Actors who played their polar opposites on-screen
Watching interviews with big-name actors can be a confusing experience, especially when the audience has been conditioned to associate them with a specific character. Watching Bryan Cranston crack jokes during interviews makes us all go, "Mr. White, is that you?" Similarly, Rooney Mara transforms to depict the asocial punk hacker Lisbeth Salander. Take a look at actors who've played roles that don't align with their personalities.
Nolan Gould
Luke Dunphy from 'Modern Family' is certainly not the sharpest tool in the shed. He is adorable, but in a clumsy way.
Ariana Grande
Grande had her break playing Cat Valentine, the airhead drama queen in the Nickelodeon TV series 'Victorious.'
Taylor Momsen
Jenny from 'Gossip Girl' is a pretty girl who will do anything to impress her pretty friends.
Momsen, on the other hand, is lead singer of the rock band The Pretty Reckless.
Rooney Mara
Lisbeth Salander from 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the survivor of a traumatic childhood who grows into an asocial, rebellious hacker who hates people.
Brenda Song
In 'The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,' Song plays the ditzy heiress of the Tipton hotel.
Dave Franco
Franco is known for portraying jerks, like Greg in 'Superbad.'
Selena Gomez
In 'Getaway,' Gomez plays The Kid, a gun-yielding car expert.
Jennifer Lawrence
In 'Silver Linings Playbook,' the actor portrays Tiffany Maxwell, a young widow who suffers from depression.
Bryan Cranston
Walter White (left) from 'Breaking Bad' is one of TV's most notoriously cold-blooded drug dealers. He doesn't let anything get in his way, including human life.
Neil Patrick Harris
Barney Stinson from 'How I Met Your Mother' is a womanizer playboy who knows no limits.
Liev Schreiber
Ray Donovan from the TV series by the same name is a lawyer whose life revolves around protecting the rich and famous, often arranging bribes, payoffs, threats, and getting involved in other shady activities.
Danny Trejo
Trejo specializes in villains and antiheroes, like his characters on 'Breaking Bad,' 'The X-Files,' and 'Sons of Anarchy.'
Rami Malek
Malek perfectly depicts the socially awkward and depressed hacker Elliot Anderson in 'Mr. Robot.'
Tony Hale
Hale is best known for his portrayal of Gary Walsh on 'Veep' and Buster Bluth on 'Arrested Development,' both of whom are sheepish and lack personality.
