Currently, Sinners is a huge hit in theaters. Ryan Coogler's film seems to be completely captivating viewers, particularly thanks to Michael B. Jordan's performance. The actor appears in two different roles in Ryan Coogler's film, playing the Smoke brothers. Which made us want to take a look back at these actors and actresses who play different roles within the same film.
10) Robert De Niro in The Alto Knights
Released last March, The Alto Knights is the latest film from the great Barry Levinson. An old-school gangster film, the feature-length film depicts the clash between two iconic New York crime figures: Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. Once friends, the two individuals gradually drift apart due to jealousy and betrayals stemming from their professional activities. For the occasion, Robert De Niro was chosen to play these two famous mobsters. Two De Niros for the price of one, we win in the exchanges.
9) Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor
Released in 1996, The Nutty Professor is a relatively cult comedy but above all downright heavy-handed. A low-brow comedy, often very redneck, without any refinement, which is especially worth seeing for the multi-performance of Eddie Murphy who plays for the occasion six different characters. It's very stupid, but we must highlight the work of the prop and makeup artists who helped Eddie Murphy bring these different characters to life. The film even won the Oscar for Best Makeup for the occasion. It's worth noting that Eddie Murphy has always loved to wear makeup to multiply himself, as in Coming to America (1988), he played four different characters.
8) Mike Myers in Austin Powers
We're staying with comedy with Austin Powers. Released in 1997, Austin Powers became a cult comedy that gave rise to an entire saga. A trilogy in which Mike Myers has fun doubling himself since in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me, Mike Myers plays three different characters: Austin Powers, Doctor Evil and Fat-Double. He will go even further in the last part of the license since he will add the character of Goldmember.
7) Will Smith in Gemini Man
Released in 2019, Gemini Man had the particularity of digitally rejuvenating Will Smith. The actor found himself facing a younger, stronger, and faster version of himself. This gave the actor the opportunity to embody both versions of himself. Even if Ang Lee's film sometimes falls short in its storytelling, it's clear that it's a technical and aesthetic feat.
6) Lupita Nyong'o in Us
How would you react if you found yourself facing your evil twin? That's the whole concept of Us, the second film by Jordan Peel. Us is an ambitious proposition from its director, which offers some great moments of pure horror. The first part is simply terrifying, while the filmmaker's tonal shifts and unexpected dark humor are still there. As for Lupita Nyong'o, she is simply perfect in this double mirror role.
5) Noomi Rapace in Seven Sisters
Released in 2017, Seven Sisters offered Noomi Rapace the opportunity to play 7 different characters in the same film. A rather endearing and effective concept derived from the anticipation of Black Mirror, it unfortunately remains that Seven Sisters is sometimes a bit superficial, lacking authenticity. Seven Sisters is an entertaining work at best, which misses out on monumental storytelling and science fiction potential. Due to a lack of application, a lazy script, a lack of madness in the editing and a desire to format to please the greatest number of people, Seven Sisters misses its mark.
4) Michael B Jordan in Sinners
Released a few weeks ago in cinemas, Sinners was the small event of this first part of the cinematic year 2025. Ryan Coogler offers generous, old-school, authentic entertainment, which manages to mix genres with a certain know-how. As for Michael B Jordan, he is absolutely perfect in this eccentric and charismatic double role.
3) Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17
Released last March, Mickey 17 is the new film by Bong Joon Ho, the director of the blockbuster Parasite. For the occasion, Robert Pattinson is hired to play an Expendable, a character who agrees to sell his body and mind to a huge multinational that will exploit him for decades. Because Mickey is immortal. His consciousness is preserved and imprinted on the mind of a photocopy of his previous body. The film divided audiences and generated a lot of discussion for its anti-Trump political approach and its ultra-current environmental discourse. In any case, Robert Pattinson himself is impeccable in his multiple versions of himself.
2) Tom Hardy in Legend
Legend, although quite classic in its representation of the gangster world and in the writing of the characters, remains very attractive, very convincing, thanks, above all, to Tom Hardy's two interpretations, inhabited by his roles, to which he manages to give different dimensions. The viewer even ends up forgetting that it is a single actor in both roles. With a few well-aimed lines, well-written jokes, some welcome bursts of violence, and a duo that works perfectly, Legend is a success.
1) Peter Sellers in Doctor Strangelove
Released in 1964, Doctor Strangelove is one of Stanley Kubrick's immense classics. An offbeat war film, a critique of a violent era without emotional and social consideration, of a devastating political and military confrontation. For the occasion, the English actor Peter Sellers plays three different characters. We can see him sometimes in the guise of the President of the U.S.A., sometimes in the skin of an English officer, sometimes in the clothes of the aforementioned doctor.
Bonus: the entire cast of Cloud Atlas
Released in 2013, Cloud Atlas is an ambitious, epic, introspective work, which questions the notion and concept of reincarnation, karma, and past life. An intense, magnificent, touching epic, sometimes too long but always ultra generous, carried by the imposing direction of the Wachowski sisters. The opportunity for Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent to embody many different versions of their characters throughout the ages and cultures. Fascinating!
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