First Timothée Chalamet and Harry Styles, now Heath Ledger and Jacob Elordi. The surreal global ‘celebrity lookalike’ trend is coming to Melbourne and Sydney.
It began with a plague of Timothées. A mob of mop-headed waifs descended on New York’s Washington Square Park last month impersonating Timothée Chalamet to win a giant novelty $50 cheque, bragging rights, internet fame and possibly a date.
And while there’s certainly something cynical about organising a novelty event for online clout, the event itself seemed impossibly fun and wholesome.A heavy-set guy with a buzz cut was one of the top five Chalamets because he was such a hit with the crowd. Fans had business cards with their number on to pass to prospective dates.
“I think it’s fun. I think it’s silly. It’s a little bit lame and trite. But like, everything is a bit weird and gross . These sorts of silly, fun things definitely have a place.” “It’s a stupid contest trying to find a lookalike for a celebrity who doesn’t even know that it’s happening. It’d be nice just to have an hour or two where we are just stupid, as a community.”The original string of lookalikes comprised a very similar type: Gen Z heartthrobs, relatively reserved and soft-spoken, and – of course – they’re all men.
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