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What historical figure needs to have a movie or tv show produced about them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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[–] Boggy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nikola Tesla

[–] first_ad4972@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Current_War Though this isn’t only about Tesla.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boudica.

Queen of a British tribe that fought the Romans and won, for a while.

[–] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

She's had a few treatments, just none of them large production Hollywood blockbusters.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Marcus Aurelius. Philosopher king, savior of Rome, and someone I had fun drawing.

[–] Edge004@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Diogenes

[–] Jerrimu2@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

John Brown.

[–] tissek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

While yes! I also am very pessimistic about Hollywood not giving him the treatment he deserves. Could be a bit too radical for profit.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vlad III, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler. It's basically the story of Wallachia's complicated relationships with all their neighbours. The real story is so much more interesting than "spooky vampire".

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Andrew Wakefield. He's the guy who published a phony study that inspired the Anti-Vax movement. More people need to learn how this always has been a scam.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Christopher Lee.

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I recently listened to a podcast about Antonín Švehla. Politician from first Republic (1918-1939) and master of compromise, he was as important as Masaryk but now is mostly forgotten.