History NoCelebritiesWereHarmed / LiveActionFilms

* Green ghost Slimer from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' is obviously based on Creator/JohnBelushi -- in particular, his character from ''Film/AnimalHouse.'' Creator/DanAykroyd has even joked that Slimer was the ghost of John Belushi.

:: Later, both Welles and Herman Mankiewicz would independently apologize for the version of Marion Davies depicted in the character "Susan Alexander" -- a hopelessly incompetent hack who was a raging alcoholic and whose career was pretty much bought "off the rack" by the powerful Kane. The real-life Davies was a consummate professional, liked and respected by her peers, who specialized in light comedies and musicals. Her success was independent of her relationship with Hearst, though he did try to use his clout to gain Davies leading-lady roles -- a career path that Davies herself knew she was not suited for.

:: Later, both Welles and Herman Mankiewicz would independently apologize for the version of Marion Davies depicted in the character "Susan Alexander"-- a hopelessly incompetent hack who was a raging alcoholic and whose career was pretty much bought "off the rack" by the powerful Kane. The real-life Davies was a consummate professional, liked and respected by her peers, who specialized in light comedies and musicals. Her success was independent of her relationship with Hearst, though he did try to use his clout to gain Davies leading-lady roles-- a career path that Davies herself knew she was not suited for.
* Green ghost Slimer from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' is obviously based on Creator/JohnBelushi - in particular, his character from ''Film/AnimalHouse''. Creator/DanAykroyd has even joked that Slimer was the ghost of John Belushi.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': Jack Sparrow is based on both Music/KeithRichards and Creator/ErrolFlynn. Richards even makes a cameo in the third movie as Jack Sparrow's father. He's also part WesternAnimation/PepeLePew, with his relentless stupid optimism.

* In ''Film/{{Antitrust}}'', Tim Robbins' "Gary Winston" is Bill Gates, right down to the haircut...except he can't be, because he remarks that Gates' TV is much smaller than his. If Winston isn't Gates, perhaps the TV also signifies something else of Winston's...

* In Disney's MadeForTVMovie ''Film/TowerOfTerror'', one of the elevator passengers trapped is a 1930s child movie star named Sally Shine, an obvious Creator/ShirleyTemple analogue.
* The vampire movie ''Film/FrightNight1985'' has a character who is an actor/horror show host (played by Roddy [=McDowell=]). His character's name on the horror show ''Fright Night'' is Peter Vincent - a homage to Creator/PeterCushing and Creator/VincentPrice.

* In ''Film/RocknRolla'', there is a Russian millionaire mobster and businessman that is trying to make a huge [[TheBeautifulGame football]] stadium. It's a surprise that Roman Abramovich didn't sue them.

* ''Film/MarsAttacks'' subverted, most of the main cast is dead, but at least ''Music/TomJones'' survives and is greeted by surviving forest animals who all have a DancePartyEnding.

* In ''Film/TheRightStuff'', the lead engineer for NASA and the Soviet "Chief Designer" were both unnamed. These characters represented, respectively, Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev. In Korolev's case, this was TruthInTelevision: his identity was a state secret until his death in 1966. As for Von Braun, he was made a celebrity by Creator/WaltDisney and his '''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Disneyland]]'' series, becoming [[TheSmartGuy his go-to guy for anything space-related]].

* In ''Film/TheRightStuff'', the lead engineer for NASA and the Soviet "Chief Designer" were both unnamed. These characters represented, respectively, Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev. In Korolev's case, this was TruthInTelevision: his identity was a state secret until his death in 1966. As for Von Braun, he was made a celebrity by Creator/WaltDisney and his '''[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Disneyland]]'' series, becoming [[TheSmartGuy his go-to guy for anything space-related]].

** The Swedish Princess, as she is listed in the credits' is clearly a fictionalised version of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (in status) and her younger sister Princess Madeleine (in looks and age). The unnamed American president strongly resembles UsefulNotes/BarackObama in looks (at least from behind -- we never see his face) and voice.

** The Swedish Princess, as she is listed in the credits' is clearly a fictionalised version of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (in status) and her younger sister Princess Madeleine (in looks and age). The unnamed American president strongly resembles Barack Obama in looks (at least from behind - we never see his face) and voice.

