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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 17, 2010 1:12:46 GMT
I was leafing through a magazine and saw a picture of the young Kahlil Gibran. My first thought was ~~   I went to look up pictures of these two people, and found that someone had the same idea: Here are two more:   Anyone else? Not just two famous people, either. Does your cousin Mary Evelyn look like Callista Flockhart, your brother-in-law like Randy Newman? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2010 15:25:48 GMT
Talk about synchronicity!!! I was walking on the beach this morning,saw someone who was a dead ringer for Jimmy Buffet,(might have been..). Anyway,thought of a new topic for a thread in here,was going for Doppelgangers but,here we are!!! The guy saw me taking pictures,of the surf,and asked me if I would like him to take my picture against the surf (very rough seas today),at first I demured,then let him....I felt too weird asking him if I could take a pic of him with my camera... ::)I didn't really want one anyway...  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2010 18:54:35 GMT
This is a bit off topic, so I hope that I will be forgiven, but I was fascinated the other day to finally see the cast of the upcoming film by the Brazilian director Walter Salles "On the Road." He has been working on the project for 6 years and finally got (French) financing, so the project is on. The cast was brought to Montréal in July to start interacting and to get to know each other. Shooting started on September 7th. They are not necessarily dead ringers for the original people, but I think that the casting was a pretty good job. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 17, 2010 23:42:09 GMT
Sam Riley is not a close match looks-wise, and he's English. However, someone must know that he has something to bring to the role. He has a good face for an actor, in the sense that it's bland enough to be able to assume other characters. I think he looks more Kerouac-y here: That's another aspect of playing a look-alike game -- who would you cast as such&such a historical figure. I always thought Paul Simon would have been great as Picasso.   Bardem would work, too.   |
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Post by joanne28 on Sept 19, 2010 13:30:36 GMT
I've always thought that the actor should have at least a reasonable resemblance to the famous person he or she is playing.
The worst one I've seen so far (that I can remember ;D) is Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII in The Tudors. I watched about half of the very first episode but then had to throw in the towel.
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Post by onlymark on Sept 19, 2010 13:42:21 GMT
I've never yet seen any actor who resembles Robin Hood.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 25, 2010 22:45:11 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 27, 2010 3:15:00 GMT
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Post by livaco on Dec 29, 2010 17:53:25 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 29, 2010 18:42:58 GMT
Hee hee ~~ some of them are really funny.
I don't want to look at the site too closely, because I still want to see how many look-alikes I can find on my own. I'm particularly proud of the first one in #6 and of #7.
Modified to immodestly add that #1 is pretty damned good, too.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 10, 2011 2:27:26 GMT
Am I the only one who is any good at this game? tsk tsk This person sometimes resembles this person:  
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 13, 2011 3:27:57 GMT
And now for more of this fast-paced, exciting game that has everyone vying to find heretofore unnoticed resemblances!  This person somewhat resembles this person ~   So far, I haven't found any really good female look-alikes. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2011 6:22:26 GMT
I don't even recognize a lot of these people.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 14, 2011 6:32:35 GMT
Which ones don't you recognize?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2011 18:18:41 GMT
The first person in 11, the first person in 10, the first two people in 7, everybody except LBJ in 6....
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 14, 2011 19:25:13 GMT
Get ready for some forehead slapping! 1st person in #11 is Guy Pearce, who played the Duke of Windsor in The King's Speech. 1st person in #10 is Kelsey Grammar, most well-known for the character of Frasier. The first two people in #7 are both F. Scott Fitzgerald. #6, left to right: Eddie Fisher, Rob Morrow (from Northern Exposure) Randy Quaid (Dennis's older, more talented brother), LBJ |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2011 19:50:16 GMT
I can slap my forehead all I want, but it will certainly not tell me who is Rob Morrow or what is Northern Exposure. I don't think I have ever seen a photo of F. Scott Fitzgerald in my life, but I will certainly slap my forehead if you want me to. I didn't know they still had all of these things in your beauty shop magazines.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 14, 2011 20:08:21 GMT
I wasn't going to say anything about the fact that you recognized Soupy Sales, but not F. Scott Fitzgerald, but now ...........
Re: Northern Exposure -- I was under the impression that you got all the major US tv programs in France. No?
It ran from '90 -- '95, & was pretty good stuff for its day, although wore out its welcome, as sitcoms do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2011 20:52:53 GMT
Where was Soupy Sales? I don't think I have ever seen him. May have mistook him for somebody else.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2011 20:58:56 GMT
Re: Northern Exposure -- I was under the impression that you got all the major US tv programs in France. No? It ran from '90 -- '95, & was pretty good stuff for its day, although wore out its welcome, as sitcoms do. A lot of the stuff is indeed shown, but that doesn't mean that I ever see a lot of it. Besides a lot of the French stuff that I like, I also watch German, Italian, British, Canadian, Israeli and Australian series quite a bit. Can't see everything that is on the air! I can claim that I have heard of the title "Northern Exposure" before, but I don't have the slightest idea what it is about or if it was ever shown in France. |
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Post by fumobici on Feb 14, 2011 21:48:16 GMT
Northern Exposure was about a young Jewish NY doctor sent to Alaska for his internship to make good his school expenses. One of the best American TV shows ever.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2011 15:27:00 GMT
If they walk around in snow boots and wear hats with earflaps, I might have seen an episode at some time in the past.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2011 18:38:36 GMT
How about Stan Laurel and Nicolas Sarkozy?   |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2011 18:40:02 GMT
Oh, I did go back and realize who Soupy Sales was.
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Post by bjd on Feb 23, 2011 19:35:05 GMT
I'm with Kerouac -- didn't recognize most of those people other than LBJ and Brad Pitt. I did get Stan Laurel and Sarkozy though.
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 24, 2011 20:48:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2011 21:51:25 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 25, 2011 1:54:24 GMT
Brilliant, Patrick! I do think MJ has much less of a petulant expression, though.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 18, 2011 20:27:33 GMT
Ho ho ~~ look what I came across, completely by accident:  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 5:28:14 GMT
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