Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

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As you know, among the main sources of inspiration for filmmakers are not only masterpieces of literature and earlier works of their colleagues in the shop. A huge layer of scenarios was based on historical events, cases from real life and biographies of famous or simply interesting people.

Recently, such a genre of cinema as a biopic has become especially popular. You don't need to look far for examples: only in the nomination "Best Film" of the last ceremony of the film award "Oscar" three biopics fought for the statuette. The Imitation Game is about British WWII cryptographer Alan Turing, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Another film about a scientist is The Theory of Everything, in which the role of one of the greatest minds of our time, Stephen Hawking, was played by Eddie Redmayne. Drama Clint Eastwood's "Sniper" tells about the life of military Chris Kyle, starring Bradley Cooper. Another movie in the category, Selma, is based on a true story and also replete with famous characters such as Martin Luther King and US President Lyndon Johnson.

Domestic cinema is not far behind. One of the most sensational films of recent years was "Legend No. 17", in which Danila Kozlovsky played the icon of Russian hockey Valery Kharlamov. This year, Battalion appeared on the screens, the main character of which was one of the first Russian female officers, Maria Bochkareva, and Maria Aronova played this role.

If almost everyone knows some of the characters who have received a film incarnation, then others are mostly known for their appearance on the screens, which means they are associated with performing actors. At the same time, there is not always an external resemblance between them. "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" prepared a photo selection in which it compared real people, whose biographies were the basis of the plots of the films, and the actors who played in these films.

(Total 15 photos)

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played Source: rg.ru

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

1. From left to right: actress Maria Aronova as the first female officer Maria Bochkareva in the film "Battalion"; commander of the women's "battalion of death" Maria Bochkareva.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

2. From left to right: Mikhail Porechenkov as wrestler Ivan Poddubny in the film "Poddubny"; wrestler Ivan Poddubny.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

3. From left to right: Boris Babochkin as Vasily Chapaev in the film "Chapaev"; commander of the Red Army, participant in the First World War and the Civil War Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

4. From left to right: Danila Kozlovsky as Valery Kharlamov in the film "Legend No. 17"; hockey player Valery Kharlamov.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

5. From left to right: Yuri Yakovlev as Ivan the Terrible in the film "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession"; Ivan the Terrible in an 18th century painting.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

6. From left to right: Vladimir Mashkov as Nicholas II in the film "Rasputin"; Emperor Nicholas II.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

7. From left to right: Georgy Vitsin as Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol in the film Composer Glinka; Russian prose writer, playwright, poet Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

8. From left to right: Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in the movie "Stephen Hawking's Universe"; English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

9. From left to right: Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game; English mathematician, logician, cryptographer Alan Turing.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

10. From left to right: Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in Ali; boxer Muhammad Ali.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

11. From left to right: Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in The Aviator; American entrepreneur, engineer, aviation pioneer Howard Hughes.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

12. Left to right: Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List; Sudeten German industrialist who saved almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust Oskar Schindler.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

13. Left to right: Russell Crowe as John Forbes Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind; mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

14. Left to right: Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt in Night at the Museum; 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt.

Photo comparison: 15 actors and the real people they played

15. From left to right: Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in Jobs: Empire of Temptation; Apple founder Steve Jobs.

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