# Celebrities who look like they're from a differen era. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375 "2011-11-09T06:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/41 "2011-11-10T23:49:48Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > what i can’t understand is why johnny depp and helena bonham carter never hit it off. they could spend the rest of their lives wearing garish make-up and costumes in fashion before the great war. Are they said not to get along? [QUOTE=mac-bolan00] as an aside, which present-day actress do you think looks best in a 30s charslton outfit drinking champagne with confetti showering her, and dancing all night with tuxedos? [/QUOTE] [Cynthia Nixon](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&q=tim+blake+nelson&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=16157l16954l2l17204l6l5l0l0l0l3l468l1390l2-2.0.2l4l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1002&bih=558&wrapid=tlif132096816075110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=cynthia+nixon&oq=cynthia+nixon&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=6375l8156l0l8562l13l9l0l4l4l0l297l1281l0.1.4l5l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=b3edf91e5ea3258a&biw=1002&bih=558) is one. [Casper Van Dien](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&q=tim+blake+nelson&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=16157l16954l2l17204l6l5l0l0l0l3l468l1390l2-2.0.2l4l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1002&bih=558&wrapid=tlif132096816075110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=casper+van+dien&oq=casper+van+dien&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=98987l103284l2l103627l27l14l3l0l0l3l750l4985l3-2.3.4.1l10l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=b3edf91e5ea3258a&biw=1002&bih=558) could have played the lead in any Cecil B. Demille epic lookswise; tis a pity he couldn’t act the role of a corpse even if he was in a coma at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/42 "2011-11-11T00:00:30Z")
I always thought Gwyneth Paltrow really got the late 1930’s [look](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_94wGm5Prdv0/SycJzHKbiDI/AAAAAAAAFwY/R9QOw-rZ6to/s400/Gwyneth+Paltrow+Sky+Captain+and+the+World+of+Tomorrow+++%282004%29.jpg) right in _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_[sup]\*[/sup], but sadly missed the attitude. - Jude Law was probably okay, too. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/43 "2011-11-11T00:35:50Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > I saw an old photo of [John Brown](http://www.wpclipart.com/American_History/civil_war/famous_people/Brown_John.png.html), the radical abolitionist of the 1850s, and thought he looked a lot like Gary Sinise. He got [over it](http://www.nndb.com/people/724/000082478/john-brown-1-sized.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/44 "2011-11-11T02:13:39Z")
Dita von Teese certainly has marketed herself to the 1930s glam Hollywood era. Someone once remarked The Band was the only rock group that could open for Abraham Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/45 "2011-11-11T04:42:45Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > as an aside, which present-day actress do you think looks best in a 30s charslton outfit drinking champagne with confetti showering her, and dancing all night with tuxedos? [Marion](http://data.whicdn.com/images/13907613/tumblr_lmnfyvh6y71qe5uyko1_500_large.jpg) [Cotillard](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llz9pi3c4I1qd4nluo1_500.jpg). [See](http://nathalieseaver.typepad.com/.a/6a01156f0b7dd2970c01538efe902f970b-800wi) [Midnight](http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2010/07/marion-cotillard-flapper-girl.jpg) [In](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/29/article-1370992-0B60B8B000000578-668_634x457.jpg) [Paris](http://www.x17online.com/images/photo-sets/conv/MCotillardWAllenOWilson072610_X17/MCotillardWAllenOWilson072610_02-full.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/46 "2011-11-11T05:46:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I always thought Gwyneth Paltrow really got the late 1930’s [look](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_94wGm5Prdv0/SycJzHKbiDI/AAAAAAAAFwY/R9QOw-rZ6to/s400/Gwyneth+Paltrow+Sky+Captain+and+the+World+of+Tomorrow+++%282004%29.jpg) right in _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_[sup]\*[/sup], but sadly missed the attitude. > > - Jude Law was probably okay, too. I always got 1970s vibe from her. She would look perfect in a [Mini skirt and Go Go boots.](http://media.photobucket.com/image/1970s%20gogo%20boots/SAMOAToby/mini20promotion_009.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/47 "2011-11-11T12:21:31Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > as an aside, which present-day actress do you think looks best in a 30s charslton outfit drinking champagne with confetti showering her, and dancing all night with tuxedos? Katie Holmes, though I’m maybe getting suckered by her knack for the retro hairstyle. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/48 "2011-11-11T13:06:27Z")
