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| 9 | Examples of AdaptationalAttractiveness in live-action television. |
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| 11 | TV series with their own pages: |
| 12 | [[index]] |
| 13 | * ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' |
| 14 | * ''AdaptationalAttractiveness/ASongOfIceAndFire'' (''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'') |
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| 17 | !!Straight examples |
| 18 | * ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': |
| 19 | ** Gomez. In the original illustrations, he's a pretty gross-looking dude: short, pudgy, crooked teeth, stringy hair, pencil mustache, and a face permanently in a half-lidded sneer. In the TV show, he's played by Creator/JohnAstin, who's at worst average-looking and definitely a lot more lively and approachable than Gomez's illustration. The movies continued the trend with Creator/RaulJulia, who outright complained in his heyday about being typecast as a LatinLover. |
| 20 | ** The comics' Morticia has a gaunt face and is described as a "ruined beauty." The series gives us the lovely Creator/CarolynJones. In the movies, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, while somewhat less traditionally beautiful than Jones and looking more like she does in the comics, is also more stunning than the comic version. |
| 21 | ** Wednesday in the original looks like a complete dork with a big bean-shaped head and beady eyes, while Creator/LisaLoring's TV version is a conventionally cute kid. This also applies to her movie actress Creator/ChristinaRicci, though Ricci brings a creepy edge to the character with her near-constant glower. |
| 22 | ** Pugsley and Lurch are both mostly unchanged, but in the comics, Pugsley has "popped" eyes and Lurch has one blank white eye; neither of these is present in the show. |
| 23 | * ''Series/AlexRider2020'': [[TheDragon Eva Stellenbosch]] in the book was a champion weightlifter described as extremely ugly and borderline monstrous in appearance. The most flattering description is "like a man in drag" and she's explicitly compared to ''Film/KingKong''. In the series, she's played by Creator/AnaUlaru. [[invoked]]WordOfGod says this is because it was considered more interesting if she was intimidating for psychological rather than physical reasons. |
| 24 | * ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'' |
| 25 | ** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' |
| 26 | *** While Oliver Queen was by no means unattractive in the ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' comics, he's MrFanservice on the show. |
| 27 | *** Comics Merlyn is a middle-aged man with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}-like {{wild hair}}. Malcolm Merlyn is played by Creator/JohnBarrowman. |
| 28 | *** Much like in the ''New 52'', Amanda Waller is a much younger and slimmer person. |
| 29 | ** ''Series/BlackLightning'': Tobias Whale is far slimmer than his comic counterpart, who is morbidly obese and resembles an albino version of ComicBook/TheKingpin. |
| 30 | ** ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Captain Cold is played by the very yummy-looking Creator/WentworthMiller. They may have gotten the idea from the ComicBook/{{New 52}} version of Cold, who was reimagined as a [[WhiteHairBlackHeart White-Haired Pretty Boy]] before ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' brought him closer to his classic look. |
| 31 | ** ''Series/Supergirl2015'': |
| 32 | *** In most comics, [[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen James "Jimmy" Olsen]] is nerdy and awkward. In this series, he's portrayed by [[TallDarkAndHandsome former model]] Creator/MehcadBrooks. This version is meant to be OlderAndWiser, granted, but check out those abs. |
| 33 | *** Mr. Mxyzptlk is generally depicted as a 3' tall imp with a massive head and a bowler hat. His show version does that away and has him played by a British hunk instead. Justified as he assumed a more handsome form in order to [[StalkerWithACrush woo Supergirl]]. It's downplayed when he returns in Season 5, since he is portrayed by an average looking actor, but even then he is still more attractive than his comic-book appearance. |
| 34 | *** In the comics, Reign the Worldkiller is an alien warrior who resembles a female version of Doomsday. Here, she's the SuperPoweredEvilSide of Samantha Arias and is still played by Creator/OdetteAnnable. |
| 35 | *** Otis, in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' is Luthor's pudgy, bumbling assistant who can’t seem to do anything right, portrayed by Ned Betty. Compare to his lean and muscular Arrowverse counterpart, who, while still not very bright, [[AdaptationalBadass is far more threatening.]] |
| 36 | * In the 1980s CBS series ''Series/{{Beauty and the Beast|1987}}'', Vincent was made to look beastly with heavy makeup and a long mane of hair. In [[Series/BeautyAndTheBeast2012 the 2012 CW reboot]], Vincent is given a monstrous alternate form a la ComicBook/{{the Incredible Hulk}}, but the majority of the time he's onscreen his appearance is that of a normal human man with a thin scar on one cheek—and he loses the scar after Season 1. |
| 37 | * ''Series/BraveNewWorld'': Bernard, Lenina and Linda are quite a bit more good-looking than their book counterparts are described as. |
| 38 | * In ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'', Charles' narration describes the adult Cordelia as very unattractive, even ugly. In the mini-series, the actress has bad skin and an unflattering haircut, but is still quite attractive. |
| 39 | * ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'': |
| 40 | ** The Daphne Bridgerton of the books is described as an unconventional beauty. Phoebe Dynevor plays her as the ideal Regency belle -- a "diamond of the first water" -- and she is treated as such by everyone around her. |
| 41 | ** Similarly, the Kate Sheffield of the books is not supposed to be especially beautiful to anyone but Anthony, with Edwina the clear beauty of the family. Though the show raises Kate Sharma's age from 21 to 26 -- making her an OldMaid by Regency standards and thus an unlikely candidate for marriage -- it also does not make any attempt to pretend that her actress, Simone Ashley, is anything less than stunningly beautiful. |
| 42 | * Creator/JohnLeCarre's go-to spymaster, George Smiley, is described in ''Call for the Dead'' as short, plump, and always wearing ill-fitting clothes so he resembles a "shrunken toad". The [[Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy BBC miniseries]] and [[Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy 2011 film]] of ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' cast ''Creator/AlecGuinness'' and ''Creator/GaryOldman'', respectively. |
| 43 | * ''Series/TheBoys2019'': |
| 44 | ** Frenchie in the [[ComicBook/TheBoys comic]] is [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcShMWjGv3hwxYNmrnGYx4Aj1meg67xYzHZLjg&usqp=CAU far from good looking]], while in the show, he's played the handsome [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTlqIOnvFxzY0o8L7FPdy0DOqVddGdv-bgj9g&usqp=CAU Tomer Capon]]. |
