Hannibal Buress was unable to attend last night’s Spider-Man: Homecoming premiere in Hollywood, but instead of just accepting that he’d miss out on a bunch of promotional red carpet interviews, he did something a little different. As Entertainment Weekly reports, Buress took to Twitter yesterday afternoon in search of “a lookalike with solid comedic timing for an event tonight†that paid $500, and he ended up hiring a man named Joe Carroll, who attended the event as Buress:
Just crashed the red carpet as @hannibalburess #standIn #bodyDouble #whichIsWhich #partyCrasher #redcarpet #weAllLookAlikeRight? A post shared by Joe Carroll (@iamjoecarroll) on
I’m out here at the @SpiderManMovie premiere. In theaters July 8th. pic.twitter.com/ggEdqt5oDr — Hannibal Buress (@hannibalburess) June 29, 2017
Here’s Carroll fielding red carpet questions on behalf of Buress like a pro:
Buress explained that he hired the impersonator due to “extreme FOMO,†so hopefully this means we can count on Buress – either the fake one or the real one – to attend every red carpet premiere from now on.