To live in the present is no easy task for anyone — we somehow seem to be living either in the past or the future. Celebrities, just like us, also enjoy spotting differences and similarities between “then and now” collages that throw us years or decades back in time. Looking at the past is an opportunity to see how far we’ve come, how much things have changed, and moreover, how much things have remained the same.
Traveling through time by looking at pictures is something we like to do at Bright Side, and here are 10 celebrities who dared to try their hand at recreating photographs from the past.
1. Sofia Vergara and Julie Bowen vs Sydney Sweeney and Maude Apatow
Sofia Vergara and Julie Bowen recreated the scene in a 2014 episode of Modern Family. In 2021, Sydney Sweeney and Maude Apatow continued the tradition and put their own twist on the infamous photograph.
2. Scott Eastwood
3. Catherine Zeta-Jones with Michael Douglas & Co.
4. The Avengers
Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and Hulk — also known as Chris E., Chris H., Robert, and Mark, took the original picture in 2012 when The Avengers movie came out. 7 years later, the set of 4 superheroes reenacted the original picture in an attempt to promote Avengers: Endgame.
5. Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston is a devoted Barbra Streisand fan and doesn’t miss any occasion to prove it. Back in 2010, the actress channeled her inner Streisand for a photo shoot, and in 2022, she posted the results as a tribute to Streisand’s birthday, with a caption that read, “Muse, legend, always inspired by the one and only. Happy @barbrastreisand Day.”
6. Tracee Ellis Ross
7. Matthew Hoffman and Olivia Munn
8. Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis recreated her mother Janet Leigh’s famous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho in order to promote the TV show, Scream Queens.
9. Kate Winslet
10. Avril Lavigne
Who do you think recreated Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield’s iconic picture the best? If you could reenact any famous photograph, which one would you choose and why? Let us know in the comments.