Actors auditioning for biopics has become a trend in the movie business featuring artists from different eras and genres.
Some actors really look like these singers!
Bob Marley is the latest biopic candidate with ‘Bob Marley: One Love’.
Kingsley Ben Adir looks almost like a doppelgänger of the iconic reggae artist where it will depict his entire life.
Kingsley is one of the many that have played iconic musicians and completely transformed into the role.
Here are some of them.
Rami Malek
The American actor became Freddie Mercury in 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody, a role that cemented him as a superstar.
He nailed the role both in looks and voice and won his first Oscar for Best Actor as a result.
Reese Witherspoon
Before Malek, another actor won an Oscar for a music biopic, Reese Witherspoon.
Walk The Line chronicles country sensation Johnny Cash’s life including his romance with June Carter which Witherspoon stars as.
The actress transcended herself into the role and is widely considered her finest work to date.
Taron Egerton
Back in 2016, the Welsh actor starred in Sing, where he sang I’m Still Standing by Elton John.
He was always destined to play one of music’s greats and in 2019, his dream came true in Rocketman.
It was an unbelievable performance as he looked exactly like him and sounded like him vocally.
Even Elton John was delighted with Egerton’s performance.
Naomi Ackie
Whitney Houston was last year’s selected artist that was subjected to the biopic treatment.
Naomi Ackie portrays the singer in I Wanna Dance with Somebody, detailing her rise to stardom until her sudden death.
Daniel Radcliffe
After Harry Potter, Daniel was involved in multiple productions, most of which were weird.
That became full circle when he played Weird Al Jankovic in The Weird Al Jankovic Story (2022).
It was another successful acting outing for Daniel as he fully understood the portrayal assignment from start to finish.
Kristen Stewart
2010 was a year when Kristen Stewart was known as one person only: Bella Swan in the Twilight Saga.
The third movie was released that same year but she had another movie that fell under many people’s radars.
She played Joan Jett in The Runaways, a film about the female-only band’s formation in the 1970s.
It also explores the relationship between Joan and lead singer Cherrie Currie.
O Shea Jackson Jr
Straight Outta Compton (2015) depicts the rise and fall of NWA, one of the most notorious and revolutionary groups rap has ever seen.
Ice Cube was one of the five rappers whose real life son plays himself in the movie.
This was also his first acting role and he could not have made his father more proud.
Cate Blanchett
One of the greatest actresses of our time, Cate has featured in multiple movies spanning decades of dedication.
In 2007, she starred in I’m Not There where she played legendary songwriter Bob Dylan.
It was a very tough assignment but Cate had no pressure as she literally transformed herself into Dylan.
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