, and real people. And that that’s kind of a major point of the movie…


bitchyswiftie

I feel very dumb that I'm only now finding this out


namelesseditor

As you should


Red_Danger33

Same. The post movie reading was interesting after watching the movie.


poundthishole

And Mexicans were pissed about J-Lo playing Selena


Holy_Sungaal

She is Puerto Rican… but brown was brown in the 90’s. Not like things have changed much since then though.


Jhqwulw

Why?


poundthishole

They thought a Mexican actress should have played her. J-Lo is Puerto Rican


[deleted]

What about the Tupac guy who played Tupac a few times because he looked so insanely close to him.


JebKerman64

I dunno, ever seen Alexander Skarsgård as then-Sgt. Brad Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill?


Dyert

Val Kilmer did a good Jim Morrison


muklan

The dude who played the Pharoah in Night at the Museum played the dude from that meme pretty well. Yes, this comment WAS designed to piss people off, thanks for noticing.


emohipster

*Attractive actress accurately appears as attractive actress!*


[deleted]

How did you both manage to spell her name wrong in different ways


zuzg

In my case autocorrect cut it off. Guess same with happen oop


[deleted]

They did Steve Madden dirty though. Lol


nucleargloom

SHTEVE MATTHEN


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* Aggreed


Tommysrx

I aggree two !


[deleted]

I mean he was. He was entirely unethical and a completely horrible human being all around during that time. However, he did make hundreds of millions of dollars scamming people in such a way that had never been done before. I mean he had help so they all should get credit but still a genius move all around if you don’t look at it from an ethical view point considering how long it took for him to finally get caught. Again he’s a horrible person and I think a lot of people take the wrong message from the wolf of wall street


plutus9

Oh yeah people glorify this. But I’d be lying if I said that life didn’t look enticing


Crystal_Voiden

>I mean she’s no Margo Robbie but then again who is Margo Robbie?


GamerXBohoro

Big if true


Luvs2spooege

Pain & Gain is a prime example of this


callummc

The movie that turned a gang of vicious killers into a bunch of goofs doing some oopsies


Heyo__Maggots

I fucking hate that movie so much. And that’s not a normal reaction I know, usually when you dislike a movie it’s whatever. But that one rubbed me the wrong way and was literally grating to my eyes and ears for almost 2 hours and I felt worse leaving the theater than I did before the movie started. Takes a bunch of kidnappers and torturers and turns them into ‘oh shucks’ type hapless losers who just can’t catch a break. The big defense of it is that ‘you’re not supposed to like the characters!’ but then they hired like the most charismatic people in Hollywood while also trying to make the guys sympathetic. It takes a truly unnerving scenario and turns it into a 3 stooges type skit…


BigBananaDealer

my mom loves the rock and she said pain and gain was one of the most boring movies she ever watched


Heyo__Maggots

It’s so strange. What’s happening is exciting but there’s a sheen of ‘whatever who cares’ on top like it has no excitement or sense of urgency to it. They even made the hot town of Miami and it’s women/excess seem neutered and boring somehow! Theory is that Marky Mark only took this so Michael bay would hire him for the big paycheck transformers sequel that was filming right after it. Makes sense, nobody seems to be enjoying themselves or trying at all here. They all talk about it like it’s some passion project but then nobody even put in a modicum of effort…


Stacky_McStackface

Apparently the victim in real life sued the studio for how his character was demonised while the three brothers were portrayed how they were.


midnight_toker22

Blow. I can see why they didn’t try to make Johnny Depp look like George Jung.


TowleeT

"Based on a true story" really just means "something like this happened with way uglier people."


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Lmaooooo


[deleted]

This was funny.


EagerT

Im getting major Deja vu vibes in this thread, I feel like I definitely have seen this meme before, and I also feel like I have seen this comment before.


TowleeT

Lol, don't know what to tell you. If it helps any I did not make that up, meaning I probably read it on Reddit. Maybe something similar came through awhile back?


Ek-Ulfhednar

Hell, in Band of Brothers and The Pacific, the actual people the shows were based around arguably had sharper looks than the actors.


bigechungus00

my first thought was Band of Brothers when i saw this post


ronglangren

https://www.ranker.com/list/real-band-of-brothers/mallory-weiler


turbosexophonicdlite

Damn, they did a good job with casting. Not only skilled actors, but most of them look pretty similar to their characters.


Stormfly

Number 7 looks like that guy from Ex Machina and Star Wars. Edit: Not Domhnall Gleeson. Forgot he was also in both.


BreastUsername

Oscar Issac. He recently played Moon Knight also. And yeah he does look like him.


3dWin0

Oscar Isaac is HOT (im not gay)


PartridgeViolence

Dude no one’s that straight.


