# Famous people playing other famous people in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764 "2002-07-13T08:21:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/1 "2002-07-13T08:21:21Z")
I saw _O, brother where art thou_ again, and it struck me how much George Clooney looked like Clark Gable. You knows made for TV things about the lives of someone famous. I was thinking that Clooney would be the obvious choice for such a thing. What others are there? When seeing _Velvet Goldmine_ I was thinking that Ewan McGregor would make an excellent Kurt Cobain. And Kate Winslet should really play the part of an 80’s Madonna. Any Dopers with their own suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/2 "2002-07-13T09:58:35Z")
Rowdy Roddy Piper playing the role of Steve Irwin in the Crocodile Hunter movie ---
**Author:** ![TridCloudwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TridCloudwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TridCloudwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/3 "2002-07-13T16:35:39Z")
Heh, I always thought Ewan would make a kick ass Kurt too…so long as he can do a Washington state accent. My fave FP playing a FP is definately David Bowie playing Andy Warhol in the movie Basquiat. As for a suggestion: I always thought Christian Slater would make a good young Jack Nicholson. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/4 "2002-07-13T17:35:43Z")
To continue the Slater chain, there’s a [kid](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Simpson,+Jimmi) in the movie _Loser_ (2000) who could play a young Christian Slater, or perhaps, a _really_ young Nicholson. That picture doesn’t really do it justice. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/5 "2002-07-13T18:25:01Z")
Yeay! I 2nd Slater as a young Hollywood Jack 🆒. Bowie as Warhol was very good, too. How about Matt Le Blanc (of Friends): He could be a clone of Robert Vaughn. Remake of U.N.C.L.E. anyone? Check out pics of [Matt](http://us.imdb.com/Name?LeBlanc,+Matt) and [RV](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Vaughn,+Robert). ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/6 "2002-07-13T19:04:43Z")
That picture of Robert Vaughn looks more like [Kyle MacLachlan](http://us.imdb.com/Name?MacLachlan,+Kyle). ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/7 "2002-07-13T19:28:13Z")
I think Gilbert Gottfried once played Jerry Seinfeld in an episode of the animated CLERKS. It makes sense; the Seinfeld voice he does in his standup routine is incredible. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/8 "2002-07-13T19:45:07Z")
Joe Pesci in _The Joe Paterno Story._ Haj ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/9 "2002-07-13T20:40:04Z")
Uma Thurman as Marlene Dietrich. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/10 "2002-07-13T21:12:04Z")
Callista Flockhart as Audrey Hepburn. No, seriously. I’m not a fan of Flockhart’s, but she looks a LOT like her. There was even a picture taken of her made up to look like Hepburn and the resemblance was uncanny. Although if I were casting, I’d want to cast Natalie Portman as Audrey. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/11 "2002-07-13T21:12:54Z")
A few years ago, after _Interview with a Vampire_, Premiere Magazine did an interview and photo spread of Brad Pitt. He still had his long IWAV hair, but he’d bleached it blond and he was pretty scruufy-looking. Holy crap did he he ever look like Kurt Cobain! I also agree with Bowie as Warhol in _Basquiat_. He was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-playing-other-famous-people-in-movies/118764/12 "2002-07-13T21:50:19Z")
\< Related Hijack \> I’ve also thought for awhile that [Craig Sheffer](http://www.megwood.com/archive/craigsheffer.html) should do a guest spot on [_Angel_](http://www.slay-uk.com/angel/images/image.html?angel/angel08.jpg). \