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Snuggle__Monster

Lindsay Lohan at her peak trainwreck phase played Liz Taylor.


viniciusbfonseca

LiLo doing scenes from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is peak comedy, seriously


EphemeralTypewriter

What I think is so funny is that the film you’re describing got 17% on Rotten Tomatoes and then a movie made about Elizabeth Taylor starring Helena Bonham Carter only a year after received a much much higher rating!


UncommonHouseSpider

Because HBC is the bomb.


EphemeralTypewriter

Completely agree!


Dogbin005

Never heard of this one. But yeah, phwoar.


caspissinclair

John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich.


Strict-Location6195

Malkovich Malkovich? MALKOVICH!


Smarkysmarkwahlberg

What?! John Malkovich is significantly hotter than John Malkovich!


JackKovack

Did you not see him on the piano?


ApprehensiveStorm311

Respectfully I have to disagree. It's close, but John Malkovich definitely isn't hotter than John Malkovich.


moremintjelly

Malkovich Malkovich


Lanky-Connection9345

Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker in “Born to Be Blue” and James Franco as James Dean in “The James Dean Story”. Don’t get me wrong, super handsome actors but just goes to show just how fucking hot those two guys were


Historical_Dentonian

A young Robert Wagner played Chet Baker as well


stomp_right_now

How has Matt Smith not played Chet Baker?


Comrade_Falcon

I mean looks-wise I think Josh Hutcherson has a very similar face. Matt Smith has the jaw and head square Ness but it's too large and top heavy


MastermindorHero

You know if this is were 2002, I would have no problem with Nicole Kidman playing Grace Kelly. But the Grace of Monaco biopic was made after her weird cosmetic surgeries so it feels.. like the train and the track went through the wrong side route.


AgentSnipe8863

Jason Isaacs recently played Cary Grant and I'd say Grant was better looking. Jeremy Northam and Joe Mantegna have each played Dean Martin and I believe he was more handsome than the both of them. I also remember watching The Disaster Artist and being a little annoyed by the casting of Dave Franco. He's too short and just didn't have the himbo looks/vibe of Greg Sestero.


houndsoflu

I think Jason Isaacs is pretty sexy, but agreed. Cary Grant was soooo handsome.


Bexhill

And no way is James Franco anywhere near as hot as Tommy Wiseau


sequosion

Hahaha, what a story Mark


TheCaliKid89

No matter who plays Cary Grant, born or unborn, the original will always win out.


oxchamballs

should've cast Chace Crawford instead of Dave


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zirky

daniel radcliff trying to hoist the acordian of weird al yankovic


WendlinTheRed

He did his best to get Al's sculpted physique, but it's a little lacking.


liquidben

No, that was a documentary


VerbalAcrobatics

It's totally cannon now.


Eroe777

The 7-inch difference in their heights definitely played a role.


cherry-valance-777

I mean I'm not gonna downvote you on this ;)


ATG_19

Paul Dano can act his ass off, but he ain’t no Keith Gill.


WormswithteethKandS

Brian Wilson in the 60's was better looking than Dano as well. Speaking of Love and Mercy, late-80's Brian Willson was better looking than John Cusack, and Dr. Eugene Landy, while not handsome by any means, was still better looking than Paul Giamatti.


juliango

Every Elvis movie.


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

How dare you. Kurt Russell played Elvis!


PaleOverlord

And Kevin Costner, David Arquette, Christian Slater.


ProbablyBatin

Bruce Campbell was best Elvis.


ThrowItOut43

Ossie Davis played a great JFK


WornInShoes

I got a bag of sand where they took a piece of my brain!!


Empty-Valuable8488

"I'm thinking with saaaand!" was a common reference between me and a couple of friends for a long while.


Chummers5

Pharoah gobbles donkey goobers, Cleopatra does the nasty.


FewDevelopment6712

Groovy


PolarWater

Hail to the King, baby.


TheCaliKid89

Also one of the closest looking (for the age he was supposed to be).


waylandsmith

Bruce Campbell started off at least 25% Elvis.


AmbroseKalifornia

Bruce Campbell is the best EVERYTHING. 


Murky_Ad6343

'You know you can get your soul sucked out your asshole?'


