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See pictures of historical personalities and the actors who played them in movies

It is difficult for someone to find any differences between the real and the movie character

Newsroom October 13 11:15

The greater challenge for actors is when they are called to play a historical personality marked on our memory due to their specific behaviors, physical reactions, tone of voice.

And it is amazing how some actors have managed to play so perfectly those personalities that is difficult for someone to find any differences between the real and the movie character.

See below Ray Charles, Truman Capote and Gadhi in action…

Ray Charles and …

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Michael Fox in Ray film.

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Truman Capote and …

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Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote film

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Frida Kahlo and …

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Selma Hayek in Frida film

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Gandhi and …

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oscar-winner Ben Kingsley in Gandhi film

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Charlie Chaplin and …

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Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin film

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Aileen Wuornos and …

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oscar-winner Charlize Theron in Monster film

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Alfred Hitchcock and

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Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock film

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Stephen and Jane Hawking and …

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Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything film

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Edith Piaf and…

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Marion Cotillard in La vie en rose film

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