Add Selma Blair for that. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/49 "2011-11-11T14:16:01Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Tilda Swinton](http://peoplesforeignexchange.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/side-note-on-tilda-swinton/) is from about, oh, 2050. Jeez, when did _she_ turn into Ziggy Stardust? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/50 "2011-11-11T17:12:25Z")
[Casper Van Dien](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&q=tim+blake+nelson&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=16157l16954l2l17204l6l5l0l0l0l3l468l1390l2-2.0.2l4l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1002&bih=558&wrapid=tlif132096816075110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=casper+van+dien&oq=casper+van+dien&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=98987l103284l2l103627l27l14l3l0l0l3l750l4985l3-2.3.4.1l10l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=b3edf91e5ea3258a&biw=1002&bih=558) could have played the lead in any Cecil B. Demille epic lookswise; tis a pity he couldn’t act the role of a corpse even if he was in a coma at the time. [/QUOTE] I guess ol’ Casper is having trouble getting steady work. Further down the page of photos, he’s got some “adult industry” snapshots. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/51 "2011-11-11T18:05:13Z")
I can easily see Katy Perry in a 1940’s pin-up ad…wearing a little sailor suit, giving a salute, with the words “Go get 'em, boys!” or “Remember what you’re fighting for!” underneath. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/52 "2011-11-11T18:11:05Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Katy Perry …wearing a little sailor suit I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/53 "2011-11-11T19:28:44Z")
These pictures all demonstrate why Katy Perry is from another time. These two may explain why you can picture Katy Perry in a sailor suit. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/54 "2011-11-11T19:42:53Z")
The first person I thought of when I saw this thread was [Patrick Fischler](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/lostpedia/images/8/82/Patrick_Fischler.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Patrick_Fischler&h=960&w=640&sz=237&tbnid=WGk1GcAELpmC7M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=60&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpatrick%2Bfischler%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=patrick+fischler&docid=NNVfMrTxq151SM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NHm9TqGMIcidgQeh0dmXBw&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q9QEwAg&dur=454) (he played Jimmy Barrett on _Mad Men_). He’s got the face you’d expect to see when going through old high school year books. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/55 "2011-11-11T22:40:06Z")
Leonardo DiCaprio should have lived back in the days of high waist-ed pants and fedoras, maybe the forties? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/56 "2011-11-11T22:57:20Z")
> [@Aeris](#): > > These pictures all demonstrate why Katy Perry is from another time. > These two may explain why you can picture Katy Perry in a sailor suit. **Aeris** – we’re getting multiple reports of malware, so I deleted the links. See if you can find the pix elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/57 "2011-11-11T23:28:23Z")
I’ve always thought Bruno Mars looks like a 1920’s jazz pianist. He doesn’t belong here, he’s way too smooth: [Bruno](http://wgtccdn.wegotthiscovered.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/bruno-mars-09092010.jpg) **Aeris** , I hope you can find those Katy Perry links - I totally agree with your assertion! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/58 "2011-11-12T18:17:07Z")
Bruno Mars has always reminded me of Lando Calrissian. Steve Buscemi looks like he could be out of a Jimmy Cagney film as one of his cronies. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/59 "2011-11-12T19:07:56Z")
[adrien brody](http://maisonesthetique.ro/wp-content/gallery/adrienbrody/adrien_brody_restaurant_001.jpg) has always had a 1930s ray bolger-ish vibe for me. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375/60 "2011-11-12T19:10:45Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Christina Ricci looks like she could just step into a 30’ or 40’s film, or for that matter, a silent film. Maybe it is her eyes and shape of her head, but she just looks like what they called a “vamp” back in the day. An Entertainment Weekly writer described her as “the love child of Peter Lorre and Bettie Davis”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-like-theyre-from-a-differen-era/602375.md?page=4)