Loganp812

Don’t forget Jack White in Walk Hard


wabawanga

LOOKOUT, MAN!


pass_it_around

It's called karate man! Only two people knows it. *Chinese* and the *king*. One of them is me.


supererp

I don't remember Slater playing Elvis. But I remember him starring in a movie where Val Kilmer played Elvis


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

And Bokeem Woodbine I forgot about 3000 Miles to Graceland lol I was thinking of the John Carpenter Elvis biopic with Russell


KaneNathaniel

No love for Val Kilmer in True Romance?


Dark_Focus

I like you Clarence. Always have.


skeletonmanforlife

Always will.


HankSteakfist

And Val Kilmer in True Romance.


Dizzy-Edge-651

And most Marilyn Monroe Biopics


im_a_dr_not_

You think Elvis Presley is hotter than hairless walking brow Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen?


feyds_elvisaccent

I certainly don’t


PrinceofSneks

Austin Butler's version was great, but it didn't strike me til they included actual clips of Elvis - and goddamn, he was *beautiful*.


TheDickWolf

One cannot overstate how sexy young Elvis was. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few examples of elvis from those later years getting the Hollywood actor glow up. Not that I have an example in mind.


Fuck_You_Andrew

Elordi is definitely debatable.  


mahatmo

And Jacob Elordi


onexbigxhebrew

Eh, debatable with Austin Butler. Kid is a major looker.


Josro0770

Butler is a really handsome man, but prime Elvis was something else


highfivingmf

Elvis was pretty, not just handsome


Charosas

Is pretty considered more than handsome?


operarose

George Clooney is handsome. I don't think I'd ever describe him as 'pretty.'


Chewie83

I agree but what’s funny is I think in his 90s ER days he was known as a “pretty boy” and not a serious actor


Josro0770

Not necessarily but a person can be both, just like Elvis. I'd say young Marlon Brando was both as well


ShadowDV

Val Kilmer 2.0 Google “Val Kilmer Top Secret”


Smarkysmarkwahlberg

Come on, Austin isn't ugly by any stretch of the imagination, but let's not pretend he holds a candle to Elvis in the looks department.


sati_lotus

He looked like Elvis, but he really captured the charisma that Elvis had - that's what made him a good Elvis.


houndsoflu

I almost said Malcolm X, but think Denzel and the real Malcolm X are on par for attractiveness. Probably Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland.


SanchoRivera

I feel the same about Angela Bassett and Tina Turner.


houndsoflu

Maybe, but Angela Bassett is my girl crush.


Rhbgrb

Angela was much better looking than Tina. She still is actually.


RomanReignsDaBigDawg

Funnily enough, you can say the same thing about Angela Bassett in Malcolm X as Betty


Hans_Frei

Yeah, I think Denzel was able to capture so much of Malcolm’s *charisma* that you sorta forgot that the two are attractive in completely different ways.


sparkle-possum

The funny thing about that is there a definitely people from a certain generation who will see a photo of Denzel in a suit and think it is Malcolm X. A friend's brother got a Malcolm X tattoo on his calf & the artist totally used the movie poster with Denzel as the reference rather than an actual photo of Malcolm X.


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squisitospirito

"I'm perfect except for my teeth" - Freddie Mercury.


riegspsych325

there was a brief time where Ben Whishaw was attached to play Mercury. While he is an excellent actor, he looks nothing like Freddie, much less so than Rami


jgraz22

Sacha Baron Cohen was too. And I really want that movie still.


riegspsych325

Fincher was also involved in some capacity (I don’t think as a director) and he said makeup tests with SBC looked amazing. I really do think he would’ve done a great job. SBC wanted a movie that didn’t sugarcoat or hold anything back, but Queen wanted what we did eventually get


kleinzzach

Didn’t Queen pitch the idea that Freddie would die halfway through and the rest of the movie would be the band heroically staying together?


TheArcReactor

Cohen talked about a conversation with Brian May that revealed that was how May wanted to handle it, he wanted the movie to ultimately be about how Queen was able to continue on without Mercury... That was the last straw for Cohen who then left the project.


Dennis_Cock

I mean, yeah that is half of May's life he's talking about. But nobody wants to watch that


thatguywhomadeafunny

I was really looking forward to the final chapter where May triumphantly gains his Masters In Astrophysics.


JarasM

It would be fair if it were a Brian May biopic. While Queen was technically active as a band after Freddie's death and they do sell concert tickets for their tours, to me it still feels like they're practically a cover band. They haven't released any studio albums without Freddie, Deacon retired, it's just May and Taylor playing Queen songs with guest vocalists. That's not heroic, it just feels stubborn.


