They performed the best actors of our time.
Our life can be much more interesting and entertaining than the fictional world of cinema. That is why movies based on real events, so popular and loved: they most resemble the average viewer that such miracles, worthy of adaptation, happen somewhere next to him.
Often the actors for such films change with makeup beyond recognition. For the sake of the role they learn the manner of speech, gait and gestures of the characters of the story, which will play on the screen. We decided to compare the real people and their movie image. Some very similar.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in “the Wolf of wall street”.
Jordan Belfort — a former broker convicted of fraud related to manipulation of the securities market and the organization of the trade cheap stocks. For this, he spent 22 months in prison.
Will Smith movie “the pursuit of happyness,” which tells the story of Christopher Gardner, entrepreneur, millionaire and philanthropist, who in the early 80s was struggling with homelessness when put on the feet of her little son.
Christopher Gardner.
Nicole Kidman in the role of Gertrude bell in “Queen of the desert”.
Gertrude bell, British writer, traveler, spy, political officer and archaeologist, along with Lawrence of Arabia helped establish the Hashemite dynasty on the territory of modern Jordan and Iraq. Played an important role in creating, defining the boundaries and helped to govern the state in Iraq, using their unique knowledge obtained during his travels and relations with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East.
Bradley Cooper in the role of Chris Kyle in “American sniper”.
Chris Kyle — the most successful sniper in the history of the U.S. Armed forces, while serving in Iraq eliminated opponents 255, 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of defense.
Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in the eponymous film.
Erin Brockovich — the environmental activist, who, despite the absence of a higher legal education, have made a significant contribution to the work on the case of contamination from chemicals in groundwater against the company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG & E) in California in 1993. He was subsequently involved in other legal proceedings and became President of the consulting firm Brockovich Research & Consulting.
Tom hardy in the role of the Kray twins in the film “Legend”.
Reggie and Ronnie Kray — the twins and the criminals who controlled much of organized crime in London’s East end at the turn of the 1950-ies and 1960-ies.
Meryl Streep in the role of Miranda priestly in “the Devil wears Prada”.
The prototype Miranda was Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue magazine, known for its tough management style.
Emile Hirsch in the role of Christopher McCandless in “Into the wild”.
Christopher McCandless — American traveler, went to an uninhabited part of Alaska with little food and equipment, hoping to live for awhile in seclusion. Four months later, he died of starvation near Denali national Park.
And again Julia Roberts, this time in the role of Elizabeth Gilbert, an American writer, autobiography, which was filmed the movie “Eat, pray, love.”
Elizabeth Gilbert.
Leonardo DiCaprio in the role of Hugh glass in “the Survivors”.
Hugh glass was an American hunter and mountain guide. The most known fact that in 1823, having received severe wounds in a fight with a grizzly bear (including a broken leg and wounds on her back, reaching her ribs), managed to overcome more than 300 kilometers through the wilderness without supplies of food and equipment, while most of the way — on all fours.
Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in the Hours.
Virginia Woolf — British writer and literary critic, a leading figure of the modernist literature of the first half of the twentieth century. Wolfe throughout his life was susceptible to nervous disorders and depression, which led to her suicide.
Marlon Brando in the role of Vito Corleone in “the Godfather”.
Say that the life of Carlo Gambino, one of the nicknames which were “the Godfather” influenced Mario Puzo, author of the famous novel “the Godfather”.
Hachiko in the movie “Hachiko: the Most loyal friend.”
And really living the dog Hachiko in Japan. The history of the dog so touched people that after her death, the country was in mourning.
Philippe and Driss from the film “1+1” (original title — “the untouchables”).
Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel sellou.
