Actors And Prototypes For The Roles (33 pics)

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King Henry V was played by Timothée Chalamet in Netflix's "The King."

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Henry V's father, King Henry IV, was played by Ben Mendelsohn in the Netflix historical film.

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Charlize Theron will portray former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in the new film "Bombshell."

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Nicole Kidman will also star in "Bombshell" as former Fox commentator Gretchen Carlson.

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Renee Zellweger is playing Judy Garland in the biopic "Judy."

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Tom Hanks is transforming into Mister Rogers for the upcoming biopic "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood."

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Margot Robbie portrayed actress Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

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Steve McQueen was portrayed by Damian Lewis in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

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Martial artist Bruce Lee was played by Mike Moh in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

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Hanks also portrayed another icon when he played Walt Disney in 2013's "Saving Mr. Banks."

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Angela Bassett embodied Tina Turner and portrayed the rock queen and eight-time Grammy nominee in 1993's "What's Love Got to Do With It."

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Kristen Stewart played a young Joan Jett in 2010's "The Runaways."

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson broke out as Beatles member John Lennon in 2009's "Nowhere Boy."

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Michelle Williams transformed into the late Marilyn Monroe for 2011's "My Week With Marilyn."

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Robert Downey Jr. earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of silent movie star Charlie Chaplin in 1992's "Chaplin."

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Jennifer Love Hewitt portrayed "Breakfast At Tiffany's" star Audrey Hepburn in the 2000 TV film "The Audrey Hepburn Story."

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Will Smith portrayed boxer Muhammad Ali in 2001's "Ali."

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Nicole Kidman starred as Grace Kelly in the 2014 biographical drama "Grace of Monaco."

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In 2001, James Franco starred in "James Dean" as the titular actor.

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Natalie Portman portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in 2016's "Jackie," which centered on the days following John F. Kennedy's assassination.

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In 1993, Jason Scott Lee portrayed actor and martial artist Bruce Lee (no relation) in "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story."

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Queen Elizabeth II has been played on-screen by a number of different actresses, but it was Helen Mirren who portrayed the Queen in 2006's "The Queen."

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Denzel Washington played the titular activist in 1992's "Malcolm X."

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Ashton Kutcher portrayed a young Steve Jobs in 2013's "Jobs."

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Naomi Watts portrayed Princess Diana in 2013's "Diana," which centered on the last two years of Diana's life.

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Eddie Redmayne portrayed world-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in 2014's "The Theory of Everything," which followed the physicist from college to his marriage to Jane Hawking and his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis.

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David Oyelowo portrays civil rights activist Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in 2014's "Selma."

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Felicity Jones portrays a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg early in her career as she earned her law degree and fought against sexism to become a leading gender equality and women's rights lawyer and eventual Supreme Court justice in 2018's "On the Basis of Sex."

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Morgan Freeman was South African President Nelson Mandela in 2009's "Invictus."

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Emma Stone transformed into tennis icon Billie Jean King in 2017's "Battle of the Sexes."

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Beyoncé portrayed Etta James in the 2008 drama "Cadillac Records."