The Departed : Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

I am embarrassed to admit this but Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon looked a bit too much alike to me. I was so confused the first few minutes that I had to rewind and pay close attention. After a few minutes into the second watch it became obvious who I was watching, but both had similar looks and they were both cops.

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Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Thought they looked very different - but I have thought the same thing with other movie characters when others thought they looked very different as well.

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Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

you think you were confused who was who in this one.... go watch the Korean film it was based off of. Those dudes were quite similar too.

I'm guessing it was all sorta intentional. Basically, the 2 leads are mirror images of each other, one good and one bad, and on the surface, they appear opposite of what they actually are.

Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Hong Kong film, not Korean. And the two actors chosen, young and older, don't look alike.



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Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Fine then... if you gonna be so defensive, i'll just say the leads in the American film don't look alike, either.

Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

You went full on defensive.

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Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Yup.... to illustrate the other being defensive.
And you did too, by pointing out i was defensive.

Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

On the first viewing, I definitely struggled at first. It took until Dicaprio was in the office talking to his superiors before they send him off to prison.
2nd viewing I didn't have any problems though.

Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Thought the 3 of them looked the same in the late 90s. Never would have guessed we'd get a dream cast of Leo, Matt and Marky Mark in a Scorcese film with Jack Nicholson.

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Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Leo and Mark were even in The Basketball Diaries, 10 years earlier. I think Leonardo should've won an Oscar for that performance alone.

Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

Leo looks more that actor who was in Valerian and A Cure for Wellness than Matt. Now Mark Wahlberg, he looks like Matt…

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Re: Did anyone think that the two actors looked too much alike?

When Leo was younger, he did kinda give me a Matt Damon vibe. So I know what's you're getting.

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