What the famous criminals the actors played in the movies actually looked like (8 photos)

Agree that it is much more interesting for us to watch a film if at the very beginning we see the inscription: “Based on real events.” The film no longer seems to us just some kind of fictitious storyline, we become imbued with it and try to experience everything that happens for ourselves.





Zac Efron - Ted Bundy (The Beautiful, the Bad and the Ugly)







Ted Bundy lives a quiet life with his girlfriend and her little daughter, whom he treats like his own. Nothing can destroy the idyll in their family, except for the terrible secret of Ted Bundy. His whole life is disrupted when he is accused of serious and brutal crimes against young girls.

Ted Bundy was considered one of the most dangerous maniacs in the United States, whose strength lay in the charm with which he lured his victims and dealt with them in various ways. Ted Bundy has 36 people on his account, but in reality there may be many more unfortunate girls on his list.

Initially, Zac Efron wanted to refuse this role, because he believed that an actor with a good appearance playing a maniac could glorify the maniac and further popularize him, as well as show him in a slightly better light in front of young viewers, some of whom like to create cults around maniacs and justify them in every possible way. However, it is worth noting that the case of Ted Bundy is just right for Zac Efron, because Ted committed quite a large part of his crimes without any problems precisely because of his beautiful and pleasant appearance.

Even Bundy's lawyer approved of Zach's candidacy, stating the physical similarity between the actor and the maniac.

Charlize Theron - Aileen Wuornos ("Monster")



Aileen Wuornos meets a girl named Selby Wall in a bar and radically changes her outlook on life. After going to the bar, she wanted to commit suicide, but a new meeting gives her the strength to live on, but what she will soon begin to do can hardly be called life. Eileen would later be nicknamed "The Monster" because she would become one of the most brutal female serial killers.

Aileen Wuornos was sentenced to death by the court, but before that she managed to share her letters with director Patty Jenkins, which revealed her character, although Aileen was a rather intractable person. It probably helped that Patty was also a woman.

For Charlize Theron, this film was a real breakthrough. Before “Monster,” Charlize had several good roles, but “Monster” allowed her to reach the Olympus of fame and receive her first Oscar.

Margot Robbie - Tonya Harding ("Tonya vs. the World")



Tonya Harding spent her childhood in a troubled family and was forced to put up with her difficult mother. The character of her mother was passed on to Tonya, which is why she became a rather difficult girl, although she showed great promise in figure skating. It was thanks to her capabilities that Tonya could dictate her terms, but everything has a limit, and Tonya crossed this limit when she became an accomplice to the crime.

Margot Robbie trained for a long time for her role, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t do the triple Axel. Although it’s even surprising that she even tried to repeat it, because since Tonya Harding only a few skaters have completed this jump. To get the triple Axel on screen, producer Tom Ackerley said they tried to find a skater willing to perform the trick in front of the cameras, but no one wanted to do it due to the possibility of injury and the busy training schedule. It was soon decided to introduce the triple axel using visual effects.

Charlie Hunnam - Henri Charrière (The Moth)



Burglar Henri Charrière is accused of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment and ten years of hard labor, but Henri is not at all happy with this sentence, and he is preparing to escape with his new friends.

Charlie Hunnam lost 18 kilograms especially for the solitary confinement scenes.

The book on which the film was based was subject to serious criticism, although it became a bestseller in its time. It is likely that Henri Charrière either made up most of his adventures, embellished them, or borrowed them from other prisoners. In addition, Henri always strongly denied the accusations of murder. However, the French police said that there was indisputable evidence of Charrière's guilt, and that Henri Charrière behaved diligently while in custody.

Christina Ricci - Selby Wall ("Monster")



Christina Ricci played the role of Selby Wall in Monster, who was based on Tyria Moore. With Tyria's help, the police were able to obtain Aileen Wuornos' confession and bring the case to a fatal end.

It is not known exactly where Tyria Moore is now. She is believed to live with her family in Pennsylvania.

Escobar



I admit honestly that the film and TV series “Escobar” is one of my favorites, but that’s not what I’m talking about now. Pablo Escobar was at one time one of the most talked about characters in the whole world. Javier Bardem perfectly showed his life as a politician, drug lord, criminal and a man with very great power. Pablo Escobar was truly powerful; he was hunted for a long time, but all attempts usually ended in failure. All except the last one...