Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Screen Test / Take 19

 
Name the actors who played the following pairs of historical figures. For bonus points, name the movies they played them in.

              1. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ambrose Bierce
              2. Jimmy Hoffa and Eugene O'Neill
              3. Margaret Thatcher and Karen Silkwood
              4. J. Edgar Hoover and Howard Hughes
              5. Richard Nixon and Pablo Picasso
              6. Princess Diana and Joan Jett
              7. Caligula and H.G. Wells
              8. Bob Dylan and Katharine Hepburn
              9. Sid Vicious and Lee Harvey Oswald
            10. Dashiell Hammett and Chuck Yeager

                                     ANSWERS:

 1. Gregory Peck in "Beloved Infidel" and "Old Gringo"
 2. Jack Nicholson in "Hoffa" and "Reds"
 3. Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady" and "Silkwood"
 4. Leonardo DiCaprio in "J. Edgar" and "The Aviator"
 5. Anthony Hopkins in "Nixon" and "Surviving Picasso"
 6. Kristen Stewart in "Spencer" and "The Runaways"
 7. Malcolm McDowell in "Caligula" and "Time After Time"
 8. Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" and "The Aviator"
 9. Gary Oldman in "Sid and Nancy" and "JFK"
10. Sam Shepard in "Dash and Lilly" and "The Right Stuff"