28 Movie Characters We Bet You Didn’t Know Were Based on Real People

We love a good biopic. They don’t leave us guessing if the character is based on a real person. It’s cut-and-dry, with no sneaky stuff. Well, that whole “based on a true story” part leaves a lot of room for fantasy to creep into reality, but we at least know the name and that the actor was trying to portray someone.

These movies were a whole lot sneakier. Here we thought that Tina Fey just made up the name Janis Ian, but nope! What else isn’t she telling us?