Found this FANTASTIC collection of celebrity photos for Empire as they celebrate their 20th anniversary, they took photos of 27 of the most iconic celebrities recreating some of the most iconic moments in movies! AWESOME!
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TOTALLY AGREE! Minority Report was good, but Top Gun is a classic!
that’s so dope omg, i love the harry potter & jurassic park ones
Top gun = 1986 , this is 20 years of movie magic.
Top gun since time of post, 23 years.
You’re right on the tom cruise thing. Either Top Gun or Mission: Impossible would have been better. I’m just really glad there was no sign of Twilight anywhere lol.
Fun pics, but who the heck is the girl in the brown dress with the guy in the black suitjacket?
And who the hell remembers Minority Report? Hell, stick him in a wheelchair as Born On The Fourth Of July – not no Minority Report.
NORM – The one you are referring to is James McAvoy and Keira Knightley from Atonement.
This must have cost a bunch….
20 years…not 30 years you bimbo!
Really…the two dudes from the brit zombie flick?
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all really great movies and even better photos.
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SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. best one. hands down!!
If only they’d done DeNiro sporting a mohawk and army surplus jacket!
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What is the second one?
These picture are horrible….get the side of the sweep out of the picture!
These pictures are horrible….get the side of the sweep out of the picture!
thank you RACHEL for observing how poorly done these pictures are. Get your light catches right and your background CROPPED. You either used an awkward bulb light or some square kinoflo bullshit. I dont even know what they are, it looks retarded.
yess thank you YUP i can see c-stands and gaff tape
FUCK THESE PPL LET ME PHOTOGRAPH THESE PEOPLE ARE FAMOUS AS FUCK CUMMON
The only one close to being any good is the Spartan one, but it lacks the proper sword for it to be good.
Movie of the last “2O years”… Top Gun was shot in ’86
I feel like you guys are missing the point, of course these people are incredibly famous and don’t deserve a mistake like visible gaff tape (1 shoot only) or background. I feel the photographer is attempting to remind the viewer of each actor that made their role so memorable rather than trying to immerse you into memories of the character itself
Why are there no girls in a picture alone? Men arent the only ones who make movies…
I agree with George. There have got to be more influential women in film than Kiera Knightly and the girl from Harry Potter. That’s a real issue with this project.
The “poorly done” picture style just may be the way that they intended it to be. Everyone has a different way of taking pictures, and maybe that was what they wanted it to be like. To me, it makes it seem as if they are taking the pictures on a movie set, or something along those lines. I could see it being done on purpose. You never know.
They are with so serious faces!))
I love the picture with Viggo Mortenson and Sean Bean the best. I am SO in love with Lord of the Rings. Thanks Stumble Upon 
I agree people are getting too gripey about the pictures themselves. They also seem to be ignoring the “Celebrating 20 years of Movie Magic” or they just don’t know how long 20 years is. Top Gun came out in 1986 – several people have pointed this out already – which is over the 20 year mark. In that context, Minority Report is Cruise’s most well known movie, aside from Mission Impossible. It probably would have been too difficult to convey who he was portraying without rigging a harness and suspending him from the air.
As for Michael Sheen (the second picture), he played Tony Blair in The Queen. As for Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, regardless of your own personal opinion, Shaun of the Dead is a highly popular and memorable movie.
And I think Jack Nicholson is reprising his character from As Good As It Gets.
Come on people do you really think it is that great? I have a lot of respect for the actors (some more than others) but regarding the art direction it is poor and so predictable. If that wasn’t for the actors this would not work at all. Imagine in the same serie a picture of your granny…..well I know a guy in the post office of Kentish Town Hight street in London that can do better..
All the pictures were pretty great, but the last one with Sam Neil recreating Dr. Grant just pushed it into excellent overdrive. Awesome.
I really loved all of them, especially Kevin Spacey’s picture from se7en, one of the best villain ever, btw thanks to stumble upon
where are the bone pictures?
ARNOLD SWARENEGAR IS SO FLIPEN OLD
Wow, only 3 women featured…..thats interesting
I think it would be nice if they put the original poses from the movies next to the new ones, so we could see how the actors (and actresses) have changed. And because I’m not a movie buff and haven’t seen all of these, and have no idea what the pose is supposed to be from.
