Poll: Oddest Casting Choice for a Real-Life Person

Results of 9,481 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Grey Owl (1999)

    

   Pierce Brosnan as Archie Grey Owl in "Grey Owl."
2. 2.
   

   John Wayne and Susan Hayward in The Conqueror (1956)

    

   John Wayne as Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror."
3. 3.
   

   Angelina Jolie and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)

    

   Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great in "Alexander."
4. 4.
   

   Ashton Kutcher in Jobs (2013)

    

   Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in "Jobs."
5. 5.
   

   #4

    

   Willem Dafoe as Jesus Christ in "The Last Temptation of Christ."
6. 6.
   

   Robert Pattinson in Little Ashes (2008)

    

   Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dalí in "Little Ashes."
7. 7.
   

   Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin (1992)

    

   Robert Downey, Jr., as Charlie Chaplin in "Chaplin."
8. 8.
   

   Gerard Butler at an event for Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

    

   Gerard Butler as Attila the Hun in "Attila."
9. 9.
   

   Charlize Theron in Monster (2003)

    

   Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos in "Monster."
10. 10.
    

    #9

     

    Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette in "Marie Antoinette."
11. 11.
    

    Madonna in Evita (1996)

     

    Madonna as Eva Perón in "Evita."
12. 12.
    

    Robin Williams in The Butler (2013)

     

    Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower in "Lee Daniels' The Butler."
13. 13.
    

    Alan Rickman

     

    Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan in "Lee Daniels' The Butler."
14. 14.
    

    #16

     

    Anthony Hopkins as Richard Nixon in "Nixon."
15. 15.
    

    Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator (2004)

     

    Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in "The Aviator."
16. 16.
    

    Jürgen Prochnow

     

    Jürgen Prochnow as Arnold Schwartzenegger in "See Arnold Run."
17. 17.
    

    Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (2005)

     

    Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line."
18. 18.
    

    Johnny Depp in Public Enemies (2009)

     

    Johnny Depp as John Dillinger in "Public Enemies."
19. 19.
    

    Crossbones (2014)

     

    John Malkovich as Blackbeard in "Crossbones."
20. 20.
    

    Ed Harris in Copying Beethoven (2006)

     

    Ed Harris as Beethoven in "Copying Beethoven."
21. 21.
    

    Bill Murray in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

     

    Bill Murray as FDR in "Hyde Park on Hudson."
22. 22.
    

    Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

     

    Brad Pitt as Jesse James in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."
23. 23.
    

    #5

     

    Jeff Daniels as George Washington in "The Crossing."
24. 24.
    

    Louis Gossett Jr. in Sadat (1983)

     

    Louis Gossett, Jr. as Anwar al-Sadat in "Sadat."
25. 25.
    

    "Magnum P.I." Tom Selleck

     

    Tom Selleck as King Ferdinand in "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery."
26. 26.
    

    #22

     

    Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious in "Sid & Nancy."
27. 27.
    

    Jack Palance in The Mercenary (1968)

     

    Jack Palance as Fidel Castro in "Che!"
28. 28.
    

    Colin Farrell in The New World (2005)

     

    Colin Farrell as John Smith in "The New World."
29. 29.
    

    James Cagney "Yankee Doodle Dandy" 1941 Warner

     

    James Cagney as George M. Cohan in "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
30. 30.
    

    Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (2009)

     

    Meryl Streep as Julia Child in "Julie and Julia."
31. 31.
    

    Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)

     

    Kelsey Grammer as George Washington in "Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor."
32. 32.
    

    Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, and Michael Rooker in JFK (1991)

     

    Tommy Lee Jones as Clay Shaw in "JFK."
33. 33.
    

    Ryan O'Neal in A Bridge Too Far (1977)

     

    Ryan O'Neal as Brigadier General Gavin in "A Bridge Too Far."
34. 34.
    

    Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968)

     

    Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein in "Funny Girl."
35. 35.
    

    #12

     

    Errol Flynn as George Custer in "They Died with Their Boots On."