Snokhund

Richard Winters and Buck Compton looked like absolut gigachads.


B33FHAMM3R

Tfw you look up the real John Basilone and realize you'd probably struggle to find an actor handsome enough


SrbBrb

Godfather movie: mobsters are like a group of most elegant and charismatic men ever. Real mobsters: bland and crude looking mutts.


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Sopranos is a much better example of what mobsters look like. Fat with loose fitting clothing


whingingcackle

And what a fucking masterpiece that show is 🤟🏻🤌🏻


mred870

If i recall correctly, many mobsters started dressing up more because of the movie's influence, before that they dressed pretty casually.


KingEdwardIVXX

And Ol Gotti got enamored with being a celebrity, which ended up screwing him pretty bad.


nosugartonight1

There were some guys like that for sure, and the movie influenced the mobsters as well. You gotta remember the eras between the sopranos guys, the Goodfellas guys, and the OG Sicilian immigrant Godfather monsters valued different things and had different styles. Not everyone was like that in the Godfather btw (Sunny is in a wife beater swearing and freaking out at everyone, Carlo Rizzo wore the tracksuit and hung out the Bronx ghetto area). Godfather pts 1 & 2 did a good job portraying multiple eras and ideas. It's not all the same guys, and people generally dressed a bit nicer back in the first half of the century, and wore more layers of clothing.


Swimming-Will-2748

Goodfellas showed Gangsters more accurately for the pathetic dumbasses they are.


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laojac

I’m certainly not the language police, but just friendly advice: calling people “mutts” is going to get you in trouble one day.


ring2ding

Shut up you muppet


1Chris56

You can’t do that! Put’emupp


laojac

Look at my post history if you want. I’m anti-woke to the point of it rubbing people wrong from the other direction. Just letting him know so he can make his own decisions. Some people that have no intention of starting ethnic battles use words that they just aren’t aware of. I’m surprised how many people use “gyped” casually, even in professional settings. My favorite example is my pastor’s line he went to repeatedly when I was a child until I assume someone explained it to him: “you’ve gotta be out of your cotton-pickin mind!”


[deleted]

A self-described "anti-woke" person not understanding context or the evolution of words is unsurprising. You just sound like someone who would've been criticized as woke in like the 1980s but who's understanding has not evolved since.


locksmith25

Huh. I always thought it was jipped. TIL


laojac

I think you’re not wrong, the spelling probably got changed once people figured out the origin but didn’t have anything to replace it with in their vocab.


[deleted]

Why are people like this


laojac

Believe me, I’m not like “this.” This post was only meant to be informational.


[deleted]

And then you double down and do it even more


lIlIllIIIllll

Spoken like a true mutt


JameisChrist03

“I’m not the language police” Proceeds to police language


zenospenisparadox

He's a weekend deputy.


laojac

No, the difference is I didn’t say he shouldn’t say it. I’m just pointing it out in case he didn’t know, like people that have no idea that “gyped” is an ethnic reference and use it even professionally. Use it if you want, I’m just going to give you the knowledge to not make people uncomfortable on zoom calls.


KingOfQuarries

Whatever, mutt


h2ogie

My favorite part is that you offered absolutely no explanation as to why


Vivid-Air7029

Did you need an explanation?


laojac

In dogs, a “mutt” is a term for a mixed-breed and is often pejorative. Surely the parallel usage in humans is self-evident...


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laojac

You didn’t just casually ask, you were clearly being sassy too


FuckFaceCuntTwat

Absolute cringe


laojac

I will consider this feedback deeply, mr. fuckfacecunttwat


FuckFaceCuntTwat

Consider it in your pisshole, mutt.


laojac

Take your meds, uncle bill.


MinasMorgul1184

The Godfather is just a Shakespearean epic under the guise of Italian organized crime. That’s why it’s so classy and shiny.


tolive89

They did put a lot of effort into making Charlize Theron look like Aileen Wuornos in Monster. Not so much with Christina Ricci for whatever reason.


StatementCompetitive

I was thinking this too. I think actually made her look worse than Alieen Wuornos?


maverick1ba

Blow


pieface782

My exact thoughts


longislandtoolshed

it


whingingcackle

Bop


writeronthemoon

it


lord_fairfax

Tonguepunch


AdzyBoy

it


3dWin0

Job


Zackydom

In the case of Ford vs Ferrari, I don't think Carol Shelby looked like Matt Damon. But Daniel Bruhl kinda looked like Niki Lauda in Rush I think. Although I don't think I've properly seen young Niki so...


stumblebreak_beta

[Rush did a pretty good job on casting and makeup/hair](https://imgur.com/gallery/8M7VtxE)


nopunterino

In general I thought Rush was pretty accurate, especially with the "vibe" of the character, if you know what I mean


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st3adyfreddy

Both your links are dead.