| 45 | ** Cleverly played with in regards in the main character Hughie - in the comics, he's modeled after Creator/SimonPegg, who isn't exactly a traditional handsome Hollywood type. In the show, he's played by the {{adorkable}} Creator/JackQuaid. As a CastingGag, Simon Pegg plays his dad Hugh Sr. |
| 46 | ** Billy Butcher is decent looking in the comics, but in the show he's played by the extremely rugged Creator/KarlUrban. |
| 47 | ** Popclaw in the comics is hardly beautiful, being a [[https://moviecomicswhoswho.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/popclawcomics2.jpg?w=300&h=186 sickly looking goth chick]] similar to Calisto from ''ComicBook/XMen'', while in the show, she's played the gorgeous [[https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2019/08/6afe4b577daefafe-600x338.jpg Brittany Allen]] and is a professional nude model InUniverse. |
| 48 | ** [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8NmYUC23VjOM4K0HtIRsZXPjy_toSxCir0w&usqp=CAU Lamplighter]] is played by the nice looking Creator/ShawnAshmore, which is a big step up from comic version, who's a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQoWT-a0KmL9gkfbO0yPFluUeDipfFO8Uvhww&usqp=CAU hideous shit-covered zombie]]. |
| 49 | * ''Series/TheCasualVacancy'', the BBC miniseries adaptation of [[Literature/TheCasualVacancy the book]], Howard Mollison is not as overweight, Obbo is a muscular thug instead of looking like he's homeless, and Maureen's appearance is improved as well. |
| 50 | * Sugar, the subversion of the HookerWithAHeartOfGold trope in the novel ''The Crimson Petal and the White'' by Michael Faber is gaunt, long-faced and plain with a terrible skin condition. Sugar in the BBC miniseries adaptation is played by Romola Garai, because viewers will clearly not be able to comprehend that Sugar's sexual charisma comes from her personality rather than her physical appearance. |
| 51 | * In the ''Literature/DirkGently'' novels, Dirk Gently is described as overweight and rather odd looking. In the [[Series/DirkGently short-lived television series,]] he's considerably more attractive. |
| 52 | ** The BBC America adaptation makes the [=BBC4=] adaptation look restrained. Dirk is now a male model in a yellow jacket, and Richard is the gorgeously blue-eyed Creator/ElijahWood. |
| 53 | * In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series "Nobby" Nobbs is described as so incredibly ugly that he has to carry a certificate (a letter from the Patrician) to prove he's human. In the ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' mini-series, he's played by a slightly overweight, slightly bucktoothed man. He strangely looks more like the description of the series' Fred Colon. |
| 54 | ** There is an element of PragmaticAdaptation here, in that a Nobbs fitting the books' description would require (to quote the ''Hogfather'' page) "heavy-duty CGI, enough makeup to cover the actor, a full-body suit, or hiring a chimpanzee and dubbing in his lines". This might also have viewers unfamiliar with the books ''actually'' wondering what species he's meant to be - not without a certificate. |
| 55 | ** Actually [[AdaptationalUgliness inverted]] with female werewolf Angua von Überwald in the 2010 ''Film/GoingPostal'' series while Ingrid Bolsø Berda is by no means ugly, she’s done up to [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcR7zj8VO2IDTJupHEXf5XREzewu34taG7jiGWvrgtoFM89wQ4dg look supernatural with pale skin and shadows under her eyes]]. Which is a far cry from the [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/06/bc/27/06bc275849058fbb4a3c829660e769a7.jpg shining beauty of the books]]. |
| 56 | * ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'': |
| 57 | ** Downplayed with Mr. Nobody, who is still an abstract and formless being, but at least has part of a human-looking face after his transformation. |
| 58 | ** This continuity's interpretation of Mr. 104 is portrayed by the handsome Creator/SendhilRamamurthy, when his comic counterpart was a gray-haired creep who was wrinkly and shifty-looking. |
| 59 | * In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' books, Ancient Mai is a 400-year-old Senior Council wizard described as [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens tiny]], fragile-looking, and ancient even by the [[WizardsLiveLonger long-lived wizards]]' standards, albeit still possessed of an eerie beauty. In the [[Series/TheDresdenFiles live-action series]], she's played by a 28-year-old [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856866/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Elizabeth Thai]]. |
| 60 | * Sherlock is portrayed by Creator/JonnyLeeMiller in ''Series/{{Elementary}}''. He's certainly more attractive than described in the books and is a ChickMagnet. |
| 61 | * In ''Series/EmeraldCity'', the Wicked Witches of the East and West aren't old crones like in [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the book]] and are portrayed by younger actresses. |
| 62 | * Brazilian sitcom ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo'' saw a revival in 2015 with old characters now played by other actors. Given most of the cast were comedy veterans (with the age group that implies), [[https://revistaglamour.globo.com/Celebridades/noticia/2015/10/escolinha-do-professor-raimundo-veja-os-personagens-da-nova-versao.html a few ended up looking much better]], such as a KavorkaMan [[http://images.virgula.com.br/2015/11/mateus-solano-escolinha.jpg now played by a soap opera star]] (making his claims to be beautiful less ironic and more boastful). Still, in spite of the [[http://www.heloisatolipan.com.br/imagens//2016/07/betty-gofman-dona-bela-605x500.jpg frog-faced puritan being played by a better looking, two decades younger actress]] (who incidentally, [[CastingGag played the original portrayer on stage]]), she was still target of [[HollywoodHomely "you're hideous"]] jokes. |
| 63 | * ''Series/Fallout2024'' does this to "The Ghoul" compared to the ghouls of the games. In the games, his kind are depicted as zombie-like monstrosities with rotting flesh, sunken eyes, exposed skull, decayed teeth and lipless mouth. In contrast, besides his missing nose and baldness, "The Ghoul" looks like a unscarred human with normal eyes, teeth and lips. Even his burned skin merely looks aged and leathery instead of rotten or disfigured. Several other ghouls with more minor roles vacillate in terms of attractiveness, although the feral ones by and large are much more conventionally zombie-like, with one in particular being severely burnt with empty eye sockets and an exposed skull. |
| 64 | * ''Series/FromDuskTillDawn'' does this to the character of Richie Gecko, who was played by Creator/QuentinTarantino in the original movie, but in the series he's played by a former male model Zane Holtz. |
| 65 | * If artwork is anything to go by, samurai Uesugi Kenshin was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kenshin rugged, large and hairy]]. In the TV drama ''Fuurin Kazan'' Uesugi Kenshin was played by {{Bishonen}} rock star Creator/{{Gackt}}, who looked even ''[[http://s45.radikal.ru/i107/0903/cd/20c1c5ec8e78.jpg prettier than most of the female cast]]''. This is especially noticeable since the other actors actually resemble the large, grizzled warlords they are playing. |
