There are two ways of approaching the fact that you look a lot like a celebrity. One is to ruthlessly break it to people that, unfortunately, they are mistaken, you aren't Tom Cruise or Jake Gyllenhaal, and that they shouldn't look for their phone so they could snap a pic with you. That's the disappointment approach. The other way of dealing with it is embracing your looks and just going along with the person that walks up to you with an enamored expression on their face and starts spilling compliments about your work. That's the one that's a little more fun.
The people listed below (some of them - actual celebrities) went for the latter and that way made the day of many people, who thought they met their heroes. Scroll down below to see whether you would be confused by these lookalikes as well!
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Here's Me Before A Hugh Laurie Concert, With Some Guy Who's Not Hugh Laurie
Morgan Freeman
Someone Pretended To Be Tom Cruise In A Small Chicken Shop In North Eastern Thailand And Is Remembered There Forever
Isn't that the place that you can tell them you're famous and they'll give you free food? I've heard friends of mine do that...
Hate To Break It To Ya Buddy
3 Years Ago, Happy Drunk, I Thought I Met Jake Gyllenhaal… I'm Now 90% Sure I Didn't
A Homeless Man Convinced Me He Was George RR Martin
I figured it out like a week later when he was still there with his 'agent' and his trolley. i had to walk past him everyday for a couple weeks and i avoided eye contact with him because it was too embarrassing on my part.
Why is meeting celebrities so important to people?! Who the fuck cares?
That's Not Him Sweetie
My Friend's Special Bachelorette Party Guest: Morgan Freeman
Went To My Local Pub. Two Cute Girls Insisted I Was Andy Samberg. Kept Taking Selfies With Me. Bartender Took This. Best Photo Of Me Ever
Ran Into Chris Pratt
I Spent An Hour Convincing My Friend (Kick Ass) That We Did Not Meet Johnny Depp
Not Ryan Gosling. Actually Printed In A Magazine
Sometimes You Gotta Go Back... To Figure Out Who You Weren't Really Drinking With
That Ain't Me Bro
the best thing ever is when you make a mistake of meeting a celebrity and the actual celebrity comments on your pic!
She Met Maklemore. I'm Not Going To Be The One To Tell Her
Just Met Zach Galifianakis
Have ya ever seen one of his movies, Missy? Wear your glasses next time!
Breaking Bad's Hank
These people look NOTHING like the people the other people think they are!
That Time I Thought I Met Lenny Kravitz At Coachella...
If someone mistook me for a celebrity I'd play along for shits & giggles. Not sure who I could be mistaken for though, Shrek maybe.
Was I the only one who had to google half of these people so I could get it?
No it means you have a life. Hehe. Or have no life and no interest in tv or music. I didn't know the people's names, but I was able to guess they were teen idols, rap artist or in the NBA players case, A basketball star. That man was TALL!
Nope.
The Mark Wahlberg one made ME embarrassed
If someone mistook me for a celebrity I'd play along for shits & giggles. Not sure who I could be mistaken for though, Shrek maybe.
Was I the only one who had to google half of these people so I could get it?
No it means you have a life. Hehe. Or have no life and no interest in tv or music. I didn't know the people's names, but I was able to guess they were teen idols, rap artist or in the NBA players case, A basketball star. That man was TALL!
Nope.
The Mark Wahlberg one made ME embarrassed