10 Actors Who Played The Same Character In Completely Different Movies

1. Stanley B. Herman - Uncle Hank

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The Character: Uncle Hank

The Movies: Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan

So you’re probably thinking who the heck was Uncle Hank in Requiem for a Dream. Though his name might not be familiar to most his one scene in the film was quite possibly one of its most memorable.

That’s because Uncle Hank is none other than the sleazy dude who suggests Jennifer Connelly’s character Marion goes “ass to ass” while taking part in a sex show to raise money for her heroin habit. If you’re lucky enough to have not witnessed this moment of cinematic depravity all you need to know is it involves a double-ended dildo, a lot of lube and a very pained looking Marion.

According to director Darren Aronofsky, he felt bad hiring Stanley B. Herman for the day and crediting him as ‘The Pervert’ so gave him the moniker of Uncle Hank. Herman reprised the role again in Black Swan as the man who harasses Natalie Portman’s ballerina character Nina with obscene gestures while she’s riding the subway.

Herman also worked with Aronofsky on his 1991 short film Fortune Cookie in which he is credited as ‘The Pervert’ and on his most recent movie Mother! where he’s credited simply as ‘Fornicator’. There seems to be a bit of a pattern emerging in Herman and Aronofsky’s collaborations so far.

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