Even as times change, does the 'Hollywood-style beauty lineage' that captivates the public never change?
Newcomers in Hollywood who strikingly resemble past legendary stars have been emerging one after another, drawing intense attention. Among them, Ella Rubin, praised as "the most beautiful actress in the world" and rising as a perfect doppelgänger of Julia Roberts, has become the center of attention.
The 24-year-old rising star Ella Rubin recently gave a passionate performance as the protagonist "Enny", who inherits a mysterious Canadian island, in Amazon Prime's popular series Sterling Point. Along with the show's popularity, what captured viewers' attention was none other than her visuals.
Her voluminous chestnut curly hair, her distinct wide smile, and a striking eyebrow line. Ella Rubin closely resembles Julia Roberts (58) from the 1990s film Pretty Woman, earning praise among fans as "on the level of a reincarnation of Julia Roberts." Some even say she evokes the aura of another icon who dominated the 2000s, Anne Hathaway.
This "Hollywood parallel theory" is not limited to Ella Rubin. Zendaya's deep eyes and sculpted dark wavy hair recall the glamour of 1990s Catherine Zeta-Jones, Isla Fisher's auburn hair color brings to mind the 1960s icon Ann-Margret, Carey Mulligan resembles the facial features of 1950s star Sandra Dee, and Jennifer Lawrence was noted for looking very much like a young Helen Mirren, combining purity and aloofness. Lily Collins, chosen to star in an Audrey Hepburn biopic, also boasts a high level of synchronicity with Audrey Hepburn thanks to her thick eyebrows and sharp cheekbones.
Experts analyze this phenomenon as the result of the human brain's natural "pattern recognition." Skin and aesthetic specialist Sana Khan said, "The human brain is instinctively drawn to familiar facial patterns. Rather than analyzing every part of the face one by one, we first feel familiarity in certain points such as a wide smile, the position of the eyebrows, expressions, cheekbones or jawline."
She added, "When we see Ella Rubin, we naturally think of Julia Roberts and Anne Hathaway from her thick eyebrows and wide smile," noting that "the combination of facial symmetry and balance and distinctiveness creates a 'timeless' visual that remains in the public's memory for a long time."
Although new stars are born one after another in Hollywood, the distinctive visual lineage that repeats across eras gives fans a fresh kind of enjoyment.
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