Twenty two men. Three women.Typical.
These are great! My favorite is Kevin Spacey with the box.
Another memorable one would of been Heath Leger as you know what already.
Viggo and Sean ftw! i love the LOTR films!
Are you kidding me? Look at what they turned Harry Potter into!
Lord of the Rings! So epic.
Your name is Shawn and you don’t know the name of the “brit zombie flick”?? SERIOUSLY??
First of all, that’s MASKING tape not GAFFER’S tape. You don’t use GAFFER’S tape to make a floor marker since it’s BLACK. And secondly if you’re so narrow-minded to criticize a photo because it’s not exactly as your textbook-definition “portraits” are described, then I feel really sorry for your incapability of appreciating artistic merit.
“the girl from Harry Potter” has a name, it’s Emma Watson.
And Jodie Foster is not a woman?
Finally someone who gets it. It’s called “breaking the fourth wall” which is very relevant for this type of shoot, when it’s about actors impersonating themselves in a previous role. It’s basically meta-acting.
You Americans… That masking tape is supposed to be there in the Sean of the Dead picture – it represents a crease on a cricket pitch – hence there is a cricket bat! Cricket – a sport played in most commonwealth countries.
most of the commonwealth? or some of the big countries?
If I remember correctly… The photos with evidence of the studio (masking tape markers and stands) were not used in the print edition of Empire.first time I have seen those particular ones. Not sure how these photos were released, but they have been before retouching. Just an thought..
22 men, 3 women and only two people of any color. Yawnnnnnnn.I would’ve really enjoyed this except those little details were just screaming at me in the face. How do other people miss them? According to this, no woman in a lead role (or in any movie for that matter) in the past 20 years deserves the spotlight. The only one here would be Jodie Foster even though she was completely outshone by Anthony Hopkins because he’s well, Anthony Hopkins. Whatever. It’s Empire. Typical.
I also feel the need to comment the lack of female actresses – as well as coloured. Doesn’t this all fit very well in the pattern we show our daughters and sons: Men do valuable things and have the spotlight. Women don’t, so don’t dream, little girl.
Great Bale reference… I’m just a happy camper ROCKIN AND A ROLLIN!!
Too much Schwarzenegger. Not enough Nicholson.
the christian bale one is the best, total homage to american psycho
Ay, guys. Someone please do a list of what movies are being referenced. Missed a number *_*
Fantastic site, bookmarked and will return when home from work, busy, busy, busy. Keep up the great work 
Fun pics! Why are people being so negative about them? Who knows who they asked to do the pictures? Maybe everyone wasn’t available? Who cares about the technical aspects of not being a ‘good’ photo? Why are people upset that a particular movie got a photo and another one didn’t? Aren’t there bigger things to worry about than a bunch of photographs done for fun to represent some movies people enjoyed?
Seriously…lighten up.
For those that ‘get it’? Awesome pics, right?
schwarz is an old man now can he be active like be4 emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm what a great movie actor
schwarz is now an old man can him act like be4, emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm what a great movie actor.
You guys can go on and on about how they’re missing great female actors or great colored actors, but the fact is, these were still some of the most famous and notable movies from the last twenty years. Stop worrying about equality and fairness for awhile, and just appreciate the project, will you? Not everything has to be a freaking issue.
OMG – how fantastic are some of those portraits (if not all of them)…what an epic status for the photographer(s)!!!
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why are there only three women in this?
and has nobody heard of bill murray or what?
¡excellent post! all of them
star wars would been awesome
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Good collection. My favourites are from Mel Gibson and Kevin Spacey. But it’s true… too much men and a very little women…
The Kevin Spacey one is great because you can see blond hair hanging out of the box…no one mentioned that
With a hop skip and a jump we’d like to help these guys workout, not like they need it but am sure it would be fun
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This is pretty fun! It’s cool they got everyone to play along. I really like the Silence of the Lambs photo. I think Tom Cruise should have done Top Gun instead of Minority Report.