What would the Oscar nominees look like if we switched up the casts?

Let's put these Best Picture casts where they just don't belong.
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Peter Allen Clark
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For all the pomp and circumstance of this Sunday's 88th Academy Awards, we thought we'd have a little fun with the Best Picture nominees

What would it look like if the main characters from last year's big screen best pictures appeared in the settings of other top contenders? Lucky for you, we have the time to picture how such mashups might appear.


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Without further ado, let's look at some of the Academy's best characters in movies where they just don't belong.

The Martian Room

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The Big Revenant

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Brooklyn Bridge of Spies

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The Revenant Martian

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Mad Max: Spotlight

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Spotlight: Fury Road

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Peter Allen Clark

I have done neat stuff all over these United States from sailing lessons on the Puget Sound to motorcycle maintenance on the backroads of upstate New York. My professional experience extends from newspaper reporting in the mountains of Eastern Oregon to fixing espresso machines throughout Kentucky. I also have kept a cat alive for 10 years.

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