5 movies that turned famous figures into action stars

No, your English teacher didn't leave out the part of Edgar Allan Poe's life when he was forced to hunt down a murderer, as seen in the April 27 movie 'The Raven.' In the movie, John Cusack plays the author, who finds himself in the middle of a dangerous mystery and is apparently quite handy with fighting and gunplay. The film is, of course, merely inspired by Poe's life, with no known basis in actual events. But the movie isn't the first to give historical figures or famous literary characters action hero upgrades. Here are five other movies that took famous historical or literary figures and made them action stars, from Mina Harker to Abraham Lincoln.