| 66 | * The ''Girls in Love'' series by Creator/JacquelineWilson describes heroine Ellie as a chubby, awkward girl worried about her weight, glasses and frizzy hair, who feels self-conscious next to her pretty friends Magda and Nadine. This is an important part of her characterization, with a whole book focusing on her almost developing an eating disorder. So what happened in the TV adaptation? Ellie was played by Olivia Hallinan, a thin, pretty girl (more conventionally "pretty" than the actresses playing Magda and Nadine), with the character having hang-ups about her red hair rather than her weight. |
| 67 | * [[http://www.gormenghastcastle.co.uk/graphics/spikep.jpg This]] is how the author of ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'' drew StrawNihilist Steerpike. [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/content/images/2006/11/13/jonathanrhysmeyers_steerpikelead_396x222.jpg This]] is what [[Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers his actor]] looked like in the BBC serial. |
| 68 | ** [[spoiler: His looks ''do'' disintegrate somewhat towards the end, what with the scarring and everything]] but admittedly, he still doesn't look nearly as ugly as he should. |
| 69 | * In the ''Literature/GossipGirl'' books, Jenny Humphrey is a sweet, artistic girl whose main source of anxiety is that she is short, brunette and busty -- unlike her tall, slender blond idol, Serena [=VanDerWoodsen=]. Who do they cast to play her in the TV series? Tall, slender blond Taylor Momsen. The producers didn't know that [[YoungerThanTheyLook fourteen-year-old Taylor Momsen]] would grow so tall, but they sure knew she was blond, skinny, and looked nothing like the character in the books. They also changed her character so she really idolised Blair Waldorf... who is short, brunette and beautiful. |
| 70 | * ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': |
| 71 | ** Harvey Bullock in the comics is an overweight slob who constantly appeared at work in disheveled clothes. This is all toned down considerably for the show, where he's played by a bearded and pudgy Donal Logue, who does not dress fashionably but does sport a snazzy hat. |
| 72 | ** [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery The Penguin]] has always been depicted as a short FatBastard with an [[SinisterSchnoz enormous nose]]. In the show, he's played by the [[PrettyBoy slender and handsome]] Robin Lord Taylor wearing a tiny nose prosthetic. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as it's a prequel show, so there's plenty of time for him to get fat and bald later on. |
| 73 | ** In the comics, the Mad Hatter is very short, with an overlarge head, straw-like hair, and buckteeth. Benedict Samuels, while retaining a penchant for top hats and mind control, is tall and not at all bad-looking. |
| 74 | ** Jane Doe takes after her debut in ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumLivingHell'' is that she still has her skin, as opposed to her later skinless look. |
| 75 | * ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'': The Commander is balding, grey-haired and not at all attractive in the novel. Here he's played by Joseph Fiennes. The same goes for Serena Joy, who is not described as attractive, but worn out and having to use a cane. Here Yvonne Strahovski plays her. This is partially due to an AgeLift, since in the novel both the Commander and Serena Joy were older than Offred, with Serena, an adult, working as a Christian television star when Offred was a child (although this may be a case of Offred being an UnreliableNarrator). |
| 76 | * ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' has a possible case with the main character. In the books Hornblower reacts to his wife's pregnancy by feeling pity for the child if it has his "accursed unhappy temperament", which is reasonable, or his looks, which may not be given all of the women who fall for him over the course of his life. Ioan Gruffudd ''is'' less skinny and awkward that young Hornblower is always described as being, but otherwise matches the physical description given in the books. His friend William Bush, however, is always described as being hardbitten and weatherbeaten and is played by Creator/PaulMcGann (who is no PrettyBoy but not craggy either). |
| 77 | * The American version of ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' has Will upgraded from a StereotypicalNerd to HollywoodHomely and turned Neil into a LongHairedPrettyBoy. Inverted with Jay, whose actor looks like he'd be more suited to playing [[ButtMonkey Big]] [[FatIdiot John]]. |
| 78 | * In the year 2015, HBO Latin America produced a series inspired by an Argentinian comic called “El Hipnotizador”. [[https://media-front.elmostrador.cl/2017/10/hipnotizador.jpg This is how the character looks in the series.]] Now compare how the main character [[https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1kPSG2ZufqKRUAQhlCiuc5fhmOkyIPf09RIajMh35_8JnM-ntZZ8y_SDSh7-elGMUdPW1ht_AOx3pYzVV0SndOmPj1A3DGIqMas0yMvbkUL95lEdyAnCK2LzXjUrMV8FSfIH90m7lacx/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/portada.jpg looked]] in the original comic. |
| 79 | * In the ''Series/InspectorLynley'' novel series by Elizabeth George, Barbara Havers is clearly described as short, ugly, overweight and poorly dressed. Creator/SharonSmall, who played her in Creator/TheBBC series ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'', is trim, pretty and better dressed (but still short). Elizabeth George openly disliked the casting choice, until she was ultimately won over by Sharon Small's performance. |
| 80 | * Funnily enough, this may have led to the American version of the Australian comedy ''Series/KathAndKim'' being a flop. The title characters were played by HollywoodHomely actresses[[note]]And that's if you consider Creator/MollyShannon and Creator/SelmaBlair ''homely'' at all[[/note]] rather than properly translating the premise. It should have been about a trailer trash mother and daughter. The mom won't admit how old she is and the daughter is in denial about her weight. |
| 81 | * The 2014 Italo/Spanish miniseries ''La Bella e La Bestia'' isn't any better than the ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast2012'' series at making its "Beast" character look remotely beastly. Instead of being cursed to look monstrous, Leon got scarred in a fire but his scar is only marginally more unsightly than 2012 Vincent's and the rest of his face is ruggedly handsome. It doesn't even stop him from being able to [[TheCasanova bed any woman he wants]] before he meets Bella or his [[KissingCousins cousin]] from lusting after him, which really makes one wonder why the introduction even bothered to [[InformedDeformity try convincing us]] that he lost his attractiveness at all. |
| 82 | * In Kate Mosse's book ''Literature/{{Labyrinth}}'', the character of Alais is described as "plain". In the adaptation she's played by ''Creator/JessicaBrownFindlay'', who by anyone's standards is simply beautiful. ([[http://oi48.tinypic.com/2j451uf.jpg She's on the left]].) |