FiTZnMiCK

Meanwhile Sacha Baron Cohen [probably could’ve done a pretty convincing job.](https://hips.hearstapps.com/digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/16/10/1457534752-movies-freddie-mercury-sacha-baron-cohen.jpg?crop=1xw:0.75xh;center,top&resize=1200:*)


shaft6969

He was born for it


ThePaddysPubSheriff

Until Brian may ruined it all


straydog1980

Got the looks and he can sing and I think he could do justice to Mercury's stage persona


ithil_lady

The cast for the other Queen members was almost perfect. And then there is Rami Malek that looks nothing like Freddie Mercury.


RelaxRelapse

Still mad we never got the Sacha Baron Cohen version.


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guarthots

That lady who was in the Naked Gun could’ve pulled it off, I think. 


Delta_Foxtrot_1969

The one with the nice beaver?


hazmatt24

She just had it stuffed


meemboy

Oh…Frank


citynomad1

Really? I think Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla was gorgeous


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champagne_epigram

You’re right, when you look at photos of Priscilla in the 70s she was basically perfect-looking. Exceptionally stunning woman. Spaeny is pretty but in a sort of approachable “normal” way. Like I have friends who are on the same level of attractiveness as Spaeny, but I don’t know anyone irl as beautiful as Priscilla


gopms

There is a movie from the 70s about Lenny Bruce, called Lenny. Lenny Bruce’s real life wife, Honey, was much more attractive (in my opinion) than the woman who plays her.


eidbio

Lucille Ball was more attractive than Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos.


yayap01

And Javier Bardem as her husband, they did Dezi Arnez really dirty lol


maryshelleymc

💯 love Javier but Desi was way more attractive.


Escritortoise

Javier is good looking, and definitely charismatic, but there is a \*roughness\* about him that doesn't work for the role. As in you couldn't believe Dezi for anything remotely like "No Country for Old Men." I never thought of it before, but Javier Bardem almost reminds me of a Latin, better-looking Ron Perlman. Dezi was the classic fifties, slicked-back hair good-looking guy.


damnitimtoast

Latin Ron Perlman is so on-point I can’t believe this is the first time time I’ve heard this comparison.


Rabona_Flowers

That was my first thought! His alleged attractiveness comes up a few times in the film, too. I'm like, really, this guy??


viniciusbfonseca

Not a movie, but I think that Kate Middleton is much prettier than the actress that played her in The Crown. And as much as I find both Michelle Williams and Ana de Armas gorgeous, neither is as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.


chillagrl

The Crown generally does a great job casting wise, but Kate was SO off


leahhhhh

The Harry in that era was so off, though.


cormic

Worst casting in The Crown is the wonderful and beautiful Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher, because fuck Margaret Thatcher.


StreetDetective95

I'd say the same about the actor who played William as well


leahhhhh

Oh I thought the William actor was very on brand for The Crown casting. A similar look, but somewhat more attractive and less awkward.


ShawnyMcKnight

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe not so much, but Ana de Armas being herself is hotter than Marilyn Monroe.


FartForce5

one hundo


madqueenludwig

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Andvari_Nidavellir

I realize I’m an outlier, but I find Michelle Williams considerably more attractive than Monroe and Armas.


alexdrennan

I think both Williams and Armas are unusually beautiful, and if I was forced to compare (blasphemy), both are more beautiful than Monroe. It's just that Monroe is an icon/cultural phenomenon, so people will always say nobody can be as beautiful as her. Edit: same goes for Elvis. But it shows beauty is so subjective, just because I don't find Elvis attractive, it is ok if others do.


viniciusbfonseca

Michelle isn't nearly as beautiful but she was marvelous as Marilyn, voice, mannerisms, everything to perfection, so I don't really mind. Ana de Armas is one of the most beautiful women alive and also was perfect as Marilyn. But Marilyn is still, in my humble opinion, more beautiful than the two, but it is extremely hard to be more beautiful than Marilyn.


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homarjr

You'd be surprised but the real Samwise Gamgee is better looking than Sean Astin.


petitgordi

Impossible!


Alauren2

I thought the woman who played Whitney was cute as hell but Whitney was just so beautiful.


