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* In ''Film/LadyJane'', the titular character is played by stunning brunette Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter. Though the real Lady Jane Grey was petite and slender (like her actress), she was described as being merely a mildly pretty ginger with freckles.
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** In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''Lucifer Rising'', a historical drama about [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath the Ice Warrior invasion of 2090]] features a "handsome young museum curator", who is presumably meant to be [[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Eldred this guy]].

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** In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''Lucifer Rising'', a historical drama about [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath the Ice Warrior invasion of 2090]] features a "handsome young museum curator", who is presumably meant to be [[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Eldred wiki/wiki/Daniel_Eldred this guy]].
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* Davy Crockett: In real life, Davy Crockett was just over six feet tall and maybe 190 pounds after a workout and a heavy meal. In the Disney episodes, he is portrayed by Fess Parker, who at 6'5" and broad-shouldered, well, let's just say there are a lot of words one could use to describe him, but "short" and "scrawny" are not two of them.

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* Davy Crockett: In real life, Davy Crockett was just over six feet tall and maybe 190 pounds after about 5'7" (slightly above average for a workout and man born in 1786) with a heavy meal. noticeably stocky build. In the Disney episodes, he is portrayed by Fess Parker, who at 6'5" and broad-shouldered, well, let's just say there are a lot of words one could use to describe him, but "short" and "scrawny" "stocky" are not two of them.them.
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* UsefulNotes/PeterTheGreat's wife, Empress Catherine I[[note]]not to be confused with UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat[[/note]] looked like [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Catherine_I_of_Russia_by_Nattier.jpg this]]. In ''Film/HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor'', she is played by Lyudmila Chursina, who around the time of the filming looked like [[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0161524/mediaviewer/rm71801601/?ref_=nm_md_5 this]].

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* UsefulNotes/PeterTheGreat's wife, Empress Catherine I[[note]]not to be confused with UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat[[/note]] UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat[[/note]], looked like [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Catherine_I_of_Russia_by_Nattier.jpg this]]. In ''Film/HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor'', she is played by Lyudmila Chursina, who around the time of the filming looked like [[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0161524/mediaviewer/rm71801601/?ref_=nm_md_5 this]].
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* UsefulNotes/PeterTheGreat's wife, Empress Catherine I[[note]]not to be confused with UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat[[/note]] looked like [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Catherine_I_of_Russia_by_Nattier.jpg this]]. In ''Film/HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor'', she is played by Lyudmila Chursina, who around the time of the filming looked like [[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0161524/mediaviewer/rm71801601/?ref_=nm_md_5 this]].
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** John Smith's appearance was changed to suit modern tastes, giving him a leonine mane of blonde hair. The real John Smith had a very out-of-date beard, and who knows what he looked like beneath that thing. As a career soldier and explorer, however, he was probably quite fit.

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** John Smith's appearance was changed to suit modern tastes, making him tall, muscular and clean-shaven, and giving him a leonine mane of blonde hair. The real John Smith had a very out-of-date beard, and who knows what he looked like beneath that thing. As a career soldier and explorer, however, he was probably quite fit.fit, though judging by his portraits he had a more average build than his Disney counterpart.
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* ''Film/{{Challenger}}'': The real [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/ChristaMcAuliffe.jpg Christa McAuliffe]], while certainly not unattractive by any means, wasn't quite as photogenic as Creator/KarenAllen, lacking the latter's [[WhatBeautifulEyes distinctive eyes]].

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