Jeremy Irons
WHAT HE’S DOING:
Reevaluating history as British PM Neville Chamberlain in Munich — The Edge of War. “I only knew him as the appeaser, the man who was fooled by Hitler, [but he was] a great man.”
WHAT HE’S DONE:
Won an Oscar for 1990’s Reversal of Fortune as real-life accused murderer Claus Von Bulow. “My goal wasn’t to do an impersonation...[to] not to sell him short.”