An actor’s profession entails portraying a variety of personas, but it’s not uncommon for them to share a number of personalities with the person they’re portraying. In some ways, it’s a fantastic casting option, because being able to relate to your character can help the actor’s performance feel more genuine.
We at Daily Highlight was taken aback when they discovered how similar these actors are to their fictional characters. The similarities range from personality attributes to actual goals.
1. Meghan Markle
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Meghan is a huge gourmand in real life, and this trait was built into Rachel Zane, the character she portrayed on the TV drama Suits.
2. Emma Watson
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Emma Watson once shared that she identified with Hermione Granger, her Harry Potter character, because she, too, wanted to be a scholarly know-it-all when she was a youngster, even if it made her a nerd. She, like Hermione, is a voracious reader.
3. Chelsea Peretti
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The actress shares a lot of traits with Gina Linetti, a character she played on the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine. For example, they are both brutally honest, can never go without their phone, and they even share a best friend: Andy Samberg, who played Jake on the same show.
4. Jenna Fischer
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Jenna Fischer had a job as a receptionist before becoming an actress and accepting the part of Pam on The Office. The actress also admitted that, like her character, she had to spend quite a while to figure out how to speak up for herself.
5. Amanda Seyfried
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In the film Mamma Mia!, Amanda portrayed Sophie, and she stated she is similar to her character in that they are both “impulsive and scatterbrained,” trying to find out who she is from the inside.
6. Lea Michele
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Lea Michele, like her Glee character Rachel Berry, is incredibly driven and shares a passion for fitness, which she uses to harness her ambitions.
7. Jake Johnson
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Jake Johnson was given a lot of room to improvise while casting in the sitcom New Girl. That’s how his character Nick resembled the actor in real life: they’re both not flamboyant and don’t want to be the focus of attention, for instance. Furthermore, despite having only three semesters left before graduation, his character Nick is a law school dropout, while Johnson himself dropped out to focus on discovering things that he was actually concerned about (which turned out to be acting).
8. Kunal Nayyar
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On The Big Bang Theory, the actor portrayed Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali, and he recently received a doctorate in real life. He now has a Ph.D. in Humane Letters under his belt. “I never thought after playing Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali for 12 years, I would be honored with an actual doctorate in real life,” the actor wrote on Instagram.
9. Robert Downey Jr.
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In some ways, the actor and his famed role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel franchise are comparable. They are both knowledgeable and enthusiastic about technology. Downey Jr., like his character, is utilizing technology to save the Earth: he’s searching for a means for robots to clean up the planet, which he believes is doable “within a decade.”
Which performers do you believe share their characters’ vibe? Would you prefer play a character who is similar to you or the polar opposite if you were an actor?
