- Timothée Chalamet and Glen Powell brought lookalike competition winners to the Golden Globes.
- Lookalike competitions sprung up in 2024 for actors like Zendaya, Paul Mescal, and Jeremy Allen White.
- After Chalamet and Powell took theirs to the Golden Globes, some say the lookalike trend should stop.
Timothée Chalamet and Glen Powell brought the winners of their lookalike competitions to the Golden Globes, and it’s clear that the trend can be left in 2024.
On January 5, the actors brought the winners of their respective lookalike competitions to the Golden Globes awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
They were Miles Mitchell, who won wearing a “Wonka” costume, and Max Braunstein, who won dressed as Powell’s “Top Gun: Maverick” character.
The pair of impersonators walked the red carpet and met their respective actors during the event.
Many fans were surprised at how much Braunstein looks like Powell, but some were more critical of Mitchell.
The lookalike events gained momentum at first because plenty were amused by the the idea of dozens of people trying to convince fans they looked like their favorite A-lister.
But the pair’s Golden Globe appearance feels like the natural conclusion to the lookalike fad.
Going to the Globes ceremony is quite a coup, and hard to top in the future — unless they suddenly find themselves at the Oscars, of course. (Don’t do it, Hollywood!)
Like any trend, the lookalike competitions got boring as other events around the world tried to do the same for other actors including Zendaya, Paul Mescal, and Jeremy Allen White. Some now think it’s time to put these contests to bed.
Powell and Chalamet’s decision to embrace the lookalike contests has probably made them more accessible to their audience and could help their careers.
The events originally started in October when hundreds of Chalamet fans and impersonators gathered in Washington Square Park in New York for the competition. The actor himself briefly attended the event to pose for photos with some of the lookalikes.
Powell upped the stakes for his lookalike competition, held in November in his hometown of Austin. He offered the winner a chance for their family to have a cameo in his next movie, a cowboy hat, and a year’s supply of tacos.
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