While actors can leave audiences deeply immersed in the story simply with strong acting skills, they usually also have to look the part for a film or television series to be considered truly well-made. If the production is lucky, they can cast an actor whose resemblance to the character comes naturally. There have been several actors who look exactly like the real-life people they were cast to play and seemingly require just a little hairstyling and makeup as well as a quick outfit change to convince movie watchers the production found a long-lost twin, including Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in 2010's "The Runaways" and Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Spike Lee's 1992 biopic. However, more often than not, actors need to undergo some sort of transformation to physically match the role.

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