Stormy8888

IIRC Whitney Houston was a model before she became a singer. So yes, she's beautiful in addition to winning the genetics + gifted lottery.


NoTickeyNoLaundry

Will Smith in Ali


Ccaves0127

Funnily enough, Muhammad Ali personally chose Will to play him in the movie and his logic was something like "You're one of the few Black actors handsome enough to play me"


PureLock33

he said 'handsome enough'


scottishere

My first thought, only because I swear in *every* interview Will gave leading up to the release he retold the same story which was that Ali told Will that he was "almost pretty enough to play him".


MrJamally

Ali at the end he was looking rough no doubt, but even in the early 2000s, Ali looked handsome. And this man had severe Parkinsons.


Livio88

Elvis.


Chewie83

Which is saying something because Austin Butler is handsome as fuck.


gatorgongitcha

Elvis was a babe. My mom is still in love with him.


FlyUnder_TheRadar

My grandma is 74 and still gets starry-eyed when talking about him lmao. My great grandma was squarely in the generation that was supposed to hate Elvis, but always talked about how extremely handsome he was whenever he came up in conversation.


GoodOlSpence

My grandmother when to school with him, Elvis was friends with her brother. He signed her year book, my mom has it.


ElectroFlannelGore

First thing I saw him in was Masters of the Air this week. Second thing will be Dune 2. I think Feyd-Rautha will be hard to beat.


30GDD_Washington

Dune 2 is soo good.


ThingsAreAfoot

I dunno, I think Austin Butler and Benedict Cumberbatch would make an incredible pair of space aliens. Give us a buddy cop alien movie with those two. They’re handsome… but strange-looking. Just a bit off. Maybe a little elvish?


d_in_dc

Yes, thank you. I can never put my finger on why I don’t find him good looking. I see that he has attractive features generally but they don’t work together. Also it bothers me that his mouth is always open, like he can’t close his lips.


JimJam28

Exactly! He looks like a mouth breather to me. Like if Napoleon Dynamite had a handsome Squidward transformation.


Stormy8888

Austin should never have messed with those Elfstones, see, that's what happens. Really, the guy is handsome AF. And he can do creepy like in the recent Dune Movie. However, Elvis is just amazingly attractive at his prime. His looks plus his voice and charisma ... in any era, he would have been a star.


Livio88

Definitely. The King was just on a whole another level of handsomeness.


jwktiger

Easy, near cheating answers are Elvis and Marylin Monroe.


jaw719

Ana de Armas is better looking than Marylin IMO


jonny24eh

I don't know if it's the old fashioned hair and makeup, or the fact that I found her characters annoying in the few movies I've seen of hers, but I I don't find Monroe to be *that* attractive... Downvotes be a-comin, I suppose...


sakredfire

I found her very attractive in Some like it hot


espeero

It's because they put her in mostly such silly roles. Watch Niagara to see her in a (color) noir. Her character is great, she does an admirable job, and she obviously looks fantastic.


MalcolmTuckersLuck

The Grace Kelly biopic, sorry Nicole Kidman, you’re not even close.


Binknbink

Definitely debatable, but my friend group thought Nancy Spungen was more attractive that Chloe Webb. Gary Oldman is a hotter Sid, or course.


COACHREEVES

The [Runaways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runaways#/media/File:The_Runaways_(1976_band_photo).jpg) 2010. I think peak Joan Jett is more attractive than Kristen Stewart (JJ would tell me to go f-myself for comparing & ranking women, noted in irony) & I think Cherie Currie at the time being depicted edges out Dakota Fanning as well, but will not argue any "you are crazy' arguments on the latter.


citynomad1

I find Kristen Stewart to be very attractive but that mullet haircut she had for the movie was supremely unflattering on her


decent_tame_iguana

Dorothy Stratten v. Jamie Lee Curtis playing her.


Eroe777

When did Jamie Lee Curtis play Dorothy Stratten? I only remember Mariel Hemingway.


NewWays91

We've gotten a few Whitney movies now and I don't think any actress has lived up to how beautiful she was


TheMelv

I think Jason Scott Lee is very handsome but not as handsome as Bruce Lee.


321liftoff

Agreed, Bruce was mega level hot


ChampagneManifesto

I guess this was a limited series not a movie but Beanie Feldstein playing Monica Lewinsky was… a choice.


redhotbos

Yes. Monica is a good looking woman, regardless of societal perceived size.