| 83 | * In the ''Series/LarkRiseToCandleford'' books, postmistress Dorcas Lane is described as a "crusty old lady" of fifty. In the TV series, however, she is a beautifully elegant women played by Creator/JuliaSawalha. |
| 84 | * ''Series/TheLastKingdom:'' Father Beocca is described in the books as one of the most ugly men Uhtred has ever known. In the show he's played by Ian Hart. |
| 85 | * ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': |
| 86 | ** David Haller in the comics has had [[DependingOnTheArtist multiple different artists]] draw him, but he usually isn't particularly attractive. In the show, he's [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0RqeTPTOzbNz3kBc-Zv3ea3cpiOgf7wLLGA&usqp=CAU played]] by the gorgeous Creator/DanStevens, whose character is acknowledged to be cute and a PrettyBoy InUniverse. Moreover, the TV counterpart is taller at 6'0" instead of 5'9". |
| 87 | ** Played with in regards to Farouk, a.k.a. the Shadow King. In the comics, his human vessel is [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8jvuIz7nElXxG-roXLOqJcAxZMuZBKqPgqg&usqp=CAU Amahl Farouk,]] an obese Kingpin-like Egyptian man and his "real" form is a nightmarish monster. In the show, Farouk's real form is a terrifying, grotesque, obese HumanoidAbomination, but his human form is Creator/NavidNegahban, who isn't obese. |
| 88 | ** The comic book version of Charles Xavier is bald and average-looking at best. The TV iteration has a head full of hair and is portrayed by PrettyBoy actor Creator/HarryLloyd. It continues the ProgressivelyPrettier trend that the character has undergone since the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. |
| 89 | * ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': In the books, Darken Rahl is heavily scarred on half of his body (due to Zedd's Wizard's Fire), and killed more than a few lovers for failing to hide their distaste upon seeing him naked. Here he's unblemished, making for more tasteful {{shirtless scene}}s. |
| 90 | * ''Series/LockwoodAndCo2023'': |
| 91 | ** George is described as fat and slovenly in [[Literature/LockwoodAndCo the books]], but has a pretty average weight in the series and is not notably less handsome than Lockwood. [[NerdGlasses He does wear thick glasses so we know he’s the nerdy one]]. |
| 92 | ** Flo Bones goes from a [[ThePigPen hideously filthy scavenger]] who can barely be tolerated in close quarters to a well-kept young woman who is apparently just really into thrift stores. That said, she does still leave dirty footprints on the carpet of 35 Portland Row. |
| 93 | ** Quill Kipps is depicted in the books as being around Lucy's height (5'5), having a "bird-like" appearance and short cropped auburn hair and green eyes. In the show, however, he's 5'11 with curly light brown hair and blue eyes, and looks far more "conventionally" attractive (although he's still noticeably older-looking than Lockwood - Jack Bandeira is eight years older than Cameron Chapman). |
| 94 | ** In the books Lucy says she is "growing into a tall girl with strong features (thicker set than she liked), with large eyes, heavy eyebrows, an over-long nose and sulky lips" and "dark" hair. In the show she is played by the [[https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a42686620/ruby-stokes-lockwood-and-co-bridgerton/ very lovely Ruby Stokes]]. |
| 95 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'' Chapter 13 brings Ashoka Tano into live action, now while Ashoka has always been pretty attractive being a female [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Togruta]], she still was never Creator/RosarioDawson-level beautiful. Additionally Ashoka is canonically 46 by the time of New Republic era whilst Dawson was just 39 at the time of filming. |
| 96 | * In ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', the title character is not a wizened old man [[spoiler:unless in disguise]] but a TallDarkAndSnarky young man. |
| 97 | * The illustrations in companion material for ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety'' books depict Mr. Nicholas Benedict as having messy gray hair, perma-stubble and nicks on his face due to poor shaving because of his sleeping fits, a lumpy nose and unattractive asymmetrical glasses that seem to be designed to fit properly on the unusual nose. All of this is a fair match for the way the character is described in the text of the books. The TV character has none of these things and his actor, Creator/TonyHale, is himself reasonably attractive. |
| 98 | * In the Literature/PhryneFisher novels, Dot is described as plain. In ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'', she is played by the lovely Ashleigh Cummings. Likewise, in the books Detective Inspector Jack Robinson's primary physical trait is that he is [[TheNondescript instantly forgettable]], whereas in the series he is played by the dreamy Nathan Page. |
| 99 | * The HBO series ''My Brilliant Friend'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheNeapolitanNovels'', which is mostly faithful, except for a minor character named Eleonora. In the novels, [[TheProtagonist Elena]] was initially afraid that Nino's wife Eleonora could be more beautiful than her, until Eleonora is revealed to be an unattractive, rude, and ignorant woman. In the HBO series, Eleonora is just as beautiful and elegant as Elena expected her to be. |
| 100 | * In the Mrs Bradley novels by Gladys Mitchell, she's described as "a hag-like pterodactyl". In Creator/TheBBC's ''Series/TheMrsBradleyMysteries'', she's played by Creator/DianaRigg. |
| 101 | * ''Series/OnePiece2023'': |
| 102 | ** Usopp in the manga/anime does become more attractive and muscular later on, but still borders on {{Gonk}} with his GagNose and huge lips. Here he's played by the very handsome Jacob Romero with his comical schnoz getting removed for practicality reasons. |
| 103 | ** Helmeppo, even after TakingALevelInBadass from a skinny fop to legitimate fighter, is far from good looking in the source material. Here he's played by Aidan Scott, a Mr. Fanservice whom even has a [[FemaleGaze Female Gaze-y]] nude scene, showing off his ass in the very first episode, though he remains quite foppish. |
| 104 | ** Sham is a creepy hunchback in the manga/anime, but due to getting a GenderLift is played by the attractive (and non-hunchedbacked) Bianca Oosthuizen instead. |
| 105 | * ''Series/OnceUponATime'': |
| 106 | ** The show does this with the Witches of [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Oz]]. The Wicked Witch of the West in the book is a wrinkled hag with one eye -- and her more famous film counterpart is hook-nosed and green-skinned. Here, she's played by an attractive actress and the green skin is only a side effect of her jealousy. The character gets a FanServicePack and plenty of outfits with cleavage. The Witch of the East's appearance is never described but she's usually portrayed as a hag, while the Witch of the North is an elderly woman -- Glinda, the Witch of the South, is the only witch described to be agelessly beautiful. All witches here are played by young pretty actresses. |
