Charlie Chaplin

United States
March 17, 2017 11:47am CST
I thought that Robert Downey, Jr. did a fabulous job playing the role of Charlie Chaplin. I enjoyed that movie. He was very believable. I came across this tidbit of information today that I thought was very interesting. Did you know that Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest? I’m going to try to find out more about this. It seems so crazy that it could happen. The man who won the contest was judged to look more like Charlie Chaplin than the real Charlie Chaplin. How strange!! There are some persons who really DO look like another person. Today, they call them doppelgangers, although the true meaning of that word is a little different. I was once told that I looked like another person who lived not that far from me. I always wanted to meet this person but never did. Have you ever been told that you look like someone else?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Mar 17
Robert Downey Jr received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his fin performance as Chaplin.
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• United States
17 Mar 17
Yes, he did a great job. I really enjoyed that movie. Robert Downey, Jr. is a very talented actor.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Mar 17
@IreneVincent I should add Richard Attenborough directed Chaplin. He was a famed British actor turned director who won an Oscar for Gandhi. Attenborough was a big Chaplin fan.
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• United States
19 Mar 17
@JohnRoberts Yes, I know who Richard Attenborough is but I didn't know that he was the Director of "Chaplin" or "Gandhi." I'm glad you let me know that.
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• United States
17 Mar 17
I thought he was brilliant in that movie too. The mgr of my local grocery store keeps mistaking me for a friend of hers.
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• United States
19 Mar 17
You must really look like her. I think that there should be a TV program that matches "doppelgangers" up. I think it would be interesting.