Is Michael Fassbender today's Laurence Olivier?

Have you noticed how they uncannily resemble each other?

OLIVIER


FASSBENDER



OLIVIER


FASSBENDER



It is as if Fassbender will look like the old Olivier after a a decade or two.






I don't know if Fassbender could spout Shakespeare but he could definitely hold a candle to Olivier's Heathcliff.

Have you also noticed how Fassbender's roles seem to run a common theme?

According to Fassbender, he always wants to keep himself guessing,

he constantly always wants to challenge himself,

he always wants to do something different.

His breakout role was Hunger.

Though the first time the director Steve McQueen saw Fassbender, his first thoughts were "Who's this geezer?"

Steve McQueen: When you first auditioned for 'Hunger', I think I actually fancied you! I thought, ‘Who is this geezer?’ You came with a bit of a swagger, a bit of an attitude. I thought, ‘I don’t know if I like this guy.’

Michael Fassbender: That’s because I thought you were doing a remake of Saturday Night Fever…

Steve McQueen: Wrong audition! No, really, my first impression was, ‘Does he really want to be here?’ I wasn’t too sure. And then when you came back for an audition the next day, there was a transformation – you were a totally different person: extraordinarily engaged and engaging. And I thought, ‘This guy could play Bobby Sands.’




His second memorable role was in Fish Tank where he played a seemingly nice guy who took advantage of a female minor's naivete.

The director who chose him for the role says she handpicked Fassbender because she saw a dark side to his otherwise harmless demeanor.




And then played Rochester in Jane Eyre who similarly charmed the wits off a generous-hearted girl.



And then played Jung who got cozy with his patient - also an emotionally vulnerable woman.



And then played sex-addicted Brandon in Shame - a man whose goal in life is to seek out pleasure.



And then played an android in Prometheus - who this time is asexual but is hungry for information.




I wonder how much of Fassbender is in the characters he played?

Why do I even care?