Find Out If Your Favorite Historical Figures Were Actually Fictional Characters

Published on 12/10/2020
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Donald Kaufman

In Adaptation, Nicolas Cage played a man called Donald Kaufman. This guy was said to be the brother of a screenwriter called Charlie Kaufman. A lot of people who watched the movie assumed that it was based on facts. But the truth is that the character only came from the imagination of Charlie!

Donald Kaufman

Donald Kaufman

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Jim Crow

We are sure that this name sounds familiar to you. You might not know Jim Crow, the theatre character, but you have probably heard of the old segregation laws named after him. It is probably the most notorious instance of blackface ever. Mind you, and he was played by a Caucasian guy called Thomas D. Rice.

Jim Crow

Jim Crow

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