Have you ever been mistaken for someone famous?

admiralofthefleet · 27-10-2012 01:01AM

simon delaney all the time. all the time

ArtSmart · 27-10-2012 01:06AM

Deleted User wrote: »

People always seem to think I'm holly willoughby, it was flattering the first time but now it's just annoying.

em, are we still allowed to offer a 'thinly veiled' response?

ArtSmart · 27-10-2012 01:09AM

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

Peaches Geldof.

could be worse, could have been Bob.

EDit · 27-10-2012 01:26AM

The one and only time i grew a full beard someone said i was the spit of Peter Sutcliffe (pretty sure they didn't mistake me for him though seeing as i was outside of jail an all)

squod · 27-10-2012 01:33AM

Beyoncé

King Of Wishful Thinking · 27-10-2012 01:34AM

Yes, a few weeks ago and by a load homeless junkies at 3am.

Was in Eddie Rockets on O'Connell St and seen and one of them came in to ask the security guy for a paper cup and when he sees me his eyes widen and he says:

"No way man, no way! What! No way"

The he realizes that I'm not who he thought I was but shouts to his fellow zombies to come in (they do) and he says:

"Look, look David fcuking Gretta what, what, isn't it, it's not like, but isn't it. You're the spit of him man, the spit, that's mad".

I just said cheers and when they left I says to the staff: "I look nothing like David Guetta" and the security guy says: "They're are half dead Sir, pay no attention".

RikkFlair · 27-10-2012 01:44AM

I'm always confused with Marty Morrissey.

mauzo · 27-10-2012 02:17AM

My mam was followed up grafton st by a leprechaun because he thought she was Brenda fricker...

An old lady told me I look like Kate middleton...I don't. The hair is the same though

THall04 · 27-10-2012 02:18AM

RikkFlair wrote: »

I'm always confused with Marty Morrissey.

Same here.......I feel your pain....:(

Spread · 27-10-2012 02:24AM

Many years ago people occasionally asked me if I was Keith Floyd. Now the only similarity is my wine drinking

2 stroke · 27-10-2012 02:46AM

The exact opposite actually, I'm rarely recognised when out alone in public.

Bipolar Joe · 27-10-2012 02:59AM

I get called Jesus a whole lot.

Wereghost · 27-10-2012 03:06AM

I've been likened to Gerry Adams more than once. Kill me now!

Washington Irving · 27-10-2012 03:14AM

Anyone who claims to have been mistaken for someone attractive is almost certainly bull****ting

mauzo · 27-10-2012 03:45AM

SaulGoode9 wrote: »

Anyone who claims to have been mistaken for someone attractive is almost certainly bull****ting

Because its only possible to look like ugly people?

stoneill · 27-10-2012 03:49AM

Dustin Hoffman.
More than once.

Birneybau · 27-10-2012 04:01AM

ongarboy wrote: »

Back in the 90s, countless people thought I was the spit of Dolph Lundgren (starred in He Man and Rocky among other action films) while one or two were convinced I was actually him. Also, people asked my dad for his autograph as they were convinced he was Victor Melgrew from One Foot in the Grave!

I don't believe it!

Allround Predator · 27-10-2012 04:04AM

I get mistaken for Brad Pit all the time:P

harney · 27-10-2012 04:05AM

David Spade. New York, California, London, Newcastle(I know, the one family that had a tv and I bump into one of them).....he's obviously handsome bastard!

27-10-2012 08:55AM

THall04 wrote: »

Same here.......I feel your pain....:(

RikkFlair wrote: »

I'm always confused with Marty Morrissey.

I think everyone's confused by Marty Morrissey.
When he walks down the street, dogs cock their heads at weird angles in order to determine just what it is they're seeing.
I was watching TV with an American friend when 'Marty' appeared on screen, quick as a flash my Yankee chum whipped out his camera to take a snap so he could "show the folks back home".

splendid101 · 27-10-2012 09:19AM

I get people thinking I'm Julius Ceaser all the fecking time.

Teyla Emmagan · 27-10-2012 09:29AM

Michelle de bruin. Sob sob sob sob sob!! Thanks to a big head of blondie red hair and pale irish skin.

I never found the comparison flattering.

_feedback_ · 27-10-2012 09:38AM

Ellis Dee wrote: »

I was once mistaken for Eddie Jordan in a pub in Temple Bar.:)

Inexplicable, because he's nowhere near as handsome as me, and I'm nowhere near as rich as him.;);)

Always thought you were a woman. Learn something new every day.

Remmy · 27-10-2012 09:38AM

When I was a bit younger I used to get people telling me I looked like the main actor from that 70's show but I can't see the resemblence.

27-10-2012 10:19AM

_feedback_ wrote: »

Always thought you were a woman. Learn something new every day.

He is a woman.
So what?

Doom · 27-10-2012 10:32AM

Lots of people say the singer James Morrison is my twin, lucky for him that he's as handsome as me!

27-10-2012 10:34AM

Sex Machine from "from dusk til dawn". More than once.

In my dapper days, John Cusack :pac:

People are strange.

SweetCaliber · 27-10-2012 10:37AM

Marty Ross

0ph0rce0 · 27-10-2012 10:44AM

Jeremy Renner all the time, i dont know wether to take it as a complement or an insult

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Tasden · 27-10-2012 10:47AM

Was once asked by a guy if I was famous, I asked who he thought I was and he said he just thought I looked like I could be famous, was very confused afterwards because if I was famous he would know me
Other than that my daughter pointed to a picture of Emma Watson in a magazine and said she looks like me, but as flattered as I was it is not true in the slightest!

Have you ever been mistaken for someone famous?

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