I don’t know if everyone does this, or if it’s just because I live in Los Angeles, but sometimes I think about who would play me in the movie about my life. And, of course, because my life story wouldn’t be a 100 minute monologue, I also cast the other members of my family. A few castings are obvious, but some family members have multiple options.
First up is Mike. When I met him, I thought he looked just like Carson Daly. Some of my friends agreed, but a lot of the others thought he looked like Ron Livingston. I think all three of them are handsome. I have a soft spot for tall, dark, and handsome, what can I say?
Then there is me. I was told for a long like that I looked like Melissa Joan Hart. But now that I’m older, I get Amy Adams on a regular basis. I don’t see it AT ALL. She is gorgeous, I am…cute? I’m not fishing for compliments, believe me. But don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind being compared to her! Then the other day my friend Nanette told me that I look like Joanna Garcia from a new Fall TV show. She’s gorgeous too! I can hear stuff like that all day long, even if I don’t see it/believe it!!!
My mom has heard since she was a kid that she looks like Doris Day. But when I was a younger she got Lindsay Wagner a lot. I don’t see it, because she’s my mom. She just looks like…my mom.
When it comes to my brother, I’m torn. I think he looks so much like two different hilarious actor/comedians, that I honestly can’t pick one. Jerry or Sacha?
Mike’s parents are a little more obvious. His dad is a dead ringer for Paul Newman, although Mike’s dad is a bit younger and has aged a lot better.
Of course, I can’t forget about Mike’s mom. Last month when Mike and I were watching the Olympics we had to rewind our tivo because we were CERTAIN we’d seen Mike’s mom in the stands at the water cube. But no, it wasn’t her – it was Michael Phelps’ mother, Debbie. They could be identical twins.
I know what you’re thinking – where is my dad and Mike’s sister? Well, Mike’s sister’s contract explicitly states that she wants no part of our life story. Something about Mike being icky and having cooties. And while my dad’s hidden talent is telling people who they look like (he is totally my casting agent), he actually looks like um…no one, really. So clearly he will have to play himself in my movie.
That wasn’t what you were thinking? OH, you wanted to know who would play Madeline!!! Of course. Well, these are the options we have for her.
What do you think? Who would play you in the movie about your life?
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The Kewpie doll picture = hilarious
And listen, lady– you don’t need to be fishing for compliments, because although you can’t see my sincerity and have no reason other than vanity to believe me, you absolutely look the best of the three choices in those pictures.
The two of you are probably good-looking enough to just play yourselves in a movie, thereby torpedoing the bulk of this post, but to play along, I’ll say… Eric Bana would play me.*
* Because he has brown hair and is Caucasian. I don’t have a side-by-side comparison handy.
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I always thought your dad looked like Chuck Henry…Maybe?
Since the first time I saw your picture, I thought you looked like Naomi Watts. Seriously. You’re gorgeous, hon! Me? I used to get Geena Davis (although she’s much older – it’s the lips) and then Juliette Lewis. My best friend’s mom says I look like Gwyneth Paltrow, and that’s who I’d want to play me.
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I think you could add Ben Folds to your brother’s casting list. Looks very much like him to me. You’ve got a combination of Naomi Watts and Kate Walsh going on. Mike’s Dad has a bit of the mature Rutger Hauer look to him.
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Ha. I’d totally go for Ron Livingston over Carson Daly.
And I LOVE Joanna Garcia. Because I’m not afraid to admit that “Reba” was one of my favorite shows and she was on it.
Your mom DOES look like Doris Day! That’s funny.
Um…for me? I’ve heard numerous times that I look like Jodie Foster. I don’t really see it, but her nose is totally on my model list for my upcoming (probably never) nose job. And so are Denise Richard’s breasts. But that’s besides the point.
As a baby Dylan was a dead ringer for Peter Boyle. Now he looks like Captain Sig Hansen from “Deadliest Catch”. Not sure how I feel about that.
And Zach and Maddie ARE perfect for each other because his look alike, Mr. Magoo, is a cartoon character as well. :0)
these are GREAT. and i do this all the time too.
i have a celebrity twin. Her name is Jordana Spiro and she’s on the show My Boys. everyone says i like her. http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/blog/uploads/jordanaspiro.jpg
some people say Kirsten Dunst. but i totally don’t see that at all. i’ve also been told Willa Holland..from the OC. and someone else from the OC..i can’t remember…
hmmm..maybe a post in the works for me.
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TOTALLY Amy Adams! i can see it! i can see it!
and Mike? Ron Livingston! totally!
also? Mike’s dad. HOT!
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I love playing this game!!!!!! You were dead on! I’ve always told you Maddie is the Gerber baby. I’m gonna find your Dad’s double if it kills me.
Damn! You’ve got everyone spot-on! Makes me a little jealous, as I don’t know of any celebrities I look like… Not a one!
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That Garcia chick was in Reba as her blonde, ditzy, underage pregnant daughter.
I think you are dead on with your choices.
Idont know who would play me… I’v been told I resemble Sandra Bullock with a mixture oF penelope cruze mixed in… but no one really.
Maddie otally looks like those two!
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I am giggling too hard to respond.
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Did I ever tell you I used to work in casting? If I did, I was lying.
