21 Actors Who Should Play Famous People

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If someone doesn’t cast Jennifer Lawrence in a Helen Mirren biopic, so help me!

Recently I wrote an article about Hollywood’s perfect vs. horrible casting choices in TV and movie biopics, and the BuzzFeed Community had a lot to say in the comments. They shared their own dream casting choices for biopics, and honestly, it’s hard to disagree with their spot-on decisions.


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So if you’re listening, Hollywood, here are some of the most ideal biopic casting choices you should make:


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Note: Not all submissions are from Community users.

1.

Dream biopic casting: Michaela Coel as Nina Simone


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What Michael Coel looks like:


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What Nina Simone looked like:


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Dream biopic casting: Brad Pitt as Robert Redford


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What Brad Pitt looks like:


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What Robert Redford looks like:


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3.

Dream biopic casting: Queen Latifah as Zora Neale Hurston


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What Queen Latifah looks like:


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What Zora Neale Hurston looked like:


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4.

Dream biopic casting: Kelly Rowland as Donna Summer


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What Kelly Rowland looks like:


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What Donna Summer looked like:


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5.

Dream biopic casting: Jennifer Lawrence as Helen Mirren


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What Jennifer Lawrence looks like:


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What Helen Mirren looks like:


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6.

Dream biopic casting: Keke Palmer as Angela Bassett


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What Keke Palmer looks like:


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What Angela Bassett looks like:


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7.

Dream biopic casting: George Clooney as Cary Grant


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What George Clooney looks like:


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What Cary Grant looked like:

8.

Dream biopic casting: Taraji P. Henson as Tammi Terrell


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What Taraji P. Henson looks like:


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What Tammi Terrell looked like:


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9.

Dream biopic casting: Will Ferrell as Chad Smith (the drummer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers)


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What Will Ferrell looks like:


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What Chad Smith looks like:


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10.

Dream biopic casting: Halle Bailey as Janet Jackson


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What Halle Bailey looks like:


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What Janet Jackson looks like:


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11.

Dream biopic casting: Dakota Johnson as Grace Slick


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What Dakota Johnson looks like:


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What Grace Slick looks like:


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12.

Dream biopic casting: John Boyega as Denzel Washington


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What John Boyega looks like:


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What Denzel Washington looks like:


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13.

Dream biopic casting: Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Heath Ledger


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What Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks like:


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What Heath Ledger looked like:


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14.

Dream biopic casting: Debra Messing as Lucille Ball


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What Debra Messing looks like:


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What Lucille Ball looked like:


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15.

Dream biopic casting: Zoe Saldana as Jada Pinkett Smith


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What Zoe Saldana looks like:


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What Jada Pinkett Smith looks like:


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16.

Dream biopic casting: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Teddy Pendergrass


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What Yahya Abdul-Mateen II looks like:


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What Teddy Pendergrass looked like:


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17.

Dream biopic casting: Diana Silvers as Julia Roberts


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What Diana Silvers looks like:


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What Julia Roberts looks like:

18.

Dream biopic casting: Jay Pharoah as Eddie Murphy


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What Jay Pharoah looks like:


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What Eddie Murphy looks like:


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19.

Dream biopic casting: Gina Gershon as Raquel Welch


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What Gina Gershon looks like:


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What Raquel Welch looks like:


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20.

Dream biopic casting: Tommy Lee Jones as Andrew Johnson


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What Tommy Lee Jones looks like:


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What Andrew Johnson looked like:


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21.

And the final dream biopic casting: Megan Fox as Elizabeth Taylor


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What Megan Fox looks like:


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What Elizabeth Taylor looked like:


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