# Actor Swap

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-swap/557351>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 16, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-swap/557351 "2010-10-16T16:11:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tattman40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-swap/557351/1 "2010-10-16T16:11:06Z")

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What actor or actress could you see playing all the parts of another actor?

I could see Paul Giamatti playing any role that Richard Dreyfuss did.

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**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-swap/557351/2 "2010-10-16T18:06:58Z")

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Brroke Adams and Karen Allen. In fact, Adams once joked about how interchangeable the two were.