| 107 | ** [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]] too. Although in this continuity, it's simply Regina impersonating her but her appearance is inspired by the movie's depiction of her -- that Ursula is overweight, purple skinned and unpleasant. When [[spoiler: Ursula is revealed to be real, both of them]] are much slimmer than the original character with no purple skin. Likewise, another Ursula appears in Season 4, now as a slim attractive dark-skinned blond. |
| 108 | ** The Seven Dwarfs as well. In the Disney film, all of them except Dopey are short, elderly men with long grey beards. Here - at least in the World Without Magic - they're all much younger and human-sized. PlayedForLaughs in one episode where they return to the Enchanted Forest and are delighted they look "normal" again (ie short with bulbous noses). |
| 109 | ** [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] is a green-skinned fairy. Here, she's an attractive human woman (in the eyes of some). The horns in this version are just a headdress and she has a full head of blonde hair underneath. |
| 110 | ** This is Captain Hook. An interesting example; in the original story, he's described as being the most handsome man who ever lived. It was ''other'' adaptations that made him a fop. Of course, what J.M. Barrie would have called handsome is probably different from modern conventions. |
| 111 | ** Peter Pan becomes a teenage PrettyBoy as opposed to a mischievous child or preteen. |
| 112 | ** Rumplestiltskin, unlike many Once Upon a Time characters, never had a Disney adaptation, but is still Adaptational Attractiveness. In most other versions of the story, he's at least a dwarf and possibly TheGrotesque as well, but in Once Upon a Time, he's the size of an average human and at least "normal looking" (except in his Dark One form, where he's decidedly goblin-like). |
| 113 | ** Merlin is commonly an elderly man with long white hair and beard. General fan reaction to his appearance on the show was [[EvenTheGuysWantHim "wow, he's pretty"]]. |
| 114 | ** Nimue becomes an inversion. Most artwork depicts her as an attractive sorceress. When she first appears in flashback, she is very pretty. However, [[spoiler: when she becomes the first Dark One, she noticeably loses [[EvilMakesYouUgly some of her beauty]]. Most depictions have Nimue retaining her beauty along with her powers]]. |
| 115 | ** Although she was only on screen briefly, Cinderella's FairyGodmother is played by a young pretty black woman as opposed to her animated film counterpart, in which she is an elderly woman. |
| 116 | ** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/4/4d/Drizella_Cinderella.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150929231011 This]] is how most people are used to seeing Drizella Tremaine, one of Cinderella's "Ugly Stepsisters". This is [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKyxhQqVwAEiIfh.jpg Drizella]] in the show as well as her [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ouaat/images/b/b2/Drizella704.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171030150027 Hyperion self Ivy]] as played by Creator/AdelaideKane, who is well known for portraying the beautiful young [[Series/{{Reign}} Mary, Queen of Scots]]. Ugly on the inside, maybe, but what a gal! |
| 117 | ** Cruella de Vil is far more attractive (and [[TheVamp sexual]]!) than her film counterpart. This is TruerToTheText, as in the original book, Cruella was very attractive. |
| 118 | ** Spin-off ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' does this as well. The Red Queen in ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' is literally a living chess piece. The Red Queen in OUAT is a thin, blonde woman. And Jafar ([[TheOtherDarrin both of them]]) is also considerably more attractive than the original version in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Not to mention that the Jabberwock goes from being a dragon to [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/onceuponatime/images/0/09/Jabberwocky_W1x11.png/revision/latest?cb=20140305170234&path-prefix=fr this]]. |
| 119 | * ''Series/{{Percy Jackson and the Olympians|2023}}'': Due to Rick Riordan's preference of open-casting, some characters look far more conventionally attractive than how they are described in the books: |
| 120 | ** In the books, Grover is said by Percy to look like he was held back several grades, as he's the only sixth-grader with acne and signs of a wispy beard on his chin. Here, he's clean-shaven and looks slightly more convincing as a sixth-grader (Creator/AryanSimhadri was 16 during filming). |
| 121 | ** Clarisse is not exactly attractive according to Percy's description of her. Here, she's played by Creator/DiorGoodjohn, who is far easier on the eyes. |
| 122 | ** Echidna's human disguise, a FatBastard in the book, is a fairly skinny woman here. |
| 123 | ** Like Uma Thurman, Medusa is, for the second time, a young beautiful woman instead of a hideous old crone. |
| 124 | ** Mr. D is not as chubby as Percy describes him as, something the books and the ''Sea of Monsters'' film adaptation kept true to. Here, he is ''very'' thin. |
| 125 | ** Like Creator/JoePantoliano's interpretation of the character, Gabe Ugliano is pretty thin, but he has a full set of hair instead of being bald. |
| 126 | * In the Creator/AgathaChristie novels that feature her, [[Literature/HerculePoirot Poirot's]] secretary Miss Lemon was frequently described as "ugly" or "hideous". In the ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' series she was portrayed by Pauline Moran, who was well past her hey-day, but certainly not [[HollywoodHomely unattractive]]. |
| 127 | ** Poirot himself is not described in flattening terms in the books as apart from his weight, the books makes note of his egg-shaped head and even Christie herself ([[CreatorsPest having gotten sick of him]]) once described him as a "creep". In the series Poirot is played by the very dapper and [[BigBeautifulMan pleasantly stocky]] Creator/DavidSuchet, he's also less egotistical than his book counterpart which helps. |
| 128 | * ''Series/{{Preacher|2016}}'': |
| 129 | ** Cassidy lacks the [[RedRightHand monstrously bloodshot eyes]] that he has in the comics. |
| 130 | ** Eugene Root (AKA Arseface) is also [[http://i.imgur.com/qmQub2A.jpg less disfigured than his comic counterpart]], but this has an in-universe explanation: [[spoiler:the shotgun was a good foot or so away from his face instead of right under his chin]]. |
| 131 | ** Odin Quincannon in the comics looks almost like a bald troll doll. The TV version doesn't augment Jackie Earle Haley's appearance with any prosthetics. |
| 132 | * One of the many problems with the [[ForeignRemake American]] ''Series/RedDwarf'' pilot. Lister has all his negative qualities removed, like his slobbishness and his laziness. The actor is the Adonis-like Creator/CraigBierko, as opposed to the average-looking Creator/CraigCharles. |
