These stars took on twice the work to play twins.
While some productions cast real-life identical twins, others opt for one actor to pull double duty.
“Literally every department was involved.
Lindsay Lohan x2 in ‘The Parent Trap’.Credit:Walt Disney/courtesy Everett Collection
It was like a group swap.
We all swapped together and then the other actors had to adjust as well.”
With multiple hands on deck, these performances deserve twice the spotlight.
Hayley Mills in ‘The Parent Trap’.Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection
Read below for 20 actors who played twins on screen.
TheMad Max: Fury Roadactorplayed real-life gangster twins Reginald “Reggie” and Ronald “Ronnie” Kray.
The futureOscarwinner played twins King Louis XIV and Philippe Bourbon.
Lindsay Lohan in ‘The Parent Trap’.Lorey Sebastian
The action star appeared as twins Alex and Chad Wagner.
Tilda Swinton as Thora and Thessaly Thacker inHail, Caesar!
The famed actress played twins Margaret DeLorca and Edith Phillips in the thriller.
Lisa Kudrow on ‘Friends’.NBC
Troian Bellisario on ‘Pretty Little Liars’.Freeform
Armie Hammer in ‘The Social Network’.Columbia Pictures
Rachel Weisz in ‘Dead Ringers’.Amazon / Courtesy Everett Collection
Tom Hardy in ‘Legend’.Universal Pictures
Nicolas Cage in ‘Adaptation’.Columbia Pictures
Janelle Monaé in ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’.Netflix; John Wilson/Netflix
Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’.United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jean-Claude Van Damme in ‘Double Impact’.
Mark Ruffalo in ‘I Know This Much Is True’.Atsushi Nishijima/HBO/Courtesy Everett Collection
Marion Cotillard in ‘Pretty Things’.
Bette Midler in ‘Big Business’.
Lily Tomlin in ‘Big Business’.
Tilda Swinton as Thora Thacker and Thessaly Thacker in ‘Hail, Caesar!'.Universal Pictures
Bette Davis in ‘Dead Ringer’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Blake Lively in ‘A Simple Favor’.Lionsgate
Paul Dano in ‘There Will Be Blood’.
Edward Norton in ‘Leaves of Grass’.Glen Wilson
