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30 Side-By-Side Pics Of Characters People “Refuse To Believe” Are Played By The Same Actors
In Hollywood, there's plenty of parallel universes, with each movie having its own (little) world. However, whether we're talking about a ship crossing the Atlantic or a dystopian Chicago, these places need inhabitants too. Otherwise, we just wouldn't care about them.
So actors cross these boundaries, assuming different identities with each leap into a new setting. And some of their transformations are so radical, it's hard to even realize the same person is behind them.
Inspired by Lindsey Nielson, TikTok users started to point out which characters they refuse to believe are played by the same actor, so we here at Bored Panda decided to build upon this interesting idea and expand it into a list!
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#1
Sirius Black From Harry Potter And Zorg From Fifth Element
Played by: Gary Oldman
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#2
Harry From Love Actually And Prof. Severus Snape From Harry Potter
Played by: Alan Rickman
#3
Captain Hook From Peter Pan And Lucius Malfoy From Harry Potter
Played by: Jason Isaacs
#4
Mr Tumnus From Narnia And Professor X From X-Men
Played by: James McAvoy
#5
Inigo Montoya From The Princess Bride And Jason Gideon From Criminal Minds
Played by: Mandy Patinkin
Mohsie Supposie 5 years ago
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die! Now I know what his father looked like!
#6
Dudley Dursley From Harry Potter And Harry Beltik From The Queen's Gambit
Played by: Harry Melling
#7
Molly Weasley From The Harry Potter Series And Rosie Mulligan From Mamma Mia!
Played by: Julie Walters
#8
Kate Mccallister From Home Alone And Moira Rose From Schitt's Creek
Played by: Catherine O’Hara
#9
Cesar Flickerman From The Hunger Games And George Harvey From The Lovely Bones
Played by: Stanley Tucci
#10
Nanny Mcphee From Nanny Mcphee And Prof. Sybil Trelawney From Harry Potter
Played by: Emma Thompson
#11
Queen Elizabeth II From The Crown And Lisabeth Salander From Girl In The Spider's Web
Played by: Claire Foy
#12
Hal From Malcolm In The Middle And Walter White From Breaking Bad
Played by: Bryan Cranston
#13
Nymphadora Tonks From Harry Potter And Twi'lek From Mandalorian
Played by: Natalia Tena
#14
Poe Dameron From The Star Wars Series And Apocalypse From X-Men: Apocalypse
Played by: Oscar Isaac
#15
Bellatrix Lestrange From The Harry Potter Series And Princess Margaret From The Crown
Played by: Helena Bonham Carter
#16
Velma From Scooby Doo And Laura Barton From Avengers
Played by: Linda Cardellini
#17
Patrick Verona From 10 Things I Hate About You And The Joker From The Dark Knight
Played by: Heath Ledger
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Gone too soon. RIP. FYI, the stuntman that the Joker killed with the pencil was my best friend growing up. Charles Jarman. Picture attached. charles-i-...044692.jpg 
#18
Danny Zuko From Grease And Edna Turnblad From Hairspray
Played by: John Travolta
#19
Kick-Ass And Quicksilver From The Avengers
Played by: Aaron Taylor-Johnson
#20
Elliot From E.T. The Extraterrestrial And Hugh Crain From The Haunting Of Hill House
Played by: Henry Thomas
Becky Moore 5 years ago
He's 10/11 in ET and almost 50 now; It would be super weird if he looked the same :P
#21
Selena Quintanilla From Selena And Angela Weber From Twilight
Played by: Christian Serratos
#22
Sheila From Shameless And Debbie From Addams Family Values
Played by: Joan Cusack
#23
Negan From The Walking Dead And Denny Duquette From Grey's Anatomy
Played by: Jeffrey Dean Morgan
#24
Daisy From Downton Abbey And Drisella From Cinderella
Played by: Sophie McShera
#25
Gwen From The Amazing Spiderman And Allison From Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past
Played by: Emma Stone
#27
Donna Sheridan From Mamma Mia And Miranda Priestly From Devil Wears Prada
Played by: Meryl Streep
Rick Seiden 5 years ago
How could you look at that face and NOT know who that is? I mean, she's a great actress, and the Meryl in her doesn't show through the characters she plays, but come on! It's Meryl Friggin' Streep.
#28
Jessica Day From New Girl And Jovie From Elf
Played by: Zooey Deschanel
#29
Barbara From Beetlejuice And Dr. Herman From Greys Anatomy
Played by: Geena Davis
Rick Seiden 5 years ago
How can you not know who this is? Gina Davis' features are so unique she'd have to be covered in prosthetics to not recognizer her.
#30
Troy Bolton From High School Musical And Ted Bundy From Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile
Played by: Zac Efron
#31
Sheila From Rocketman And Victoria From Twilight's Eclipse
Played by: Bryce Dallas Howard
Laura Craig 5 years ago
Okay I had to look into this and it actually ISN'T the same actress. The article I found explained it thus, "Rachelle Lefevre played the vampire Victoria in both Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but the role was recast for the third movie, when Bryce Dallas Howard stepped in for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The production company, Summit Entertainment, said it was due to a scheduling conflict."
#32
Joyce Byers From Stranger Things And Kim From Edward Scissorhands
Played by: Winona Ryder
Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago
Well, to be honest there is 20 years of difference in between these.
#33
Mark Sloan From Grey's Anatomy And Cal Jacobs From Euphoria
Played by: Eric Dane
#34
Adam Maitland From Beetlejuice And Larry Quinn From Cat In The Hat
Played by: Alec Baldwin
#35
Cora Hale In Teen Wolf And Mary Stuart In Reign
Played by: Adelaide Kane
You are Beautiful (He,Him) 5 years ago
Roses are red, violets are blue, no one liked my comment so I had to.
#36
April Kepner From Grey's Anatomy And Suzy Pepper From Glee
Played by: Sarah Drew
#37
Garrett Reynolds From Pretty Little Liars And Paolo Valisari From The Lizzie Mcguire Movie
Played by: Yani Gellman
#38
Brixton Lore From Hobbs & Shaw And Macavity From Cats
Played by: Idris Elba
#39
Mickey Milkovich From Shameless And Vladimir From The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
Played by: Noel Fisher
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Charlotte A. 5 years ago
Most of these actors have such distinctive looks regardless of wigs and make up that I rather refuse to believe people cannot believe they're the same ones...
Ozacoter 5 years ago
Exactly. The only ones that I find very different are the actor and actress that play Lucius and Molly in Harry Potter. The rest are the same.
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StIJN 5 years ago
quite a disappointing thread. As if people don't understand : age difference, changing clothes and coloring hair
StIJN 5 years ago
i must admit that when they use glasses it get's tricky
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Charlotte A. 5 years ago
Most of these actors have such distinctive looks regardless of wigs and make up that I rather refuse to believe people cannot believe they're the same ones...
Ozacoter 5 years ago
Exactly. The only ones that I find very different are the actor and actress that play Lucius and Molly in Harry Potter. The rest are the same.
Load More Replies... StIJN 5 years ago
quite a disappointing thread. As if people don't understand : age difference, changing clothes and coloring hair
StIJN 5 years ago
i must admit that when they use glasses it get's tricky
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