People who were actually more attractive than the actors who portrayed them

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by yesstiles, Aug 18, 2019.

  1. GodShifter

    GodShifter Forum Member

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    That’s a close one.
     
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  2. GodShifter

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    Two very different looking people.
     
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  3. GodShifter

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    Pretty even I think. Morrison was a good looking guy, no doubt, but so was Val Kilmer. Too close to call.
     
  4. Siegmund

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    John F Kennedy was better looking than both Greg Kinnear and Martin Sheen.

    Richard Nixon was better looking than Rip Torn, Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella.
     
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  5. Matt Richardson

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    If you're going to go there, you might even say that Lincoln was better looking than Raymond Massey...

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  6. Scooterpiety

    Scooterpiety Ars Gratia Artis

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    About what?
     
  7. neo123

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    Babe Ruth > John Goodman
    Fred Flintstone > John Goodman

    Brian Piccolo > James Caan


    Alex Karras = Alex Karras ;)
     
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  8. Witchy Woman

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    I would call it even. Val Kilmer was pretty hot.
     
  9. Pulp Noir

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    Edith Piaf was far more bewitching than Marion Cotillard...
     
  10. Scotian

    Scotian Amnesia Hazed

    The most glaring example for me in years was Rami Malek playing Freddie Mercury.

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  11. Dillydipper

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    This example is the perfect time to be reminded, an icon takes an entire lifetime to age; the actor playing him gets three years of growth and body maturation, tops. And, maybe a wig change or two.
     
  12. applebonkerz

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    Eve Plumb is extremely more attractive than the person who portrayed her in the Brady Bunch movies...or for that matter, replaced her when she didn't do various Brady Bunch projects after the series.
     
  13. jojopuppyfish

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  14. Vidiot

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    Kurt Russell was surprisingly good as Elvis back in the 1979 TV movie. He has said many times how grateful he was to director John Carpenter for casting him in this film and reviving his career.
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  15. the pope ondine

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    hes in one of my fave elvis movies too!

     
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    What HAPPENS at the World's Fair STAYS at the World's Fair.
     
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    Lohan did not portray Monroe as an actress, it was just a photo shoot...
     
  18. Ghostworld

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    ?:confused:
     
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  19. Ghostworld

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    What horrible makeup. Was that left over from the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man?”
     
  20. Jack White

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    That photograph is of Massey in the role of the killer, Jonathan Brewster, in 'Arsenic and Old Lace'. (Massey has lots of makeup on in the photograph.) Boris Karloff played the role on Broadway and there's a line in the play which they kept for the movie about Brewster looking like Karloff (or Frankenstein).
     
  21. balzac

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    James Brolin as Pee Wee Herman.... I dunno, they're pretty indistinguishable....

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  22. yesstiles

    yesstiles Senior Member Thread Starter

    Dorothy Stratten was quite a bit more attractive than the actress Mariel Hemingway who portrayed her in Star 80.
     
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  24. Oatsdad

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    Not based on that pic, she isn't! :shh:
     
  25. Oatsdad

    Oatsdad Oat, Biscuits, Abbie & Mitzi: Best Dogs Ever

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    Hemingway was an odd choice because she's considerably less top-heavy than Stratten.

    Never saw the movie so I don't know how well Hemingway did in the role, but physically, she was a poor match for Stratten...
     
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