I know this is a silly game but I can’t really help myself. Whenever you focus on the Hollywood heavyweights, like last night’s Oscars did, you think back on the golden era of Hollywood and try to figure out our star equivalency today. Not their looks as much, (although these two examples are a bit uncanny) but more the kind of actors they are and the roles they can play. OK, here goes:
George Clooney = Cary Grant
Cate Blanchette = Katherine Hepburn
Meryl Streep = Bette Davis
Tom Hanks = Jimmy Stewart
Julia Roberts = Norma Shearer
Amy Adams = Shirley MacClaine
Scarlett Johansson = Elizabeth Taylor
Bill Murray = Spencer Tracy
Tilda Swinton = Joan Crawford
Matthew McConaughey = Kirk Douglas
Jennifer Lawrence – Jane Fonda
Ben Affleck = Paul Newman
Jonah Hill = Jackie Gleason
Lupita N’Yongo = Grace Kelly
Sasha Baron Cohen = Charlie Chaplin
Jared Leto = Montgomery Clift
Charlize Theron = Kim Novak
Christian Bale = Marlon Brando
Leonardo diCaprio = Robert Mitchum
Brad Pitt = Robert Redford
Angelina Jolie = Rita Hayworth
Ellen Degeneres = Bob Hope
You know how you can tell if I’m kinda right? Cast a movie from today with past stars or vice versa. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt? Yes! The Philadelphia Story with George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Tom Hanks? Yes! Lost In Translation with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor? Yes!
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