15 Movie Characters Who Look Nothing Like They Did In Real Life

4. The Belón Family - The Impossible

Upon release, much was made about how The Impossible was focusing on a western family amidst an Asian tragedy (the Boxing Day tsunami), but given how the film put particular effort into contextualising their ordeal it's not much of an issue. What is a bit more irritating is that the film shifted the nationality of the Belón family from Spanish to English.

The Bennetts are played Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and, in an impressive first appearance, Tom Holland and all give a brilliant turn, with Watts even nominated for an Oscar. That's pretty damn good, but it doesn't take away from the fact the on screen family is nothing like the real life clan.

Obviously altered to make the film play better in the highly profitable American market (using the Spanish family would have led to either contrived reasons to speak English or, shudder, subtitles), it's one of the few marks of studio interferment in Juan Antonio Bayona's impressive English-language debut.