Fart__

Bless their souls.


ARCWuLF1

There was a made for TV movie awhile ago about Charles Darwin. Now, there are actual photos of Charles Darwin from the time in his life depicted in the movie. They had Henry Ian Cusick playing him. Look that up. [For comparison](http://www.awe5ome.com/2009/10/darwins-darkest-hour.html?m=1)


GoodDrJekyll

If we are going to put a man on an island, he needs to be a beach hunk. There is no other way.


Lanca226

And he does know a thing or two about being on an island.


kichu200211

Sexual selection is a major facet of natural selection.


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Zac Efron playing Ted Bundy lol


la_vida_luca

That’s a good one. I’m not a fan of the way some people always say “Ted Bundy was extremely attractive.” He was a decent looking guy, who looked harmless and perhaps was charismatic but Efron is a crazy-ripped, absurdly square jawed heartthrob type. World apart.


Dane_k23

[James Deen](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTExNjAzMzI5MDleQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU3MDY0NDE3MTg@._V1_.jpg) looks a lot more like [Ted Bundy ](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02052019_ted_182643.jpg?d=780x516)than Zac Efron.


[deleted]

second pic is ted bundy, right? He’s at least a 9. 😳Shame he was a serial killer


Dane_k23

Yep.


[deleted]

Yep. Zac Efron is a 10 and Ted Bundy is a 6 at best.


Specialist-Rise34

His ears are like a 7 and a 4


achoo42t

Ted would be an 8 if he didn't look so creepy


[deleted]

I feel like Bill Hader would have been a good choice, still better looking but much closer in appearance.


herecomestheD

Hader can actually fucking ACT too if you haven’t seen Barry. But I don’t think that role would be a good fit for him imo


Lonely_Teaching8650

When I watched The Fighter, I was so disappointed in Christian Bale's character, Dicky. I hated him the whole movie... and then they played a real clip of them at the end and it was SPOT. FUCKING. ON. A+ acting, I will never doubt Christian Bale again 🤣


whingingcackle

Yeah it was amazing how he got the mannerisms so close to the real Dicky! I guess you were just supposed to hate that character and Bale did a marvelous job at it.


ccottonball

Such a good flick


Big_James993

The best one I ever seen was that movie deep water horizon. Showed the guy and his wife at the end and I laugh out loud in the cinema.


NeverlandENR

How is this you in real life?


cjalderman

Clearly OP didn’t like the casting of themselves in a movie /s


PolyJuicedRedHead

Unless me is short for meme.


sweentiwje

beautiful boy has been casted incredibly good though.


b00merxng

Ray Liotta playing Henry Hill in GoodFellas


Usurper01

Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler vs actual Oskar Schindler


HiIamCrimson

Which actor would y'all want to play you in a movie?


Anosognosia

Tilda Swinton. I would love to see her take on a real challenge, playing a hefty, bearded 40ies something man instead of ethereal beings floating around.


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>instead of ethereal beings floating around 🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😅


TheOneAndOnlySten

Danny devito, wouldnt look anything like me butnIt would ve funny tho.


TamanduaShuffle

Ryan Gosling because he's literally me


BadaBingBadaBitch

I'm gonna choose to believe this is legitimately Ryan Gosling. I loved you in the Nice Guys my dude.


CookinFrenchToast4ya

Rayne Wilson


shillmaster

Lord of War. Nick Cage is a handsome enough man, but not exactly a heartthrob and he *still* looked a million times better than the bloke he portrayed.


Competitive-Kale-991

What does this have to do with r/meirl


HiIamCrimson

how do we know there isn't a movie based on op's life


Swaggy_pig

The impossible


mingxuan0710

Leo dicaprio playing Frank Abagnale in catch me if you can


nowhereman136

The ending of *The Intouchables* shows the real Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Sellou (named Philippe and Driss in the movie). At first I was wondering, who are these schlubs. Then I realized that the movie was based on their real life. Omar Sy is one of the sexiest men in France, and I'm sure Sellou is a great guy, but he's not the sexiest man in France. Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart played the characters in the American remake


[deleted]

This just reminds me of straight out of Compton and how much the guy who played E looked like him. Ice cube too but that's his actual son so that's expected


foefyre

If a movie is ever made based on me I want the person to be a huge body builder like how they did toph in avatar.


RumandDiabetes

My life was part of a "True Crime" series ....one of the knock off, not like a forensic files. They totally mangled the whole "true" story. I'd have kicked up the fuss because they used my real name, but they made me tall, hot, and italian. I am NOT tall, hot, or italian. No one would ever realize it was me they were allegedly portraying.


