Actor Timothee Chalamet crashes his own lookalike contest
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Actor Timothee Chalamet (in black hat) poses with contestants in a lookalike contest, after surprising fans by turning up at the event in New York on Oct 27.
PHOTOS: REUTERS
NEW YORK – Will the real Timothee Chalamet please stand up?
Even the Hollywood star’s most convincing doppelgangers, gathered in New York for a lookalike contest, did a double take when the man himself swung by their festivities on Oct 27.
Around 20 young men, complete with chiselled jawlines and distinctive waves of walnut-coloured hair, had gathered along with a massive crowd of spectators in New York’s Washington Square Park, Variety magazine reported.
The Call Me By Your Name (2017) star, hidden behind a mask and sporting a baseball hat, then crept up on the contest, posing for photographs with the competitors.
Images on social media captured the moment that Chalamet, 28, made his presence known, delighting the surrounding cellphone-holding fans.
“How do we know that that’s really him? It could just be a very good lookalike,” one user wrote in a comment.
YouTube creator Anthony Po, who claimed to be behind the event and bears more than a passing resemblance to the star of Dune (2021 and 2024) and Wonka (2023), wrote on X: “Thanks my number 1 fan (Timothee) for showing up.”
The police apparently responded to the event because of the large crowd and at least one imitator was led away. The contest was forced to relocate.
The winner was presented with an oversized gold trophy and a cheque for US$50 (S$66), social media showed. AFP