| 133 | * Irona, the RobotMaid from ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. In the comics, she is a metallic {{Fembot}} who [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/0/3125/1317618-rr6.jpg looks like a middle-aged homely woman]]. The cartoons have her as [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hanna-barbera/images/b/b7/Richie_Rich_Image_-_Irona.png/revision/latest?cb=20160731025835 somewhat more human and younger looking]], but still hardly attractive. In the 2015 TV series, Richie "splurged on [[http://www.bdcwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-08-at-4.13.32-PM.png the supermodel model]]"; that is, a RidiculouslyHumanRobot teenage-looking MsFanservice in a FrenchMaidOutfit. |
| 134 | * ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' gives this treatment to many ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' characters. |
| 135 | ** Jughead is a lanky teenage boy who wears a silly hat and has a GagNose, though ''ComicBook/ArchieComics2015'' did make him more attractive (while keeping his general look). In the show, he is played by Cole Sprouse and summaries refer to him as an "{{emo}} heartthrob". |
| 136 | ** Archie himself has abs and is described in-universe as a heartbreaker, with his newfound looks frequently lampshaded. |
| 137 | ** His father Fred is tubby and bald in almost all appearances but is played by the trim Luke Perry, who has a full head of hair. |
| 138 | ** Miss Grundy goes from being a crone to... [[http://cdn1us.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeekus/files/styles/article_width/public/2016/11/missgrundy.jpg?itok=cpg-odbw this]]. [[spoiler: It's actually a subversion - she's not really Miss Grundy.]] |
| 139 | * In the TNT series ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'', Jane Rizzoli is played by the gorgeous Creator/AngieHarmon, despite the fact that in nearly every book that the TV series is based on, Rizzoli is consistently described as plain or average looking and so hung up on this that she frequently displays an irrational hatred of women who ARE beautiful. Similarly, while Isles is described in the books as being attractive, as played by Creator/SashaAlexander, she's now a knockout. There's also Detective Korsak, who while hardly looking like a male model in his TV incarnation, is also better-looking than he's described in the books. |
| 140 | * While in all continuities of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Sabrina's two aunts are ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, in [[ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch the original comics]] they actually ''looked'' old and Hilda was lanky and mannish-looking while Zelda was overweight. They also dressed like stereotypical Halloween witches. The TV series made them both into slender, attractive women who look no older than early middle-age and wear fashionable modern clothes, a change that carried over to later comics. The [[WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries animated series]] takes it even further by making them physically ''teenagers.'' [[note]]In the animated series they were cursed to remain teenagers for abusing magic. Their desire was to go back to being old and warty[[/note]] |
| 141 | * ''Series/{{The Sandman|2022}}'': |
| 142 | ** In the comic book, John Dee is an emaciated Gollum-like figure with prominent eyes and missing most of his hair and teeth. As played by Creator/DavidThewlis in the TV version, he's a somewhat dishevelled but basically healthy and pleasant-looking middle-aged man. |
| 143 | ** In the comic, the demon Mazikeen looks like a beautiful woman except that she is basically missing one entire side of her head. In the series, her disfigurement is more superficial and covers less of her face. |
| 144 | ** In the comic, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Despair is obese, has fangs, and her skin has an inhuman pallor. In the TV series, she's completely human-looking, and just a HollywoodHomely version of an overweight woman in unflattering clothes. |
| 145 | * ''{{Series/Shadowhunters}}'': |
| 146 | ** In ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' Hodge is described as having a long beaky nose and looking much older than his real age of 36. The show casts John Cor to play him - as a chiselled {{Hunk}}. There was even some MemeticMutation about 'Hot Hodge'. |
| 147 | ** Clary describes herself in unflattering terms, drawing attention to unruly red hair. In the show she is aged up from an awkward teenager to a confident young adult, and played by the gorgeous Creator/KatherineMcNamara. The show retains a line where Isabelle says she wishes she was as flat-chested as Clary - but Kat is just as well-endowed as Creator/EmeraudeToubia. |
| 148 | * ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' cast Creator/SeanBean (a blond northerner) as Richard Sharpe (in the books, a dark-haired Londoner). Although book-Sharpe is fairly handsome, he also has a wicked scar, which the TV version lacks. As above, author Creator/BernardCornwell was initially strongly opposed before being won over by Bean's performance, which led to AdaptationDisplacement going so far as a book {{Retcon}}. |
| 149 | * Creator/StephenKing's ''Series/TheStand1994'': |
| 150 | ** The 1994 miniseries adaptation most notably suffered from this trope with the character of Harold Lauder. In the book, Harold was primarily defined by how overweight, pock-marked, and hideously unattractive he was at the beginning of the book and a major part of his arc centered upon how he began to lose weight and take care of himself later in the story. In the film, he was played by the quite handsome actor Corin Nemec, who wore a slightly nerdy hairdo and outfit for the first episode or two before a subtle attack of TheGlassesGottaGo. (Though, if you saw ''Literature/{{Thinner}}'', you might call this a PragmaticAdaptation). In ''Series/TheStand2020'', Harold is played the handsome Own Teague, whom in a hilarious coincidence also played a more attractive Patrick Hockstetter in ''Film/IT2017''. |
| 151 | ** HumanoidAbomination [[BigBad Randall Flagg]] has a [[NightmareFace face]] that instills absolute terror even in hardened criminals like Lloyd Henreid, the Marvel's Comic adaptation follows this giving Flagg a shadowed horrifying face with permanent SlasherSmile and black hellish eyes. In the miniseries Randall Flagg is played by Jamey Sheridan who’s certainly not scary to look at, and is only really frightening when he puts on his GameFace, whilst in the book Flagg is just as horrifying with his "normal" face. Likewise in the [[Series/TheStand2020 2020 series]] of ''The Stand'' has Randall Flagg played by Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard (whose [[Creator/BillSkarsgard brother]] fittingly plays another [[Film/It2017 iconic Stephen King monster]]) who again is much more handsome than how Flagg is described in the book. |
| 152 | * ''Series/{{Stargirl 2020}}'': In the Golden Age comics, Icicle was an unattractive middle-aged man. In the live-action show, he instead has typical network TV good looks. |
| 153 | * In the original book for ''Literature/{{NOS4A2}}'', Charlie Manx is described as having weasel-like features and an overbite. For the television adaptation he's being played by Creator/ZacharyQuinto. |
