These Actors Went Above And Beyond To Portray Historical Figures And The Resemblance Is Uncanny

Robert Downey Jr. Looks Just Like Charlie Chaplin Without The Hat And Makeup Too

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It’s easy to look like someone when you put on a fake toothbrush mustache, eye makeup, and an iconic bowler hat. But Downey Jr.’s entire performance in Chaplin won “universal acclaim.”

But RDJ wasn’t the first choice for the role. Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and Jim Carrey were all considered before him.