What do prototypes of famous movie characters look like?

Our life can be much more interesting and entertaining than the fictional world of cinema. This is why films based on real events are so popular and beloved: they most of all remind the ordinary viewer that such miracles, worthy of film adaptation, happen somewhere near him.

Often actors for such films are changed beyond recognition with the help of makeup. For the sake of the role, they learn the manner of speaking, gait and gestures of the heroes of the story who will be played on the screen. We decided to compare real people and their film images. Some are very similar.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street.

Jordan Belfort is a former broker convicted of fraud involving stock market manipulation and penny stock trading. For this he spent 22 months in prison.

Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness tells the story of Christopher Gardner, an entrepreneur, millionaire and philanthropist who battled homelessness while raising his young son in the early 1980s.

Christopher Gardner.

Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell in Queen of the Desert.

Gertrude Bell was a British writer, traveler, spy, political officer and archaeologist who, along with Lawrence of Arabia, helped establish the Hashemite dynasty in what is now Jordan and Iraq. She was instrumental in establishing, delineating, and helping to administer the state in Iraq, using her unique knowledge gained from her travels and relationships with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East.

Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper.

Chris Kyle, the most prolific sniper in the history of the US Armed Forces, killed 255 enemies while serving in Iraq, of which 160 were officially verified by the US Department of Defense.

Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in the film of the same name.

Erin Brockovich is an environmental activist who, despite not having a law degree, contributed significantly to the groundwater chemical contamination case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in California in 1993. Subsequently, she participated in other legal proceedings and became president of the consulting firm Brockovich Research & Consulting.

Tom Hardy as the Kray twins in Legend.

Reggie and Ronnie Kray were twins and criminals who controlled much of the organized crime activity in London's East End at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s.

Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.

Miranda was based on Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue magazine, known for her tough leadership style.

Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless in Into the Wild.

Christopher McCandless is an American explorer who set off into the uninhabited part of Alaska with few supplies of food and equipment in the hope of living for some time in solitude. He died of exhaustion four months later near Denali National Park.

And again Julia Roberts, this time in the role of Elizabeth Gilbert, the American writer, based on whose autobiography the film “Eat, Pray, Love” was based.

Elizabeth Gilbert.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass in The Revenant.

Hugh Glass was an American hunter and mountain guide. He is best known for the fact that in 1823, having received serious injuries in a fight with a grizzly bear (including a broken leg and wounds on his back that reached his ribs), he managed to overcome over 300 kilometers through the wilderness without food supplies or equipment, while Most of the way was crawling.

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours.

Virginia Woolf is a British writer and literary critic, a leading figure in modernist literature of the first half of the 20th century. Woolf suffered from nervous disorders and depression throughout her life, which led her to suicide.

Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather.

It is said that it was the life of Carlo Gambino, one of whose nicknames was “The Godfather,” that influenced Mario Puzo, the author of the famous novel “The Godfather.”

Hachiko in the film "Hachiko: The Most Faithful Friend."

And the real dog Hachiko who lived in Japan. The dog's story touched people so much that after her death, mourning was declared in the country.

Philippe and Driss from the film “1+1” (original title: “The Untouchables”).

Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Cellu.