Paul Mescal lookalike competition leaves fans baffled as 'twin' is crowned winner

A Paul Mescal lookalike contention successful Dublin this week saw 1 antheral instrumentality the crown for looking the astir similar the Normal People prima – and fans can't judge however akin they look

Fans of Paul Mescal were near successful disbelief aft a lookalike contention for the Irish histrion this week, wherever 1 antheral was crowned arsenic his doppelgänger.

The unofficial contention saw hundreds stitchery successful Smithfield Square, Dublin, connected Thursday (November 7), with galore arriving successful their champion GAA shorts and golden chains, emulating Mescal's style.

But lone 1 could beryllium declared the winner, and that honour went to Jack Wall O'Reilly. Not lone did helium triumph the title, but helium besides bagged £20 and 3 escaped pints for his uncanny resemblance to the Normal People star arsenic radical declared they could beryllium 'twins'.

Jack revealed that helium had received galore messages urging him to participate the contest, truthful helium decided to springiness it a shot. Speaking to RTE Lifestyle, Jack said: "I deliberation [Paul Mescal] is simply a precise stylish man, I didn't person to bargain thing for today, truthful that helped." He added that the contention was conscionable a spot of amusive and determination were plentifulness of bully looking Paul Mescal lookalikes present.

After a video of Jack was shared connected TikTok, viewers were convinced of his resemblance to Mescal, with 1 saying: "You can't archer maine this isn't Paul Mescal."

Another noted that helium adjacent had the aforesaid vibe and property arsenic the actor. Reactions to the lawsuit besides poured successful connected X (formerly Twitter), with 1 idiosyncratic saying: "These lookalike competitions are getting truthful retired of hand. I privation 1 successful my surviving room."

Others expressed regret astatine missing the event, portion immoderate recovered the full conception amusing, with 1 commenting: "Only successful Dublin, brilliant."

One societal media idiosyncratic said: "Fun contention successful Dublin! Paul Mescal has galore lookalikes! ". "So galore Paul Mescal twins," observed 1 fan.

Another commented: "Can we person much of these? They're really genius and a invited changeable of joyousness and assemblage successful a trying time."

"I'm loving these lookalike competitions," shared different enthusiast.

Mescal precocious revealed his uneasy premonition astir not reaching aged age. The 28 twelvemonth aged histrion expressed to GQ his content that his beingness won't beryllium peculiarly lengthy.

Paul admitted: "I've ever been convinced that I'm not going to unrecorded a agelong life. In my caput it's ne'er been drastic. It's conscionable similar a gut feeling. And possibly it's to bash with the information that I can't visualise myself arsenic an 80-year-old man."

He elaborated: "It's ever successful my head. I was like: 'Going to person a household young. I'm going to not past a agelong time.' Hopefully, I'm wrong. I deliberation I volition beryllium wrong. But that's conscionable the information astir my brain."