A sea of people who resemble Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet, or think they do, showed up at New York’s Washington Square Park Sunday for a chance at winning $50 and bragging rights in a Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest. Then the real Chalamet made an appearance.

Over the past week, posters began to appear in New York City advertising a Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition. Featuring an understated design, a picture of the Academy Award nominated actor, and a promise of a $50 prize for the most convincing doppelganger, the event received some a raft of attention online.

On Sunday afternoon, a Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest took place in Washington Square Park. If there was a problem with that, it’s simply that every day, these days, is a Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in New York.

On Sunday, October 27, 2024, a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest was held in Washington Square Park in New York City, New York.

Thursday’s Paul Mescal lookalike contest in Dublin was the first of many upcoming celebrity lookalike competitions to be held after the viral Timothée Chalamet contest in New York.

Paul Mescal lookalike winner crowned in Dublin as celebrity lookalike contests continue - The competition was a copycat of the viral Timothée Chalamet event in New York last month

The Paul Mescal lookalike contest is sadly an indictment of every Irish lad I’ve met who claims that Paul Mescal looks like every lad in Ireland,’ one person wrote on X

A Paul Mescal lookalike contest was held in Dublin on Thursday ahead of the actor's appearance at the Irish premiere of Gladiator II. Several Mescal impersonators turned up to Smithfield Square in north Dublin for the playful contest.