| 154 | * ''Series/StrangersFromHell'': Everyone looks much better in the series than in the webtoon. Here's the webtoon's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jung_woo.jpeg Jung-woo]] and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moon_jo.jpeg Moon-jo]] next to their actors in the series. |
| 155 | * ''Series/TheTerror'' both plays this straight and subverts it: |
| 156 | ** In the book, Cornelius Hickey is described as rat-faced, with very few remaining teeth, and so short that he's literally mistaken for a leprechaun at one point (ItMakesSenseInContext). In the series, he's played by Creator/AdamNagaitis, who is indeed somewhat short (5'7"½, or 151 cm) and has somewhat prominent front teeth but is otherwise more or less a PrettyBoy. |
| 157 | ** The real life Sir John Franklin's surviving portraits show him to have been squat, nearly neckless in his uniform, and bald. He is played by Creator/CiaranHinds, who looks slim and weathered at worst and has a full head of dark hair. In fact, he looks almost exactly like simply an older version of his earlier portrayal of Captain Wentworth in ''{{Literature/Persuasion}}''. |
| 158 | ** Played with in the case of James Fitzjames, who was considered "the handsomest man in the Royal Navy" in his lifetime and was not ugly even by modern standards, but was very much a heartthrob by specifically Victorian standards (having curly blond hair in a style that was very fashionable for the period but looks rather childish now, and being a little on the heavy side, with a plump face). In the show, he is a TallDarkAndHandsome LongHairedPrettyBoy (and played by Creator/TobiasMenzies), which has a similar effect from a modern audience's perspective in order to keep the idea that he's good-looking fully intact. |
| 159 | * Creator/TheBBC's Adaptation of Sarah Waters' ''Literature/TippingTheVelvet'' cast Creator/RachaelStirling as Nan, who was so plain in the book that she passed successfully as a boy for years on the street. |
| 160 | * Jacqueline Wilson's best-known heroine, [[Literature/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker Tracy Beaker]], is a tomboyish, untidy preteen girl who doesn't care about her looks and is described by adults as plain and awkward-looking. In the long-running TV adaptation, she's played by the cute and well-groomed Dani Harmer. At some point, the show's cartoon-Tracy based on the book covers were redesigned to better fit the teenaged Harmer's appearance. |
| 161 | * ''Series/TheToyCastle'': In the 1992 special ''The Tin Soldier'', the Goblin in the Jack-in-the-Box had heavy black makeup, exaggerated facial features, and generally looked very sinister. Here, his expressions are softened up, and he has larger eyes and a more genuine smile, making him look more approachable (fittingly, this Goblin also went through AdaptationalNiceGuy from an upfront villain to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold). |
| 162 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': |
| 163 | ** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E8ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]" does this with [[CreepyChild Anthony Fremont]]. While [[Literature/ItsAGoodLife the original short story]] never gives us a full description of Anthony's appearance, the mention of things like his "wet, purple gaze", "odd shadow", and the fact that when he was born the doctor was so horrified by his appearance that he tried to kill him suggest that he [[HumanoidAbomination doesn't quite look human]]. In the TV episode, he looks like [[TheyLookJustLikeEverybodyElse an ordinary child]]. |
| 164 | ** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E24ToServeMan To Serve Man]]", the Kanamits are much less ugly than in the short story by Creator/DamonKnight. The story describes them as looking "[[PigMan something like pigs and something like people]]". They are short with snoutlike noses, small eyes and thick, bristly brown-grey hair all over their bodies and have three fingers on each hand. In the television adaptation, they are nine feet tall and have bulbous foreheads but resemble humans facially. |
| 165 | * ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'' has lot of this, due to Gabriel Bá's stylized artstyle in [[ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy the comic]] making a lot of the characters {{Gonk}} or SuperDeformed. |
| 166 | ** Klaus is the most [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UBMA8FbmT1o/maxresdefault.jpg prominent example]]. In the comic he's got pale skin, a hook nose and is described as looking like a extra in a Ingmar Berman film. In the show Klaus is played by Robert Sheehan who’s got a normal skin, normal nose and often walks around in little clothing as a MrFanservice. |
| 167 | ** Five gets a bit of this as in the comic he often borders on UncannyValley being a sixty year old man stuck in a ten year old boy's body. To reflect this, Five [[https://preview.redd.it/459ru1uxv5051.jpg?auto=webp&s=43882c1d77419b40401fa1caff0f70da5a2f61ce has shadowed eyelids and often has an unsettling facial expression]]. In the show Five is played Aiden Gallagher [[https://multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-07-31-at-10.39.52-PM-879x700.jpg who’s quite attractive]] in contrast to his comic counterpart and even gets hit on by [[DirtyOldWoman The Handler]]. |
| 168 | ** Diego in the comic is disheveled, badly stubbled with messy and greasy looking hair. In the show he's played by David Castaneda who’s [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RmPl3OcIJ3U/maxresdefault.jpg decidedly healthier looking]]. Especially in Season 2 where his long hair and groomed beard, makes Diego look like Antonio Banderas according to Klaus. |
| 169 | ** Overlaps with PragmaticAdaptation but Luther is much more monstrous in the comic as while he has a normal head, [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0x9zrqRzGfDpUaiM2aFehvlHgmWmTYGm9Eg&usqp=CAU he's got the body of an actual gorilla]] thanks to a experimental transplant to save his life. In the show Luther instead got injected with a formula that saved his life but gave him [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/52/a6/1f/52a61f621ae6da3a7704a3c3b4e3670b.jpg a massive hairy ape-like torso and arms]]. While Luther is ashamed of his body, it doesn't actually prevent him from having a normal life or finding love like the comic version as one party girl finds his hairiness attractive and sleeps Luther when he's drunk. Also the comic version would have required extensive and costly CGI. |
| 170 | ** Reginald Hargvees is a [[https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2019/02/970b8dfdde4e15d6-600x338.jpg wizened, squinty-eyed old grouch]] in the comic. In the show's he's played the dapper Colm Feore wearing old man makeup that does [[https://www.danezon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Umbrella-Academy-S02-Sir-Reginald-Hargreeves-Blazer.jpg little]] to make him unattractive. [[spoiler: Then again it's just a mask to hide his alien NightmareFace]]. |
| 171 | ** Mother, in the comic is a more traditional RobotMaid who is missing [[https://bamsmackpow.com/files/2019/06/uaho7ma.jpg a distressing amount of her body like a biology dummy]]. In the show Mother [[NamedByTheAdaptation aka Grace]] is played by [[https://img1.looper.com/img/gallery/how-the-umbrella-academy-season-2-explains-graces-true-origins/intro-1596303620.jpg the very beautiful]] Jordan Claire Robbins who seems human at [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots first and second glance]]. |
