If there’s one thing actors are supposed to be very good at, it’s accurately impersonating the people they’re portraying that viewers would have a hard time distinguishing one from another. Even on set, film crew members often find themselves in awkward situations with actors who can’t be bothered to break character even when films stop rolling, like Daniel Day-Lewis during the filming of “Lincoln.”
And now, we present to you our picks for some of the most compelling portrayals of historic people by Hollywood actors.
