Celebrities with the same struggles – “Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life,” so said Oscar Wilde over a century ago. Yet, it’s as true today as it’s ever been. We know actors draw on their life experience for roles; rappers rap whole albums dedicated to their life on the streets.
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But what about the times it happens in reverse and actors can’t seem to leave their on-screen characters on screen?
In extreme cases, we can’t even tell where fiction ends and reality begins. The young Ellar Coltrane lived a real-life Truman Show for 12 years; he spent four days per week filming Boyhood. The movie follows 12 years of Mason’s (Coltrane) life, from first-grade all the way to college. Audiences get to see the boy’s real reactions to events like the 9/11 bombings, the Harry Potter phenomenon; basically, his entire maturation.
On the surface, Charlie Sheen and Charlie Harper’s lives are so similar that we don’t even know where to draw the line. But, it looks like Harper is actually more chill than the legend himself. Maybe these actors have spent too long playing the character, maybe Wilde’s words are just too true, but here are 10 celebs whose off-screen life seems to mirror their on-screen role a bit too closely.
10. Courteney Cox
Back in 2009, when Cougar Town first started airing, Courteney Cox was still married to her husband, David Arquette. The show centered around a recently divorced, single mother coming to grips with dating again. With a host of other actors, it soon became one of the more popular shows, being nominated for and winning multiple awards.
But barely a year into her stint on the show, Cox announced her split from Arquette after 11 years together. It seemed like her character’s life was beginning to wear off on hers, too. But in 2013, Cox started dating Snow Patrol guitarist, Johnny McDaid, and they announced their engagement in June 2014. Speaking of cougars, the couple has a 12 year age difference between them.
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