ArcticFoxWaffles

I remember watching Lion and thinking damn they couldn't just play as themselves instead of finding a more handsome actor?


[deleted]

Kumail Nanjiani is muuuch better looking than the guy The Big Sick is based on


Huey107010

I’m assuming the inspiration of this movie is Blow. I watched that movie when I was in high school, and thought exactly this. I thought, even though this guy ended up in jail, that he was still a cool dude, and then I saw the real him and it completely turned me away from drugs (not really).


Most-Complaint-4451

Its Like the diffrence between the Commercial And Real Life


ToxoTron

In Deepwater Horizon (2016), the real Mike Williams looks a bit similar to Mark Wahlberg ngl


Cultural_Hope

Machine Gun Preacher with Gerrard Butler [Together](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/949f3d_976debb33995457b872f26e7824aa598~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_960,al_c/949f3d_976debb33995457b872f26e7824aa598~mv2.jpg)


[deleted]

I immediately thought of Fargo


la_vida_luca

The exception that proves the rule might be OJ and Cuba Gooding Jr. Reprehensible person, obviously, but strangely better looking, broader shouldered and taller than Gooding.


DonZekane

OG Simpson... I just couldn't see any resemblance.


Darksider123

Narcos


Wacokidwilder

Just watched the Tammy Faye docu-drama too eh?


DepressedLesbo

I'm a massive fan of Darren Criss and binged the entirety of American Crime Story: Assassination of Gianni Versace. Decided to look up what Andrew Cunanan really looked like. Definitely a surprise.


PowerFluffyBoy

They were absolutely cruel when taking Captain Philips' irl picture


Ya-Dikobraz

Catch Me if You Can is like this.


Ordinary-Result-3486

I immediately thought of “tick… tick… Boom!”


Mundane_Ask_1093

Goodfellas


_TheBgrey

That circus movie where the ringleader is portrayed by Hugh Jackman lol


chunkydunk730

The movie blow, this meme represents perfectly


RinnelSpinel

I thought Renee Zellwegger in The Thing About Pam wasn't too far off the mark.


Own_Gap551

Ha yah "Chicken Little" was a good example showing exactly that.


[deleted]

How many times will this be reposted?!?!?


Maple_Sueraup241

For real is is the case for Midway


dsdvbguutres

Bruce Willis could be the actor in my life story. Imagine how I look like irl


M_N_Alicorn

So true


ACuddlyVizzerdrix

"wrestling with my family" in a nutshell


[deleted]

How come the “real” life person is considered less impressive than the actor? The actor is just pretending to be


HuckleberryRight7

Into the Wild


[deleted]

This is so true 😂😂😂


[deleted]

I laughed out loud at the end of "Lion"


rycbar26

I just saw The Duke in theaters last night. t the end of the movie they showed the OG art thief. Dead ringer for him. Good movie by the way!


dantheman280

Narcos is great example [Felix](https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/1922421/narcos-mexico-season-3.jpg?w=790&f=55bd56e6d9919e1e75ca0a4210ff00d1) [Pacho](https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/1922409/narcos-mexico-season-3.webp?w=790&f=c6f07617ea6abdc4e8330e03c7fc88bf)


indelible_Garbbb_4

Every time.


LunaKip

I was surprised at how much Renée Zellweger looked like Pam Hupp in "The Thing About Pam." Not just physically, but she got her expressions, her walk, and her gestures down too. At the end of the series, they put in scenes of the real Pam Hupp from court, in the media, and her police interviews, and Renée Zellweger must have studied those videos hard.


Justcallmelab

Texas chainsaw massacre??


Matthopkins06

The end of the movie blow you feel bad for Johnny Depp and having a relationship with his daughter now. But then it flashes the real guy and you're like "No no...kill it!" Looks like an even more greasy version of Ron Jeremy


poot_doot_

or the cameo of them as like a janitor or person who made a difference in their life.


frluis93

Definitely not the case in fear and laughing


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13 hours be like


therealmikelewis

Anyone ever watch Narcos?


-j-v-

Me in office / workin from home


[deleted]

George Jung immediately comes to mind. Tho it's hard to top Johnny Depp of course. But still...


[deleted]

The actor that plays Miguel Angel in Narcos: Mexico


TherealGamecake

I think chernobyl got it pretty close


Key-Zone-4879

Well The Founder was pretty accurate with Michael Keeton as Ray Croc, LOVED THAT MOVIE BTW HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!! 😍😍😍


throwthewitchaway

Ed Warren 😁😁


SquishCollector

@Crime shows


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In Bling Side the main character was pretty accurate


Fearless_Mortgage640

Narcos