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== Theater ==
* Cate Blanchett is currently{{when}} playing the title character in an Australian production of ''Richard II''. Richard and Queen Elizabeth I have famously been compared—Elizabeth herself allegedly even said "I am Richard II; know ye not that?"
* Anne Hathaway's just-announced{{when}} role as the lead in the Shakespeare in the Park production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' might also qualify, though it's more of a casting pun.
** They should make a movie about Shakespeare's life just so they can cast Anne Hathaway as Anne Hathaway.
* In ''[[Hamlet]]'' Polonious has a line about having played Julius Caesar as a a student. This has led to speculation that the actor playing Polonious did indeed play Julius Caesar...and that the same actor played both Brutus and Hamlet, therefore killing Polonious twice.
* Jesse L. Martin, the original Collins in ''[[Rent]]'', was in the [[Rock Opera]] ''Bright Lights Big City'' as the protagonist's best friend, who expressed disdain for "yuppies" and enjoyed using certain, um, recreational substances.
* [[Darren Criss]], known for playing [[Harry Potter|Harry]] in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'',
** Is that a casting gag or just unintentional? It's still awesome anyway.
== Video Games ==
* Who's that playing übercapitalist Andrew Ryan in ''[[BioShock (series)|BioShock]]''? Why it's Armin Shimerman, who you might remember as Quark the Ferengi from ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
** Shimerman also voiced one the of the villains from the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series - the main rival of a character named 'Qwark'.
* While [[Patrick Stewart]] playing the king may qualify as an [[Actor Allusion]] in [[The Elder Scrolls|The Elder Scrolls Four]]: [[Oblivion]], the casting of Lynda Carter (famous for playing [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]) as the voices of the female Orcs and Nords certainly qualifies.
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