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Paul Mescal Meets His Doppelgänger: ‘This Is Bananas’

While stopping by BBC Radio 2 alongside his 'Gladiator II' co-star Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal met the winner of a lookalike contest.

As pop culture lookalikes take over city parks and social feeds around the globe, among them emerged Jack Wall O’Reilly — Paul Mescal ‘s doppelgänger who won a lookalike contest with his impressive shorts, baseball cap, and hoodie earlier this month. Wall O’Reilly said, “Yeah, everyone says it’s the profile,” then proceeded to turn his head from side-to-side, eliciting gasps from the studio. The upcoming Gladiator sequel featuring Mescal, Washington, and Nielsen is set to premiere in theaters this Friday, serving as a continuation of the original film decades later after its tumultuous ending.

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