10 More Actors You Didn't Know Played The Same Character In Different Movies

2. Alan Tudyk (Gerhardt Weihnacht) - 28 Days/Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

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In another case of an actor filling in his own blanks and coming to the conclusion that he was actually playing the same role in two largely different cinematic entries, Alan Tudyk has gone on record to admit that his role of Gerhardt Weihnacht didn't disappear entirely after the events of the Sandra Bullock-starring comedy drama 28 Days.

As Tudyk put it himself upon looking back with Empire at his role as Dutch, Seymour Simmons' personal assistant, in Transformers: Dark of the Moon:

"I decided that it’s the same guy: he had gotten out of rehab, got himself on the right track and then… entered the army, became a specialist, found that he had skills in computers and weapons. Then he got burned out after too much killing and just decided to become a valet to Agent Simmons. There’s a moment where he just goes crazy, and I say, “That’s the old me” and that was all based on that bullsh*t idea that it was the same guy."

Though, at a glance, it may seem crazy to suggest Tudyk's Gerhardt theory carries any real weight, this is the same series that introduced robot dinosaurs later down the line... so, anything is possible.

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