Anyway, I think you nailed the casting for The Spohrs Movie. Mike definitely looks much more like Ron Livingston than Carson Daly. Another possibility to play Mike (with the risk of him taking me off his blogroll if he reads this) would be Michael Badalucco from The Practice.
I like Joanna Garcia for you. Although I can see the similarities between you and Kate Walsh, she’s too old to play you.
Maddie’s going to have to play herself…I can’t think of anyone cute enough for that role.
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You do a famous look alike family! I can see the gossip bloggers now.
Amy Adams and Ron Livingston are the parents of the Gerber baby! Sacha Baron Cohen named uncle!
Go eat lunch at the Ivy. See what happens.
Loved this post!!! The last one with Maddie had me CRACKING UP!!! How CUTE is that!!!??! People used to tell me I was a dead ringer for the lead singer of The Bangles! Remember them?? Oh wait, now I am aging myself! Now all I ever hear is, you look like um um um I can’t quite put my finger on it but you look like someone i’ve seen before! Hmmm….not QUITE sure how to take that! Does that mean I just look, well, ordinary, or am I really so exotic looking that I remind them of someone famous?? Who knows!
When I was a kid, I used to wonder what my life would be like in movies too!
I pink puffy heart this post! Such a fun read! And everything was spot-on!
As for me, I’ve gotten Janeane Garafalo a lot: http://www.nannersp.com/2007/02/wonder-twin-powers-activate.html
In college I got Sandra Bullock and Katie Holmes, neither of which made sense to me.
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I used to be told a lot that I looked like Demi Moore. I didn’t really see it much but I’ll take it! Now, no one that I know of! (Some of those look-alikes are uncanny!
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You guys seriously have your casting down, pat. And girlfriend, you are RIGHT THERE in the very same league with those two – the one labeled, “gorgeous”.
I have no idea who would play me in the movie of my life. Is it crazy that I’ve never thought about it? People have told me I look like Renee Zellweger and Calista Flockhart, but that was a long time ago, and I really don’t see the resemblance either way. Maybe it’s the bony elbows.
Amy Adams? Totally.
I call Becky Newton or Amanda Peet.
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Coming from Hollywood, I’ve thought about it many times. I’m told I would be Kyra Sedgewick and hubby would be Paul Reiser. But of course, that’s on a good day. I’ve been told on my more psychotic days that I’d be played by Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Nice.
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First of all, you look way better than those actresses! I think your bro looks a little like Ben Stiller–at least in that pic.
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Hilarious. Loved this! And, you are totally gorgeous. That kewpie next to Maddie. I’ll be laughing for hours.
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Who do I look like??? No one has EVER told me I look like a celebrity. I want SOMEone to be cast as me!!!
Your bother? TOTALLY Sasha. I don’t look like anyone – not even my mum.
OK yeah, that should be *brother* whoops!
I can think you’re way prettier than either of those actresses you have to play you. and no i’m not fishing! Gerber for Maddie, tho’ Kewpie doll is funnier.
As for me when desparately seeking susan was released everyone told me i looked like rosanna arquette. we have the some squidgy nose. these days i’m way bigger than her. you have my flickr stream heather. it would totally crack me up if you cast my family!
have a great weekend.
oh and your brother is Sasha.
What a fun post. Your husband does look like Carson and Ron. I wonder who would play me…..
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Oh Mah Gah! Those are GREAT! I can’t say I’ve put that much thought into it before, but I am now! LOL
Wow! You’re good! Those are all uncanny. Especially Uncle Sacha Baron Cohen.
The last time I was told I looked like anyone was by my special needs camper when I was in High School. He said Justine Bateman.
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When people ask what my husband looks like I always try to think of a celebrity and have never been able to. It frustrates the hell out of me.
I was in college during the late Clinton administration. I got Monica Lewinsky all.the.time. It’s the thick brown hair.
And I’d totally agree with Amy Adams.
I still say you’re Melissa Joan Hart (even though you aren’t blonde anymore). Something about the cheeks and the eyes.
Wow, your brother does look like Sascha! He also kind of reminds me of the guy who plays J.D.’s (Zach Braff’s) brother on Scrubs. Wasn’t he on Ed or something?
And Maddie is def. the Gerber baby. They owe y’all some money, sista!
As for me, I get Mandy Moore all the time, but I don’t see it. Since Mandy Moore is on my husband’s “chicks I’d leave my wife for” list, it makes me feel good anyway.
I think Mike is more Ron than Carson, and for me? I get Margaret Cho on a weekly basis…but I would die happy if I got played by Grace Park of Battlestar Galactica.
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My husband used to say I looked like Molly Ringwald. I still haven’t determined if that was a compliment or not.
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I say that daughter #1 (Hazel) looked EXACTLY like the Gerber baby and that #2 looked like a Kewpie dool – which until your post I had thought were completely different looks. Silly, silly me.
People say I look like Martha Plimpton.
Fun post. -V
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Leonardo DiCaprio wishes he could play me in my biopic. Dude’s been gunning for me ever since he grew that little goatee for “The Departed” and he’s just trying even harder with this latest flick.
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First off… you’re totally hawt!! But, it’s cute when girls don’t think they’re “all that”, so uhh… well… nevermind… tell Mike not to kill me for macking on his wife.
Secondly…. Ron Livingston, definitely. Carson seems a little effeminate to me.
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