Actor Russell Tovey had the perfect response after being compared to Matt Damon.. and his lookalike.
A viral Twitter thread showing celebrity-lookalikes-for-hire, which is now unfortunately private, showed a variety of celeb doppelgängers available from the UK-based “Lookalikes agency”.
James Hamilton’s thread said, “For absolutely no reason, here’s some genuine lookalikes you can hire from a UK lookalikes agency.”
First up was a Matt Damon lookalike, who truly looks nothing like him: ‘This is, and I wish I was joking, Matt Damon,” Hamilton wrote.
However, one user pointed out, “While he looks absolutely nothing like Matt Damon, he does look a whole lot like Russell Tovey who was in the thoroughly excellent Years and Years.”
Tovery, the Years & Years star, appeared to be in on the joke because on Wednesday, he changed his Twitter profile picture, with little fanfare, to the Matt Damon lookalike.
#NewProfilePic https://t.co/lLk52xIQ8x— Russell Tovey (@Russell Tovey) 1614768371
“Incredible,” one person commented. “Hold on, isn’t that Matt Damon?” another person joked.
The thread also showed second-rate lookalikes for Sir Alan Sugar, prime minister Boris Johnson and Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf. Take a look at the rest here.
Tovey later told Metro: “To even be considered as handsome and dashing as the lookalike of Matt Damon is incredibly humbling.”
@russelltovey he just increased his booking fee— Ethan Harvey (@Ethan Harvey) 1614768576
@russelltovey Incredible— Scott Bryan (@Scott Bryan) 1614809534
@russelltovey When the 'lookalike' that person hired showed up: https://t.co/GtS26IzVPj— Ancient Otter Bear (@Ancient Otter Bear) 1614792345
@russelltovey Russell and Mat Damon next time they see each other https://t.co/h5HUvgYYLE— Matt (@Matt) 1614772264
@russelltovey I am dead.— Ruth Madeley (@Ruth Madeley) 1614768674
As one person commented on Tovey’s new profile picture, may be a positive thing for the lookalike actor: “He just increased his booking fee”.
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