Why is $\Re(e^{(\lambda e^{i\theta}-\lambda)})\neq e^{(\lambda(\Re (e^{i\theta}-1)))}$?

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Why is $\Re(e^{(\lambda e^{i\theta}-\lambda)})\neq e^{(\lambda(\Re (e^{i\theta}-1)))}$ ?

I always thought, that $\Re$ is linear, but if I compute LHS;

$\Re(e^{(\lambda e^{i\theta}-\lambda)})=\Re(e^{\lambda(e^{i\theta-1})})=\Re(e^{\lambda(\cos\theta-1)}e^{i\lambda\sin\theta})$

$=e^{\lambda(\cos\theta-1)}\Re(e^{i\lambda\sin\theta})=e^{\lambda(\cos\theta-1)}\cos(\lambda\sin\theta)$

but RHS gives only $e^{\lambda(\cos\theta-1)}$

where does it fail ?

Thanks for your help