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Oddest Casting Choice for a Real-Life Person

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Sometimes, when a certain actor or actress plays a real person, he/she is so perfect for the role that you can't imagine anyone else playing it (Patton, Gandhi, Invictus). Other times, the announcement that so-and-so is playing so-and-so just makes you scratch your head. I'm not saying they all did a bad job, but which of these casting choices do you find the most unlikely?

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