10 actors who masterfully reincarnated as great people on the screen

To play a world-famous personality on the screen, only make-up and computer technology are not enough.

The actor chosen for such a role must approach its implementation very responsibly. You need to get used to the image to such an extent that the viewer is convinced that the screen is not an actor, but the historical character himself, who rose from the dead in order to show reality exactly as it was.

10 Benicio Del Toro as Ernesto Che Guevaro, “Che”

In 2008, Benicio Del Toro was approved for the role of the famous Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

It would seem that there is no external resemblance between these two personalities. But Benicio was able to get used to the image and character of Ernesto so accurately and competently that after the film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, Del Toro was awarded the best actor prize. This award says more than a thousand words about the accuracy of the image reproduced by Benicio.

9. Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandella, Invictus

Morgan Freeman is perfect for Clint Eastwood’s Invictus. He is responsible for portraying the first president of South Africa and a human rights activist during a period of racial segregation.

Nelson Mandella was an outstanding personality, and therefore an equally outstanding actor should have shown his character and will. Morgan Freeman came in handy.

8. Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol, “I Seduced Andy Warhol”

The 2006 film “I Seduced Andy Warhol” tells the story of friendship and close cooperation between the talented and brilliant artist and film director Andy Warhol and one of his muses, Edie Sedgwick.

British and Australian actor Guy Pearce was invited to play the role of Andy. Pierce approached the embodiment of the image of Warhol with all seriousness, and this was expressed not only in a white wig. He very responsibly approached the iconic image of the icon of the 60s during the preparation for filming.

7. Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, “Hitchcock”

Sometimes, in order to get into the image more accurately, it is necessary to select not only a performer who is powerful in his charisma and acting experience, but also a person who, at least a little, looks like a character in appearance.

In the case of the biopic directed by Sasha Gervasi, dedicated to the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville at the time of the filming of the masterpiece film “Psycho”, Anthony Hopkins also outwardly resembles the great horror master, which cannot but rejoice.

6. James Franco as James Dean, “James Dean”

Around the life of the American actor James Dean, both during his lifetime and after his death, there were many myths and tales. To dispel some of them, in 2001 Mark Rydell made a dramatic film dedicated to the life of James, who tragically passed away at the age of 24.

There was a serious question, who will undertake the implementation of the image of Dean on the screen. While Michael Mann was in the director’s chair, the role was assigned to Leonardo DiCaprio.

But after the change of director, the actor for the main role also changed. There were several applicants, but in the end, James Franco got down to business.

5. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote, “Capote”

The pinnacle of acting Philip Seymour Hoffman is considered to be the role in the film “Capote”. It was for her that Philip in 2005 received the only Oscar in his career.

Director Bennett Miller has long been familiar with Hoffman and immediately introduced his old acquaintance in the title role.

Philip Seymour was very worried that he and Truman Capote had very different physiques, but the director told him not to worry and lose some weight. Hoffman prepared for the role very diligently, training according to the Stanislavsky principle for four months.

4. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles, “Ray”

Jamie Foxx also played the role of jazz great Ray Charles as responsibly as possible.

First, he asked for the entire script to be printed out in Braille especially for him, in order to learn to better understand blind people.

Secondly, while in Los Angeles, he attended courses for the blind. In anticipation of filming, Jamie thoroughly “scrubbed” and studied the entire biography of Ray Charles in order to play the personality of the great musician as convincingly as possible.

Moreover, already during the filming process, Fox used a special make-up that dazzled him for the whole day. And, of course, in all episodes with the piano, Jamie played by himself.

3. Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers is one of the most famous British actors and comedians. He earned worldwide popularity thanks to the role of the not quite adequate Inspector Crusoe from the Pink Panther series of films.

He has been repeatedly nominated for various awards, including Oscar, Golden Globe and British Academy Film Awards.

After the death of the great maestro, a film was made about his life, and the role of Peter was played by Geoffrey Rush, who got into the image not only in character, but also in appearance.

2. Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious (Simon Ritchie), “Sid and Nancy”

A cult film for every punk rock fan is, of course, Sid and Nancy. It was filmed in 1986 thanks to the director Alex Cox, who wanted to show the atmosphere in which the legendary British band “Sex Pistols” created music.

Gary Oldman was to play flamboyant bassist Sid Vicious and demonstrate how close contact with drug addict Nancy Spungen affected the musician.

Critics and acquaintances of Sid believe that the actor coped with the role brilliantly.

1. Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking, “Stephen Hawking Universe”

Eddie Redmayne can handle various roles, and he proved it by starring in more than one colorful and unusual film.

But in the melodramatic film by James Marsh, the actor was to play the luminary of world physics, namely Stephen Hawking, who suffered from motor neuron disease during his lifetime.

Eddie, being a physically absolutely healthy person, was able to get used to the image and reliably show the difficult, but at the same time eventful life of the great theoretical physicist.