People you (seemingly) inexplicably confuse with each other

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Me:
Dodie Smith and Dodie Weir
Bill Cosby and Bing Crosby
All the Hemsworths and Chrisses in various Hollywood films blend into one for me

DH cannot distinguish between people with red hair. As in, every red haired person in the world looks like the same person to him!

Years back couldn't tell the difference between Jane Asher and Maria Aitken. These days cannot tell the difference between the two red haired guys in the current Coronation Street cast - the characters Chesney and Gary. Is convinced they are the same person and therefore cannot follow the plots to save his life. Constantly confused as to why the character suddenly has a different wife!

I think it is some kind of face blindness.

Great thread OP!

The Ryan Gosling/Reynolds is a genuine thing - even DD agrees with me. And in fact the internet.

I used to get Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson confused - still not entirely sure which one was the MP and which one I saw in a brilliant Ghosts in London many years ago. Well I do know if I think about it....

An old boyfriend used to get Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau muddled which I always found bizarre.

Wow I didn't really know who they were but they could be the same person!

I was just watching Nicola Walker in Annika and she seemed really familiar but I haven't watched anything she's been in so I came to the conclusion it was because she was similar to Anna Maxwell Martin. She also reminded me of Sarah Beeny.

Yes I struggled with The Departed as well, to make matters worse Leo DiCaprio looks similar to these two.

They are the same person you can't convince me otherwise

Yes yes yes!!

Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard.

James Nesbitt and Titus Welliver😳

Voila

I came on to say this. They are known as the Ryans here. Or sometimes Deadpool Ryan & lala land Ryan. I don't think they are the same ones? But no idea which is which.

JDM is much better looking than javier!

Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson and I always say 'oh I get these two mixed up, which one is dead?' So DP thinks there's a third actor im mistaking them both for but no idea who except he may be dead.

Sam Neill and Dennis Quaid. Same person!

@MurielThrockmorton that’s EXACTLY it! I’m currently watching Annika and kept thinking that Annika was played by the same actress from Motherland. They’re both fantastic but I do get them confused

Me too!

Danny Devito and Bob Hoskins

Neil Sedaka and Neil Diamond
Every single telly weatherman since the early 2000s
Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf

Me too!!!

Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving

I feel better that my DH can't tell them apart either!!

Tony Hadley and Tony from Hollyoaks

Tracy Brabin & Tracie Bennett

Kevin Costner and Mel Gibson!

Suella Braverman, Priti Patel and Cruella Deville

Perhaps not so inexplicably confuse.

Christine Lampard and Melanie Sykes