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It happens occasionally in other media as well, but when the same actor plays multiple characters on TV or in a film, it usually has a very specific purpose. In theatre, it's just as often an economic use of talent. Often certain role-pairings become traditional, so for example some film versions of ''[[Peter Pan]]'' still cast the same actor for Hook and Mr Darling - even though they could afford two actors, and the stage tradition only arose because of their lack of scenes together. [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|Maybe because it seems symbolic of... something]].
This trope is ''extremely'' common in [[Bollywood|Indian]] [[The Otherwoods|Cinema]], where is almost a genre in itself. Tamil cinema is particularly prone to it.
See [[Double Vision]] for a look at how they manage the trick of getting an actor on-screen more than once, when needed.
Understandably this happens a lot in animation, simply by giving the same voice actor multiple roles; see [[Talking to Himself]] for that version. Not to be confused with [[
This particular little ice cream cone comes in several flavors, depending on the purpose, and varying in utility by medium.
This is the polar opposite of [[:Category:Actor Swap|Actor Swap]].
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