The gäng’s all right here!
This 12 months, a lot of celebrity doppelgängers — from an Alabama cop who appears to be like like The Rock to an Olympic athlete who’s a dead ringer for Lady Gaga — have gone viral and made headlines for his or her startling resemblance to A-list stars.
Whereas some ham it up by professionally impersonating the well-known figures they appear to be for cash, others don’t absolutely embrace that they’ve received a Tinseltown twin.
Learn on for the tales of probably the most uncanny lookalikes. Are you able to inform which one is the civilian and which is the movie star?
Brad Pitt
How nice would your love life be if you happen to resembled considered one of Folks journal’s sexiest males alive? Nathan Meads, a single dad of two and a subcontractor who additionally works as a Brad Pitt impersonator, says it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. “I do get hit on by girls loads,” the 35-year-old Brit instructed Jam Press. “A few of them simply can’t consider how a lot I appear to be him and a few of them accuse me of ‘catfishing.’ Folks at all times attempt to live-video name me on my Instagram as a result of they don’t assume I’m actual.”
For greater than 15 years, folks have commented on his resemblance to Pitt, 57, however Meads laughed it off till he discovered a approach to make it work financially for him. Lookalike gigs can earn him as much as $690 per look. In the future, he hopes to satisfy the Oscar winner. “[Pitt] performs all of his roles brilliantly and looks as if an actual gentleman and a household man, so we’ve that in widespread, though we’ve very totally different financial institution balances,” Meads quipped.
So who’s who? Lookalike Nathan is on the left, Brad is on the correct
Taylor Swift
A TikTok video of 29-year-old Ashley washing her clothes in a bathtub went viral not due to her unconventional methodology, however as a result of she’s the spitting picture of the 31-year-old singer. It’s since racked up north of 684,000 likes and practically 10,000 feedback calling out the resemblance. Every week later, Ashley, who declined to share her full identify for privateness causes, posted a playful follow-up to her 544,000 followers, saying, “When hundreds of thousands of individuals assume Taylor Swift does her laundry in her bathtub & don’t even assume to learn the display identify.”
Ashley, who lives in Utah, instructed The Publish over e-mail that she’s been mistaken for Swift since age 14. She even counts herself as a Swift fan and says her look — brilliant blonde hair, bangs and infrequently, a pink lip — is partly impressed by Swift herself. “I’m my very own particular person, however to be in comparison with somebody in such excessive regard is flattering,” she stated. “I solely get aggravated when a person says one thing detrimental about Taylor.” She works as a journey crisis-trauma nurse, and the questions comply with her when she’s on the clock. “I get requested for footage by docs and sufferers as a result of they’ll’t consider the resemblance,” she stated. “I politely decline, however it at all times brings them pleasure once I stroll into the room and so they say, ‘Am I being punked?!’”
So who’s who? Lookalike Ashley is on the left, Taylor on the correct
Scarlett Johansson
There’s nothing misplaced in translation right here: This Russian mannequin and cosplayer looks just like ScarJo. A few of Ekaterina “Kate” Shumskaya’s 10.2 million TikTok followers even assume she’s the actress herself. “In social networks, I’m typically thanked for the superb appearing within the movie ‘Black Widow,’” the 25-year-old — who’s been instructed of the resemblance since age 12 — instructed Caters Information. What’s extra, a consultant for Shumskaya instructed The Publish that “Kate [often] will get stopped on the streets and requested for a photograph.”
However, it’s not all adoring followers. She’s acquired hate mail from individuals who assume she is the 37-year-old Johansson and has even gotten loss of life threats. However, her appears to be like have allowed Shumskaya, who hails from southern Russia, to maneuver to Moscow to mannequin, and she or he earns sufficient cash to assist herself and her dad and mom. And, her resemblance to Johansson isn’t the one factor that’s made her successful. Her rep stated: “Due to [her online popularity], Kate received extra work, however for many of her photosets as a mannequin, she represents simply herself.”
So who’s who? Lookalike Kate on the left, Scarlett is on the correct
Marilyn Monroe
Some prefer it sizzling, and a few prefer it … purchased? Scottish-born social media star Jasmine Chiswell, who boasts 13.3 million followers on TikTok, started impersonating Marilyn Monroe after moving into the long-lasting actress’s former Hollywood house in 2019. Chiswell, 27, and her husband, DJ and music producer Maverick McNeilly, bought the unfold for $2.73 million. Chiswell had lengthy dabbled in classic trend, however she didn’t initially intend to be a Marilyn lookalike.
“It simply form of occurred,” she stated. “I used to be getting stopped on the street, with folks telling me, ‘Oh my God, you look a lot like Marilyn Monroe.’ ” Dyeing her hair blond and slicing it right into a bob took the resemblance additional, and now enjoying the half is her livelihood. Manufacturers pay her as much as $30,000 per submit for placement and sponsorships. “That is my full-time job,” stated Chiswell, who’s quickly to provide delivery to her first baby. “It has actually modified my life in the easiest way.”
So who’s who? Marilyn is on the left, lookalike Jasmine on the correct
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Are you able to scent what the Rock is cooking? Eric Fields can. Not solely is he identified to bust out that signature line from Dwayne Johnson’s WWE days, however he’s also a dead-ringer for the 49-year-old star himself. It’s powerful to tell apart Johnson from Fields, 37, and a Morgan County Sheriff’s Workplace patrol lieutenant in Alabama. He has a equally muscular physique and a head simply as bald.
“I’ve been referred to as the Rock and Vin Diesel’s love baby,” Fields told AL.com. “I associate with it. It’s humorous. It’s flattering. It might be worse folks, I assume.” He’s constructed a fan base of nearly 27,000 followers on Instagram, the place he often shares pictures of himself carrying aviator sun shades, which make him particularly resemble Johnson. Nonetheless, he instructed the publication, he’s himself ultimately. “I actually couldn’t be anyone however me. I’m simply glad I might be a part of somebody’s happiness and laughter.”
So who’s who? Lookalike Eric on the left, The Rock is on the correct
Cardi B
In August, a New York hairstylist named Claudelande posted a video of a shopper named Ashley exhibiting off a new wig and a few freshly styled — and Cardi B-inspired — hair. “My shopper is [Cardi’s] twin lol,” the stylist wrote within the caption, which elicited feedback from followers. “Someone daddy mendacity,” wrote one, whereas one other stated, “I needed to come to the feedback simply to see if I wasn’t the one one who thought this was cardi for a min.” Screenshots even made their approach to Twitter, the place one observer remarked, “I’ve by no means seen somebody look SO MUCH like another person and never be associated to them.” Folks have instructed Ashley she resembles the 29-year-old hip hop star since 2015, when Cardi B debuted on VH1’s “Love & Hip-Hop.”
However Ashley doesn’t assume she appears to be like like her in any respect. “In every single place I’m going, [I hear] ‘She appears to be like like Cardi B.’ ” she told Allure. “I actually attempt to look each time any person says it, however I don’t see it.”
So who’s who? Cardi B is on the left, lookalike Ashley is on the correct
Girl Gaga
Girl Gaga positive has musical expertise, however when did she grow to be an Olympic athlete? Throughout the Tokyo video games final summer season, a 26-year-old Jordanian taekwondo competitor, Julyana Al-Sadeq, became the subject of Twitter chatter due to the hanging similarity she bares to Mom Monster – even when clad in her protecting headgear.
Al-Sadeq — a 2018 Asian Video games gold medalist — could have received within the doppelgänger contest, however she didn’t fare as effectively on this 12 months’s Olympics. Brazil’s Milena Titoneli knocked her out of the 67kg (148 pound) class.
