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Glen Powell was treated to his lookalike contest on Sunday, November 24 in Austin, Texas. (illustrative photo)
PEOPLE – Lookalike competitions are definitely popular across the Atlantic. After Timothée Chalamet landing in the middle of his new Yorkit is now Glen Powell who was entitled to his lookalike competition at the Texas. Several hundred participants gathered in Austin to try to look as much as possible like the man who plays Lieutenant Jake “Hangman” in Top Gun: Maverick. If the actor was not present on site, he promised the big winner to offer one of his relatives a small role in his next film.
Maxwell Braunstein, a medical assistant in Austin, took home the victory and some gifts: a $5 bill, a cowboy hat and free food at a local taco restaurant, says the local media outlet Fox 7.
The mother of the real actor was present in the crowd and gave a thumbs up in approval when the winner was announced. “I’m glad your mother thinks I look like you”declared Maxwell Braunstein to the attention of Glen Powell.
A cameo in his next film
Kate Carpenter, the organizer of the event, was happily surprised to receive the approval of Glen Powell himself. “I know there is money and a hat at stake, but I just wanted to say that the winner of today’s competition will receive a personal prize from me”the actor had declared beforehand in a video addressed to the participants.
“You may know that my parents make a cameo in every one of my films, but today the winner of the Glen Powell lookalike contest wins a cameo in my next film for his parents or any other member of his family. his choice »promised Glen Powell.
“I’m completely serious, it’s an offer that corresponds to an amount of 6 billion dollars” he then joked. “Take a photo together for me, enjoy my favorite city in the world, keep Austin weird,” concluded the actor, currently filming, he who was born in the Texan city.
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