What do the prototypes of famous movie characters look like

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

Often the actors for such films are changed with the help of makeup beyond recognition. 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 movie images. Some are very similar.

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

Jordan Belfort is a former broker convicted of fraud related to the manipulation of the securities market and the organization of trading in cheap stocks. For this, he spent 22 months in prison.

Will Smith, the film "In Pursuit of Happiness", which tells the story of Christopher Gardner, an entrepreneur, millionaire and philanthropist, who in the early 80s struggled with homelessness when he put his little son on his feet.

Christopher Gardner.

Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell in the movie "Queen of the Desert".

Gertrude Bell is a British writer, traveler, spy, political affairs officer and archaeologist, together with Lawrence of Arabia helped establish the Hashemite dynasty in the territory of modern Jordan and Iraq. She played an important role in establishing, defining borders and helping to govern the state in Iraq, using her unique knowledge gained during her travels and relationships with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East.

Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper.

Chris Kyle is the most effective sniper in the history of the US Armed Forces, during his service in Iraq he eliminated 255 opponents, of which 160 were officially confirmed 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 having no higher legal education, made a significant contribution to the work on the case of groundwater contamination with chemicals against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in California in 1993. Subsequently, she participated in other legal proceedings and became president of the Brockovich Research & Consulting consulting firm.

Tom Hardy as the Kray twins in the movie Legend.

Reggie and Ronnie Kray are twins and criminals who controlled most of the organized criminal activity in London's East End at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s.

Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly in the movie "The Devil Wears Prada".

Miranda's prototype was Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue magazine, known for her tough leadership style.

Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless in the movie "In the Wild".

Christopher McCandless is an American traveler who went to an uninhabited part of Alaska with small supplies of food and equipment in the hope of living in seclusion for some time. Four months later, he died of exhaustion near Denali National Park.

And again Julia Roberts, this time in the role of Elizabeth Gilbert, an American writer, based on whose autobiography the film "Eat, pray, Love" was made.

Elizabeth Gilbert.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass in the movie "Survivor".

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

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in the movie "The Clock".

Virginia Woolf is a British writer and literary critic, a leading figure of modernist literature of the first half of the XX century. Throughout her life, Wolfe was subject to nervous disorders and depression, which led her to suicide.

Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in the movie "The Godfather".

It is claimed 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 movie "Hachiko: The Most Faithful Friend".

And the dog Hachiko really lived in Japan. The story of the dog touched people so much that after her death, mourning was declared in the country.

Philip and Driss from the movie "1 + 1" (the original title is "Untouchables").

Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Cellou.