In German folklore, doppelgängers are considered to be a bad omen whose presence brings about misfortune. It feels all the more fitting, then, that we’re currently hooked on celebrity lookalike contests.

Glen Powell, Timothée Chalamet, and more recognize that playing along — online or otherwise — with the real-life fun is better than a million junket interviews.

For as long as celebrities have existed, so have lookalike contests. It used to be traditional for the winner to take home a keepsake trophy, but the stakes are being raised these days – by the celebrities themselves.