The Cast of the Manson Family Movie Looks Just Like the People They Play in the Movie

Robbie portrays Sharon Tate, the beautiful actress who was married to director Roman Polanski. Just as her career and family life (she was pregnant) were taking off, Tate and her four friends were brutally murdered in her Beverly Hills home on August 9, 1969. With the right styling and makeup, Robbie will be the spitting image of her.

Polish actor Zawierucha will portray Polish director Roman Polanski, who was married to Tate from January 20, 1968, until her death. Though Polanski remains a complicated figure in the public eye, the resemblance seems pretty straightforward.

DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton, an actor who starred in the western TV series Bounty Law from 1958 to 1963 and is having difficulty finding his footing in the new era of Hollywood. By 1969, when this movie takes place, he’s struggling, considering moving to Italy to star in Spaghetti Westerns and is living next door to Sharon Tate. Rick is based on late actor Burt Reynolds, and as you can see, the resemblance between DiCaprio and young Reynolds is striking.

Pitt plays Rick’s (aka Reynolds) longtime stuntman, Cliff Booth, who’s based on stuntman and director Hal Needham. It’s all in the cheekbones and careful hairstyling with these two.

Throw a beard and some long hair on Australian actor Damon Herriman and he looks just like the mad man cult leader who orchestrated the Tate murders.

Speaking of his followers, Fanning plays Manson girl Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme. She wasn’t directly involved in the murders, but she did attend the Manson trials and eventually went on to attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford.

Butler looks eerily similar to the Manson family member who led his fellow cult members in the murders at Cielo Drive and remains in prison to this day.

Before Tate married Polanski, she dated celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring. After their breakup in 1966, they remained friends. So much so that on the night of murders, Sebring and three other friends of Tate’s slept over at her home and sadly became victims themselves.

We all know Steve McQueen, but the way he fits into this story is more tangential. As McQueen told it, he was invited to Tate’s house for a dinner party the night of the murders. In probably the best decision of his life, he ultimately chose not to attend. We never thought Lewis looked like McQueen until now.

Before his untimely death, Perry played Wayne Maunder, a real-life actor who co-starred on the Western TV show Lancer.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits theaters July 26.

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