▲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.

▲Luke Dunphy from 'Modern Family' is certainly not the sharpest tool in the shed. He is adorable, but in a clumsy way.

▲Even though Mara is introverted and guarded like her character, the actor has a completely different background. She comes from a large, prominent New York family and is heavily involved in charity work.

▲The actor who portrays him, on the other hand, is a real-life genius. He graduated from high school at 13 and is a member of the prestigious MENSA, an organization for people with extraordinary IQs.

▲In 'The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,' Song plays the ditzy heiress of the Tipton hotel.

▲Jenny from 'Gossip Girl' is a pretty girl who will do anything to impress her pretty friends.

▲In real life, Grande has a fierce personality, which shows in her growing involvement in social activism.

▲Momsen, on the other hand, is lead singer of the rock band The Pretty Reckless.

▲Grande had her break playing Cat Valentine, the airhead drama queen in the Nickelodeon TV series 'Victorious.'

▲But Song is actually pretty smart. She earned her high school diploma at age 16, and was named an All-American Scholar in the ninth grade.

▲Franco is actually artistic and in touch with his feelings. He even writes poetry! Franco has said he's trying to avoid those "a****le roles."

▲In 'Silver Linings Playbook,' the actor portrays Tiffany Maxwell, a young widow who suffers from depression.

▲The sweet-tempered actor and singer is a people person who does what she can to connect to her fan base.

▲The actor is actually hilarious. He's also sensitive, evidenced by the fact that he cries when he talks about the scene in which Mr. White watches Jane die.

▲In 'Getaway,' Gomez plays The Kid, a gun-yielding car expert.

▲In real life, JLaw is known for her candid honesty and bubbly personality.

▲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.

▲But the real-life person behind Barney is actually gay and has been with his husband for over 15 years.

▲Barney Stinson from 'How I Met Your Mother' is a womanizer playboy who knows no limits.

▲His mother still calls him "Huggy Buggy Pinchy Winchy, or Huggy for short." That's how affectionate and good-natured he is in real life.

▲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.

▲But Malek is actually a chatterbox who thrives "on affection."

▲But Trejo is actually a family guy and businessman, who owns several ventures in the food industry.

▲Malek perfectly depicts the socially awkward and depressed hacker Elliot Anderson in 'Mr. Robot.'

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But Hale is actually quite anchored, using his faith in order to orient his life.

▲Franco is known for portraying jerks, like Greg in 'Superbad.'

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Trejo specializes in villains and antiheroes, like his characters on 'Breaking Bad,' 'The X-Files,' and 'Sons of Anarchy.'

▲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.

▲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.

Actors who played their polar opposites on-screen

Some characters are so compelling that viewers begin to see the actor as that person

04/12/24 por StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Acting

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.