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***Baker's Dozen: Foreigners playing iconic roles/people from other countries*** (CLOSED)


This can be TV or Movie.

It was a bit difficult writing the title as we are all from different places. What I am getting at is for eg an American born actor playing an iconic British Prime Minister or folk legend. Can be from any country though as long as the person playing the role is not from the country of origin.

Very wordy, hope it makes sense.

1. Kevin Costner - Played Robin Hood, iconic English hero.

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1. Kevin Costner - Played Robin Hood, iconic English hero.
2. John Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown
3. Henry Cavill as Superman / The Witcher
4. Daniel Day Lewis - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln 2012
5. British Vivien Leigh playing southern belle from bestselling book made into movie, Gone with the Wind (1939)
6. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady
7. Clark Gable - Played Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty
8. Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler - Schindler's List 1993
9. Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart
10. James Mason - Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

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1. Kevin Costner - Played Robin Hood, iconic English hero.
2. John Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown
3. Henry Cavill as Superman / The Witcher
4. Daniel Day Lewis - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln 2012
5. British Vivien Leigh playing southern belle from bestselling book made into movie, Gone with the Wind (1939)
6. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady
7. Clark Gable - Played Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty
8. Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler - Schindler's List 1993
9. Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart
10. James Mason - Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
11. Tom Hiddleston - as Hank Williams, I Saw The Light

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This won't start filming until early next year, so if you don't want it to count, I'll understand ...
12. Kristen Stewart playing Princess Di in Spencer

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It counts and a good example.

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(Just cleaning up the list)

1. Kevin Costner - Played Robin Hood, iconic English hero.
2. John Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown
3. Henry Cavill as Superman / The Witcher
4. Daniel Day Lewis - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln 2012
5. British Vivien Leigh playing southern belle from bestselling book made into movie, Gone with the Wind (1939)
6. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady
7. Clark Gable - Played Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty
8. Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler - Schindler's List 1993
9. Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart
10. James Mason - Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
11. Tom Hiddleston - as Hank Williams, I Saw The Light
12. Kristen Stewart playing Princess Di in Spencer

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1. Kevin Costner - Played Robin Hood, iconic English hero.
2. John Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown
3. Henry Cavill as Superman / The Witcher
4. Daniel Day Lewis - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln 2012
5. British Vivien Leigh playing southern belle from bestselling book made into movie, Gone with the Wind (1939)
6. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady
7. Clark Gable - Played Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty
8. Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler - Schindler's List 1993
9. Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart
10. James Mason - Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
11. Tom Hiddleston - as Hank Williams, I Saw The Light
12. Kristen Stewart playing Princess Di in Spencer
13. John Adams (HBO miniseries) - Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson, Tom Wilkinson as Benjamin Franklin, Rufus Sewell as Alexander Hamilton

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Your turn..

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