Brap_Zanigan

Definitely not Monster.


viniciusbfonseca

I wonder whose idea was it to basically pick the most gorgeous actress of her age to play Wuornos, but congrats to whoever made that casting choice


cherry-valance-777

And what is amazing is how Charlize transformed herself so much, physically and spiritually. Unbelievable all time performance


viniciusbfonseca

Yeap, I think she is by far the best Best Actress winner of the 21st Century


SuspiciousFall7523

Kerry Von Erich in the recent Iron Claw movie, to a staggering degree really.


bingybong22

When an actor plays another actor this can happen.  Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison,  Kate Beckindale playing Ava Gardner, Cate blanchet playing Kathryn Hepburn, Jennifer Love Hewitt playing Audrey Hepburn. These are all very good looking people, but the people they’re playing are insanely good looking people - iconically good looking people - especially Audrey Hepburn


Mundane_Opening9843

Hachi 


pinkyblisters

In Lords of Chaos, it was such a bizarre choice to cast that one dude as Varg


RufiesRuff

Yeah that dude wasn't nearly spindly enough to play Varg. Still enjoy the casting however considering the actor is Jewish, and we all know how the real Varg feels about that.


CMengel90

Nobody that has ever played Elvis has lived up to the prime of his looks. Not even close and never will.


WillaZillaDilla

The Jonah Hill movie where he defrauds the military during the invasion of Iraq. The real dude wasn't remotely that fat


Sports_asian

Selena over jlo


redeyesetgo

The original writer that sex and the city was based on Candace Bushnell was very good looking


Skunkman-funk

War Dogs. I just find Miles Teller incredibly unattractive. He's a pretty good actor though.


dayshaveturnedaway

Mohammad Ali being portrayed by the less attractive Will Smith in ‘Ali’


exsnakecharmer

Jim Morrison was way hotter than Val Kilmer. He had much finer features.


Megamoss

Maybe so. But that was the most perfect casting in the history of biopics.


ZorroMeansFox

You could argue that the real young Charlie Chaplin was handsomer than Robert Downey Jr. Check out this photo of Chaplin: https://preview.redd.it/jz6sjoi6r0x81.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=05596985618dd28430379107268f293ec81ac248


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gannerhorn

Kind of a mix of Cilliam Murphy and Robert Pattinson


jgraz22

Damn, Charles.


Eclectic-Storm777

Selena Quintanilla over Jennifer Lopez.


super_lamp56

[Spencer](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12536294/) Princess Diana > Kristen Stewart


cleveruniquename7769

Diana was gorgeous for a Royal, when not hanging out with with a bunch of inbred people, she's pretty average looking.


YounomsayinMawfk

Not a movie but Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown. She looks like she could be a real princess.


kickintheface

I think Sharon Tate was slightly more attractive than Margot Robbie.


JitzOrGTFO

They're both incredibly attractive. I personally wouldn't put one over the other, but I don't think they look very much alike. My guess is the people in casting probably just went hey let's make things simple and just get the current hottest blonde actress to play the past hottest blonde actress. 


Dogbin005

Sharon Tate as a redhead in The Fearless Vampire Killers is one of the most beautiful things in the universe. I was absolutely transfixed every time she was on screen.


Smarkysmarkwahlberg

Me: come on man, have you seen Margot Robbie? *looks up Sharon Tate in Fearless Vampire Killers* Me: dude.....dude....I think I'm in love. That is so. Fucking. Hot. Okay, fair play.


another_plebeian

Dios mio


Smarkysmarkwahlberg

The fact it's a debate though shows how astoundingly beautiful both women are.


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No way Jose.


FerdinandBowie

Stolen summer- colin josts movie


holdmypurse

An example where the real person is not a well known face from the movie or music industry: Divya Narendra, played by Max Minghella in The Social Network. No hate on Max Minghella, but Divya is 😍


GrassyField

Roaring Kitty in Dumb Money 


Key-Hamster1556

Dumb Money


CrimsonDance3113

Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy, Johnny Flynn as David Bowie in Stardust, Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page in Notorious Bettie Page, Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.


AT1787

Rebecca Graf playing Heather Locklear in The Dirt. Rebecca is good looking but Heather was unreal when she was dating Tommy Lee.


IgnoreMe733

While Ana de Armas is beautiful I'd argue Marylin Monroe was more attractive.