The Curse of the Look-A-Like Actors

Topic started by Thoseposers on July 18, 2011. Last post by NlGHTCRAWLER 8 months, 2 weeks ago.
Post by Thoseposers (38 posts) See mini bio

I've never really posted a blog on a whiskey media site but i just wanted to put this out there cause it keeps catching my attention recently. I have this knack for recognizing actors in different movies and though that's not that big of a deal sometimes i get it wrong. I look them up and find out they're not the same person, so here's some comparisons of actors i've mistaken lately and though you may think to yourself "oh come on thoseposers they're obviously not the same" WELL SHUT UP. I also wanna see what actors you guys thought were the same but turned out not to be.

Example 1: Bob Geldof from Pink Floyd: The Wall and Ioan Gruffu from the recently released Horrible Bosses. When i first saw the wetworks guy i seriously felt like i had seen the actor before but after looking up his history on screened it turned out he really never played any memorable roles on any movies i'd have seen.

Ioan Gruffu
Ioan Gruffu
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof

Example 2: While watching The Terminal i was kind of amazed how much Stanley Tucci reminded me of Jason Schwartzman from Rushmore. This one's not so much of a look a like as an older version of one actor. If you told me Stanley was Jason's dad or uncle i would absolutely believe you.

Jason Schwartzman
Jason Schwartzman
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci

There's my two best examples for now. I know i'm forgetting one more pair of actors so if i end up remembering later i'll just update this post.

Post by Thoseposers (38 posts) See mini bio

i am absolutely murdering these forum tools -_- this'll be formatted correctly in a couple minutes

Post by mylifeforAiur (1,662 posts) See mini bio

Mark Strong and Stanley Tucci. I thought that Stanley Tucci was the antagonist in Robin Hood until I watched the end credits... Didn't I feel like a fool.

Post by PenguinDust (1,685 posts) See mini bio
There was another one of these threads about six months ago.  There were some good observations in that one.
There was also another one about confusing one actor for another.
I said I sometimes confuse Channing Tatum and Chris Evens.
 
Also for years I thought that Leelee Sobieski should have played Helen Hunt's daughter in a movie.
I've heard people remark that there is a similarity between Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones, too.
Post by CherryBomb (1,254 posts) See mini bio
Nina Dobrev  (Vampire Diaries) and Victoria Justice (Victorious) 
 
Post by CherryBomb (1,254 posts) See mini bio
 
I used to ALWAYS get Jennifer Garner and Hilary Swank mixed up! 
 
Post by Black_Rose (591 posts) See mini bio
Mark Strong and Andy García, not the best pics but I got them confused when I saw Strong in Sherlock Holmes: 
 


Post by ryanwho (1,130 posts) See mini bio
I thought Andy Garcia was the guy in RocknRolla and Stardust for the longest time.
Post by Red (508 posts) See mini bio
Always thought these two looked uncannily similar:
Not actors, but Edgar Wright and Jason Reitman 
 
 Edgar Wright
 Edgar Wright

Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman
Post by CherryBomb (1,254 posts) See mini bio
Sara Paxton and Alexis Bledel ... seriously, they are like twins or something. Thank god they have different hair colours or I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.  I see Alexis on tv and think .. "wait, is that Sara?"  -  I'd love them to play sisters in a movie or something.
Post by Hot_Karl (768 posts) See mini bio
@CherryBomb: Victoria Justice is freaking gorgeous- first time I saw her, I thought she was at least 10 years older than she actually was (SHE'S LEGAL NOW LEAVE ME ALONE). 
 
@CherryBomb: I agree with that one, especially since Sara keeps changing her hair color or wearing brunette wigs. I get tripped up on those two.
Post by the_referee (323 posts) See mini bio

BUMP

I have always thought

Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Judy Reyes looked a like.

Post by HolySerpent (38 posts) See mini bio

Pretty interesting look-a-likes

Post by the_referee (323 posts) See mini bio

I just got finished watching Haunted High and this is blowing my mind

Jeffery Scott Lando and Rick Wayne are both in it..

Jeffery Scott Lando
Jeffery Scott Lando

AND

Rick Wayne
Rick Wayne

This is just weird.

Post by Ghost_of_GhostDad (816 posts) See mini bio

Skeet Ulrich looked like a young Johnny Depp. Especially in the movie Scream

Post by NlGHTCRAWLER (154 posts) See mini bio

Sarah Allen

Emma Stone.

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