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Do you think these 2 men look alike?

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getthemfromlidlme · 28/12/2023 20:18

Kevin Costner and Michael Keaton.

Not sure why but my brain gets really confused and morphs them into one!

Had a google and it's not really a 'thing' that people seem to notice

Have asked a few people I know and they all say they're nothing alike Grin

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Karrak · 28/12/2023 23:07

Bob Odenkirk & Jason Isaacs
Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson

JamSandle · 28/12/2023 23:07

Not to me.

waffleyversatile1 · 28/12/2023 23:11

Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel ) and Chevy Chase. Once you see it you can't unsee it. More so in younger years

leska · 05/12/2024 18:28

Oh yes! And similar with Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling too.
It's weird that I can kinda tell them apart when watching, but I'm not always sure which one was in that other thing I saw a while back. What's even funnier is that I usually identify them by how likeable they are. I find Costner and his characters generally charismatic, masculine and strangely comforting despite their issues. Keaton and his characters I find ranging from insufferable to borderline psychotic. I guess they look very much alike around the nose/mouth area and maybe general shape of the face, but their eyes and mannerisms are quite different.

Cat5689 · 05/12/2024 18:34

PastTheGin · 28/12/2023 21:58

I have trouble telling anyone apart… I need people in films and on tv to look clearly different to each other. The women in Friends or SATC were great for me: a blonde one, a curly one, one with short red hair and one with long dark hair - perfect!
It’s harder telling men apart as they all tend to have short hair.

Me too. Especially men with short hair in suits. I could do with characters wearing name labels for the first few scenes.

Cerialkiller · 05/12/2024 18:51

Yeah I'm.a bit face blind too. Agree with cosna/keeton. I get Ben stiller and Adam Sandler mixed up even though they have started looking less similar as they aged. I think they played similar 'funny' roles in their early careers.

Remember that period drama Versailles? All the men had identical long floppy hair and drippy moustaches. I had to give up watching.

Unfortunately I have been accused of racism because of it. But generally two Korean lead actors will have the same skin colour, the same dark eyes and hair with the same hair cut often. I do find that British/American TV/film does give more physical variation in characters deliberately. Not just face but height, breth and buffness etc.

LittleBoPeepHasLostHerShit · 05/12/2024 18:58

I would never be able to watch a movie with Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen in it. I can't tell them apart.

EatTheBastard · 05/12/2024 19:01

getthemfromlidlme · 28/12/2023 20:18

Kevin Costner and Michael Keaton.

Not sure why but my brain gets really confused and morphs them into one!

Had a google and it's not really a 'thing' that people seem to notice

Have asked a few people I know and they all say they're nothing alike Grin

no way! The lovely lovely Kevin looks like Michael??? You’re wrong

HornyHornersPinkyWinky · 05/12/2024 19:13

Matt Damon was on the Graham Norton show talking about how him and Mark Wahlberg get mixed up by fans all the time. So much so, that they have a pact to always be nice to the fan who thinks they're the other guy, so as not to give him a bad reputation.

I know I sound like an old gimmer (I'm only 40) but I swear a lot of younger actresses and singers look so similar, mainly because lots of them have had nose jobs/ lip filler/ tweakments done to their face, and look pretty much identical.

polydactylfeline · 05/12/2024 19:19

I'm like that with Nicolas Cage and Mel Gibson 🤣🤣

Jostuki · 05/12/2024 19:31

Jennifer Anniston and Iggy Pop.

Linnet · 05/12/2024 20:01

I know someone who struggles to tell Hugh Grant and Colin Forth apart. The rest of us don't think they look anything alike but watching Love actually is really entertaining as you can spend the whole move asking which one is on the screen. Or if they're in a different movie separately you can ask which one it is and sometimes they get it right and sometimes they don't.

Newyearnamechangehere · 06/12/2024 07:39

Nicholas Cage and Robert de Niro
The Ryans as a pp said
There are a couple of SNL cast members I mix up

CalicoPusscat · 06/12/2024 07:49

Isn't it Brad Pitt who has difficulty with facial recognition?

Definitely agree with the Departed (good film) but can't see Michael Keaton and Kevin Costner

MrsSethGecko · 06/12/2024 07:55

Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg for me. I spent most of The Martian thinking Blimey, he's had a lot of work done since Boogie Nights.

OooPourUsACupLove · 06/12/2024 08:23

Kenneth Branagh, Bryan Adams, Sean Bean and Eddie Izzard always look like the same guy to me. (Also a guy from my old college)

Planesmistakenforstars · 06/12/2024 11:57

Ryan Reynolds, Chris Evans, Michael Fassbender, James, McAvoy and Richard Armitage all look like the same generic, basic middle aged man to me. Completely interchangeable.

I cannot see Kevin Costner and Michael Keaton being remotely similar.

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