I’d love to see a serious, well-done movie about the opening of Japan. Not a comedy or parody, but (just because it would be funny) starring Matthew Perry as Matthew Perry. How about some other actors with a historical namesake that they could reasonably play?
(Sorry for the vague subject line, I had a hard time coming up with something usefully descriptive.)
Did Richard Burton ever play Richard Burton the explorer?
Has the singer Engelbert Humperdinck ever acted? I don’t know if playing a 19th century composer would be too much of a stretch.
The artist chose that stage name because of the composer, so that would be kind of cheating.
I would hate to see Jane (“Live and Let Die”) Seymour lose her pretty little head.
Crap in a hat! I would pick the wife who wasn’t executed.
Anne Hathaway as **Shakespeare’s **wife, Anne Hathaway.
If Jethro Tull ever reunites, they’ll have to do a concept album about the 17th century agriculturalist.
Steve McQueen, award-winning director of 12 Years a Slave, needs to do a biopic about the 70’s action movie star.
It’s not too late for ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach to star in a docudrama about the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
Maybe Harrison Ford could do a biopic about that silent film action hero, Harrison Ford.
(They each have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
A slight stretch, but since “van” means “of,” Joan van Ark could play the Maid of Orléans.
There are two or three actors named Michael Jackson. They could play one of the many Michael Jacksons in song, writing, politics, or science (besides that famous one)
Paul Simon the singer could play Paul Simon the now-deceased Illinois Congressman. Heck, they both appeared on the same episode of Saturday Night Live once.
Though not an actor, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) could be a certain sea captain.
Brian Wilson as Woodrow Wilson?
Amy Adams as Abigail Adams?
Denzel Washington as George Washington?
Peter Jackson as Shoeless Joe Lackson?
Stephen Tyler as John Tyler?
Brad Pitt as William Pitt?
Isaac Hayes as Rutherford B. Hayes?
Aidy Bryant as William Jennings Bryant?
Leslie Jones as John Paul Jones?
Tonya Harding as Warren G Harding?
Rita Coolidge as Calvin Coolidge?
Dwayne Johnson as Lyndon B Johnson?
Cynthia Nixon as Richard Milhous Nixon?
Scarlett Johansson as David Johansson?
Will Smith as Adam Smith?
Julia Roberts as Justice Roberts?
Rocker Gene Simmons as Hollywood starlet Jean Simmons?
And director John Madden could do a biopic of former NFL coach/announcer John Madden.
If Paul Revere (Dick) of Paul Revere and the Raiders was still around, he could play Paul Revere.
Heck, he already had the costume.
Amazing Stories editor and Fate magazine founder Ray Palmer could have played the superhero Ray “The Atom” Palmer (who really was named after the real-life Palmer)
Micheal (B.) Jordan as Michael Jordan.
It’s sadly to late to cast Prince as Machiavelli.
How about Gene Simmons playing in the life story of Jumpin’ Gene Simmons, the singer of the rockabilly classic “Haunted House”