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The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

Mock rock: when actors play pop stars - in pictures

Mock Rock: 2011, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
Cheyenne, Sean Penn
"Cheyenne". Or should we say "Robert Smith"? Or, maybe, should we say "Robert Smith thinking about a crippled kitten?"
Photograph: Allstar
Mock Rock: Stoned, Ben Wishaw
Keith Richards, Ben Wishaw
The real Keith Richards is indestructible. This Keith Richards looks like he could be broken in two by a mild breeze
Photograph: Allstar
Mock Rock: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Elvis Presley, Jack White
Welcome to a vortex where an actual rock titan plays the original rock titan. As a cross-eyed hypnotist
Photograph: Allstar
Mock Rock: I'M NOT THERE
Bob Dylan, Richard Gere
This is a "vision" of Dylan from Todd Haynes's I'm Not There. A vision of Dylan as an alcoholic garden maintenance professional
Photograph: Allstar
Mock Rock: Untitled  Phil Spector biopic film set, New York, America - 03 Aug 2011
Phil Spector, Al Pacino
You may not know this but as well as being producer of the Ronettes, Phil Spector also sold condos in Lanzarote
Photograph: Rex Features
Mock Rock: The Runaways
Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart
OK we get it, Kristen Stewart does teenage angst. And if that means looking like you've got stomach cramps then so be it
Photograph: Allstar
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