* Creator/JoeCarnahan's breakout film ''Film/BloodGutsBulletsAndOctane'' features a rich and countrified car dealership owner in a cowboy hat. The character is an obvious parody of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Worthington Cal Worthington]], who is locally famous for appearing in quirky commercials for his West Coast car dealerships.

** Comedian Rick Mercer plays Tom Berry, a bigoted and loudmouthed hockey commentator, essentially [[HockeyNightInCanada Don Cherry]] with the serial numbers filed off.

* Newton Geizler from ''Film/PacificRim'', as played by Charlie Day, appears to be a ringer for director Creator/JJAbrams, albeit without the elaborate Kaiju tattoo sleeves. Abrams co-produced ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'', which certainly helped to spawn a revival of devastating giant monster movies, such as ''Film/{{Monsters}}'', ''Film/TheTrollHunter'', and ''Pacific Rim''.

* The 1980s vampire movie ''Film/FrightNight'' has a character who is an actor/horror show host (played by Roddy [=McDowell=]). His character's name on the horror show ''Fright Night'' is Peter Vincent - a homage to Creator/PeterCushing and Creator/VincentPrice.

* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'': The famously reclusive author [[RaceLift Terence Mann]] was the famously reclusive author Creator/JDSalinger in the original book, but Salinger threatened to sue if he was featured in any adaptation of the novel.

* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', the Scandinavian Princess, as she is listed in the credits' is clearly a fictionalised version of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (in status) and her younger sister Princess Madeleine (in looks and age). The unnamed American president strongly resembles Barrack Obama in looks (at least from behind - we never see his face) and voice.

* Zandow the strong man from ''Film/TheStrongMan'' surely is not meant in any way to be inspired by RealLife bodybuilder [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow Eugen Sandow]].

* Vince and Lanny in ''Film/WhereTheTruthLies'' are obviously (''very'') fictionalized versions of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

* ''TheBroadwayMelody'' features a famous producer of Broadway revues named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenz_Ziegfeld Francis Zanfield]]. Also, the Mahoney sisters are based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sisters Duncan Sisters]], who were actually offered the parts but chose instead to appear in a different MGM musical, ''It's a Great Life''.

* [[Creator/SamuelLJackson The Reverend Fred Sultan]] in ''TheGreatWhiteHype'' is Don King with about 15% Al Sharpton layered on top.
* The government official-bribing company Hariburton in ''Banlieue 13: Ultimatum'' is most definitely not Haliburton.

** In ''Film/BatmanReturns'', Creator/ChristopherWalken played Max Shreck a lot like Creator/DonaldTrump. (He also claimed to have based his characterization on Meyer Wolfsheim, a minor character from ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby''.)

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', WordOfGod said the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Biff Tannen]] of 1985-A was inspired by DonaldTrump. The portrait in Biff's office was even modeled on a Trump portrait. Similarly, the [[BrokenBird Lorraine Baines-McFly]] of 1985-A was modeled after various female televangelists of the 80s, particularly Tammy Fae Meissner (aka Tammy Fae Bakker).

* The ''{{Batman}}'' series (1989-1997):
** Mayor Borg from the first movie was clearly a fictional version of then New York City mayor Ed Koch. There's also murdered swimsuit model [[CindyCrawford "Candy Walker."]]
** In ''BatmanReturns'', ChristopherWalken played Max Shreck a lot like DonaldTrump. (He also claimed to have based his characterization on Meyer Wolfsheim, a minor character from ''TheGreatGatsby''.)
** ''BatmanForever'' and ''BatmanAndRobin'' had tabloid reporter Gossip Gerty (Elizabeth Sanders, wife of ''Batman'' creator Bob Kane) as a send-up of legendary Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (although, frankly, she looked more like Dame Edna).
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture Part II'', WordOfGod said the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Biff Tannen]] of 1985-A was inspired by DonaldTrump. The portrait in Biff's office was even modeled on a Trump portrait. Similarly, the [[BrokenBird Lorraine Baines-McFly]] of 1985-A was modeled after various female televangelists of the 80s, particularly Tammy Fae Meissner (aka Tammy Fae Bakker).

** Just about everything in that movie was a case of this trope. The Miami Dolphins versus the Dallas Cowboys? No, instead we have the Miami ''Sharks'' versus the Dallas ''Knights''.