Biopic roles: Now and Then

(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Gertrude Bell (L) and actress Naomi Watts. Naomi Watts will reportedly play Gertrude Bell in a film biopic "Queen of the Desert" directed by Werner Herzog. ***LEFT IMAGE*** circa 1900: English archaeologist and traveller Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (1868 - 1926). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Actress Naomi Watts ... more 

(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Gertrude Bell (L) and actress Naomi Watts. Naomi Watts will reportedly play Gertrude Bell in a film biopic "Queen of the Desert" directed by Werner Herzog. ***LEFT IMAGE*** circa 1900: English archaeologist and traveller Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (1868 - 1926). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Actress Naomi Watts attends the "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" Premiere during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2012 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Paramount) less