Jean Reno
Young Sylvester Stallone
'A Romanian' (whatever they're supposed to look like)
Mick McCarthy
Jason Statham
Jon Hamm
Rio Ferdinand
Sebastian Veron
The bottom two were shouted at me by inebriated beshellsuited young men on two different occasions, on the sole basis of me having short hair at the time when those two were in their pomp. Spotting doppelgängers for Man Utd players seems to be part of their culture. That wasn't even in Manchester. Or England for that matter.
I remember reading, either on here or in WSC, that Steve Bruce was beginning to resemble a dinner lady. Something similar appears to be happening to me. The older I get, the more often people tell me I look like a woman.
According to more than one person in the last few months, my latest Doppelgängerin is German actress Nina Petri:
As my profile thing to the left suggests, 1990s Mike Myers was my go-to comparison (prompted by one of my friends who was quite taken with the supposed similarity), but I've kept my hair colour a bit better than him since, and have got thinner around the face.
Also back in the 90s, when my hair was fuller (but nowhere near as light as the man himself) I would serenade the former (not quite) Mrs WFD to the tune of 'Buddy Holly', "whoa-oh, I look just like Warren Barton, whoa-oh and you're Penny off Just Good Friends". In retrospect the only surprise is that we stayed together so long.
In the five years that I've been together with The Lady I Walked To The Registry Office With, I've witnessed three occurrences of her being asked on public transport whether she's an actress.
Unsurprisingly, this makes her happy. To prevent her from getting too big for her boots, I always remind her "looking like an actress" can mean "looking like Sharon Stone" or it can also mean "looking like Kathy Staff".
To be honest, I think the only reason she gets asked is because I look like an actress's husband.
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