We typically recognize celebrities from their appearances on TV, in movies, and online. However, a viral trend involving look-alikes might make you second-guess your certainty.
We’re not talking about similar noses or smiles here, but full-on doppelgängers—stars who might convince you they’re “definitely that guy from that other movie!” only for you to realize they’re someone entirely different.
The trend began when a Twitter user posted a photo of Criminal Minds actor Rochelle Aytes alongside Barbie’s Margot Robbie, claiming they resembled each other but had different skin tones.
This sparked a thread of other celebrities who look alike, with many people struggling to believe that the images were of two different individuals.
One is the Academy Award-winning actor from Skyfall, and the other is the critically acclaimed star of The Walking Dead. On Twitter, Bardem and Morgan have been described as “the same person.”
The revelation that they are, in fact, two different people has left fans of their respective movies stunned. One person admitted: “For a very long time I thought Javier Bardem looked a little different in P.S I love you. I should’ve just googled the cast right away and saved myself the confusion.”
Another wrote: “For the absolute longest time I thought they were the exact same person! But also have we ever seen them in the same room together?”
Also featured in the look-alikes thread are Dawson and Saldana, both of whom are well-known in Hollywood for their work on both the big and small screens.
Dawson is known for her roles in 2005’s Rent and Sin City and has recently appeared in the Netflix series Dopesick and Disney+’s Ahsoka.
Meanwhile, Saldana has been busy working on Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avatar movies, both of which obscured her look with colorful makeup.
Saldana played a human in the popular Netflix series From Scratch, but that wasn’t enough to stop people from confusing her with Dawson, with one Twitter user saying: “I always get Rosario and Zoe mixed up.”
Two Hollywood staples—and yet some people still can’t tell them apart.
Knightley, who starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, and Portman, from Black Swan and Marvel’s Thor, have long been compared, so it’s no surprise they made an appearance in the viral thread.
In fact, Portman has previously spoken out about their similarities.
In an interview with Variety, she admitted that she gets mistaken for Knightley “all the time” but she finds it “very flattering.”
Both stars have appeared in a Netflix series—with Russell starring in the sci-fi series Lost in Space—so their resemblance is just another thing they have in common.
Sharing their thoughts on their similarities, one Twitter user wrote: “Yeah nah God’s running outta faces or something lol… why am I just now noticing that Taylor Russell and Jenna Ortega look like twins?”
Zero Dark Thirty, The Help, Molly’s Game—they’re just some of the titles Chastain has appeared in throughout her career. However, in a TikTok video shared in 2021, she lamented: “When you spend 20 years building a career and they still think you work at Jurassic Park.”
The reference relates to Howard’s role in the dinosaur franchise, as Chastain acknowledged that the two actors are often confused for one another.
The list continues, with Lili Reinhart and Brittany Murphy, and Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly also among the stars who have been compared to one another. With new celebrities emerging all the time, who knows who will be next?