Historical Figures and the Metal Musicians Who Could Play Them

As you’ve likely heard by now, Metallica’s James Hetfield has been cast as Robert Hayward, the cop who first arrested Ted Bundy, in the upcoming film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, which will star High School Musical‘s Zac Efron as the infamous serial killer. Interestingly, Hetfield isn’t the first member of Metallica to play a historical figure in a movie: Lars Ulrich played documentarian Joris Ivens in HBO’s Hemingway & Gellhorn.

This revelation got us thinking: what other metal musicians could potentially play real people in biopics? Our selections are below; feel free to add your own in the comments section!

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine as Vladimir Putin

Clutch’s Neil Fallon as Ernest Hemingway

Pentagram’s Bobby Liebling as Salvador Dalí

The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato as John Dillinger

Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain as Saturday Night Live‘s G.E. Smith
Machine Head’s Jared MacEachern as Shaun White

Paradise Lost’s Nick Holmes as William Shakespeare

Distubred’s David Draiman as Howie Mandel

Stryper’s Michael Sweet as Ted Cruz

Trivium’s Matt Heafy as Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil as Former U.S. Representative Charles Rangel

Ozzy Osbourne as Margaret Thatcher

Axl Rose from Guns N’ Roses as Donald Trump

Slash from Guns N’ Roses as Marc Bolan from T-Rex

Dj Ashba from Sixx A.M. as Slash from Guns N’ Roses

Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares as Hall of Fame Jockey Pat Day

Gene Simmons from KISS as This Dead Whale