| 172 | ** Inverted with Vanya, in the comic she's tall and [[https://i.imgur.com/UMJwkGm.jpg conventionally hot]], [[https://img1.looper.com/img/gallery/how-the-cast-of-the-umbrella-academy-should-really-look/intro-1552481616.jpg even in her]] OneWingedAngel form. In the show she's played by the shorter Creator/ElliotPage going down the BeautyInversion route, by [[https://images.8tracks.com/cover/i/012/870/773/vanya-6454.jpg?rect=0,0,1098,1098&q=98&fm=jpg&fit=max&w=960&h=960 dressing frumpily and looking homely]], likely this was done as a contrast with her glamorous sister Allison as well as to reflect Vanya's shy introverted character. Even Vanya's White Violin SuperMode is [[https://www.thenerddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The-Umbrella-Academy-Episode-10-Vanya-The-White-Violin.jpg more creepy]] than attractive in the show. PlayedWith though as [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity after becoming Victor]], he is much more strikingly and comely in appearance and dress. |
| 173 | * ''Series/TheWitcher2019'': |
| 174 | ** Geralt of Rivia in the [[Franchise/TheWitcher books]] is described as “[[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQBE8Y1sjGHQL0x5BLpLcWOah2QpagxcuZcaw&usqp=CAU skinny, with an ugly smile and an unpleasant voice. With his pale skin, loose white hair, and dark frightening eyes]]”. In the show, Geralt due being played by Creator/HenryCavill is [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRw6QxyKfF7cdPJfiKBzsc3vlP1FqxWK84EDw&usqp=CAU very muscly, has a warm smile, an attractively deep and husky voice, normal skin, has a glorious white mane of hair and exotic yellow eyes]]. This also applies to the video games as Geralt while more attractive than the books’s description still has a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRTl-sSlyV_g6kVvgB_mRrcX_RKhsRsY50lZg&usqp=CAU brutish face]], whilst in the show he is ruggedly handsome. |
| 175 | ** Ciri while not ugly [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRmaZxansf5P51nl46ApU3NGX8gyLNSidA0aA&usqp=CAU in the books]] is still described as “boyish” to point where she is envious of other female characters' looks. [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQdV45T4ExH7r3FKR7oaue_bWBrrXJjRXWBEg&usqp=CAU In the show]] she’s played by the gorgeous Freya Allan and is unmistakably feminine. To be fair to the show, Ciri is also [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcR03ydyAUWceTTGS1vLUnKjUIuLl2MHMEY5OA&usqp=CAU more attractive in the games]] than the book’s description of her. |
| 176 | ** Queen Calanthe, [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSSm5YhaFcwCWbLAJGyV68A29N2Ru5UfTcWrQ&usqp=CAU in the book]] she’s an older woman with ashen grey hair. [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjT16tQqbWmup37rwbYKFdTU0KTfobPTs60Q&usqp=CAU In the show]] she’s played by the younger and beautiful Johdi May who has dark hair. [[PlayingWithATrope Then again]] Calanthe despite her age is described as beautiful in the ''The Last Wish'' and it's only the video game that depicts her as old, meaning the show was accurate. |
| 177 | ** Similarly Mousesack is [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/witcher/images/c/c7/Gwent_cardart_skellige_ermion.png/revision/latest?cb=20191101120724 a wizened old man with a big wizard beard]], in the show he’s played by the younger Adam Levy [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/witcher/images/d/d3/Netflix_mousesack_grumpy.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20191101120049 who's got a short rugged beard]]. |
| 178 | ** Fellow Witcher Eskel as described in ''Blood Of Elves'' having such a frightening case of FacialHorror [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/e4/5e/fee45e5b9bb2c76b0e7c98b7489e3b23.jpg scarring]] that Ciri upon seeing him has to hold back a scream of terror and initally can't beleive he's human. In the show he's played by the nice looking Basil Eidenbenz [[https://www.looper.com/img/gallery/the-witchers-showrunner-finally-addresses-eskels-fate-in-season-2/intro-1641248859.jpg with a slight scar under his eye]]. The sad irony is despite his apperance book Eskel was a NiceGuy, whereas in the show Eskel while more attractive [[spoiler:before becoming a PlantPerson]] gets AdaptationalJerkass. |
| 179 | * In ''Literature/WivesAndDaughters'', Roger Hamley was not attractive at all and was repeatedly described as awkward. In the [[Series/WivesAndDaughters 1999 miniseries]], it's downplayed, but he's still regarded as less handsome than his older brother Osborne and characters sometimes hint to that. He's played by Anthony Howell, though, a ''very'' good-looking actor. Some fans even think that the casting swapped the roles and consider him more handsome than Creator/TomHollander who played Osborne in this production. |
| 180 | * ''Theatre/TheWiz'' typically portrays Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, as the [[http://thewizthemusical.com/photos/gw4PQ78caz9ypEgGfLnhX9rGj.png ugliest]] witch Dorothy meets. In the Creator/{{NBC}} version of the musical, Evillene (played by Music/MaryJBlige) actually looks [[http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/season-2015-pictured-mary-j-blige-as-evillene-news-photo/497914970 rather glamorous]] for a wicked witch. |
| 181 | * ''Series/WolfHall'' casts [[http://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/Wolf_Hall__Meet_the_major_players.jpg?quality=85&mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/67738.jpg Mark Rylance]] as Thomas Cromwell. The extensive worry Cromwell had in the book about having a FaceOfAThug is left out, as is his stoutness from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell#/media/File:Cromwell,Thomas(1EEssex)01.jpg Holbein portrait]] (although the series does have a scene in which Cromwell is sitting for the painting). |
| 182 | * ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': Wonder Woman herself. In the comics of the 40s through the 60s, she was beautiful but in an athletic and less well endowed manner. Creator/LyndaCarter changed the entire look of the character. She [[MostCommonSuperpower would never be the same.]] |
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| 185 | !! Subversions |
| 186 | * ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' has a strange example with Rita Repulsa in its second season. In the original ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' Bandora, Rita's original counterpart, is played by the middle-aged Creator/MachikoSoga, whose footage was also used for Rita in the first season of ''Mighty Morphin''. This trope is played up when the character returned during the second half of the second season, where she was played by a much younger actress, making her look more attractive. In-universe, this is handwaved by saying Rita used magic to make herself appear younger. |
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