The Brief: "Who Plays You/Your Parents In Your Biopic" Twitter memes are marked by internet users sharing photos of their favorite actors as themselves and their parents.

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Twitter users are sharing which celebrities they’d like to play them and their parents in their biopic. The trend typically sees creators retweeting another user’s post and adding more photos to make the trend all their own.

While many posts were serious, some poked fun at various controversial actors. @BlackMajiik’s chose Scarlett Johansson who told As If magazine in a July 2019 interview she “should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job” in response to backlash surrounding whitewashing in Hollywood.

There’s also this jab at Jake Gyllenhaal for his role in the whitewashed Prince of Persia.

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