"Cuba Gooding Jr. was so good, I had to keep reminding myself that he wasn't <i>actually</i> O.J. Simpson."
22 Actors Who Were So Freaking Convincing Portraying These Real-Life People
We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which actors were so convincing, they actually made them believe that they were the real-life people they were portraying. Here are some of the best responses (I included a few of my personal favorites as well!):
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1. Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout
4. Patrick Schwarzenegger as Todd Peterson in The Staircase
5. Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It
6. Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors
7. Taron Egerton as Elton John in Rocketman
8. Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Elvis
9. Elle Fanning as Michelle Carter in The Girl From Plainville
10. Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
11. Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
12. Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard in The Act
13. Cameron Britton as Ed Kemper in Mindhunter
14. Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos
15. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X
16. Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in The Runaways
17. Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy
18. Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy
19. Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child in Julia
20. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line
21. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray
22. And finally, Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.