First, there was the internet phenom that is Benedict
Cumberbatch. Before seeing the man in Sherlock, any of his award-worthy movies,
or even an interview with him, his vast popularity can be slightly baffling.
Then, bam! you really GET IT. Now, there is this kid everyone's calling his
teen doppelgänger, and we have to say: Calm down, Internet.
Tyler Mitchell, a 16-year-old from Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.,
has been getting ink about his resemblance to the 38-year-old actor for a
little over a year now, though folks in the States are just catching on. He's now
got 19,400 followers on his Instagram, and he tells the Telegraph he gets
messages all the time about how he should have won the Oscar over Eddie
Redmayne. Girls from Russia and Brazil want to come visit him. People say he
should star in "Teenlock." You get the picture.
But, that's where it ends. Take a closer look at this kid's Instagram and you'll
feel like people got carried away with this whole thing.
Sometimes, it feels
like he's trying a little too hard:
Other times, he is very, very obviously just another teenage
boy on social media (who probably didn't ask for this fame). He really wants you to admire his baby six-pack and his
weird fame hasn't prevented him from posting gross, sexist things about women's
periods. He could probably learn a thing or too from feminist Cumberbatch, who
remains a helluva lot more humble than his teenage lookalike.