Kevin Bacon has jokingly taken aim at his former co-star Ethan Hawke on social media, jokingly giving him a strict “24 hours to respond” to a video teasing their similar appearance.
The 68 year old man Free The star shared a hilarious documentary-style clip on Instagram where he impersonated Hawke, directly poking fun at the uncanny resemblance the two actors share.
In the video, Bacon can be seen getting comfortable in a single chair placed in front of a window.
He jokingly asks the camera crew if they need a microphone and where they want to start, before introducing himself as Ethan Hawke.
In his caption, Bacon joked that he was simply preparing for the day when Netflix decides to make a documentary about his “true identity.”
The two stars, who recently shared the screen in the 2023 psychological thriller. leave the world behindThey have long been aware of their resemblance to Internet celebrities.
While promoting the film, Bacon, 68, and Hawke, 55, even sat down for an “extended challenge” presented by Netflix, where they were tasked with trying to distinguish their own faces from extreme close-up photos.
During the promotional game, both actors admitted that they get confused in public all the time.
Bacon joked that every time he is mistaken for the Before dawn actor, tells people that “he got Ethan Hawke today.”
Hawke went on to confess that he actually signed Bacon’s name for fans who praise him for his iconic role in Freesimply replying, “Yes, I was.”
The challenge proved trickier than both expected, as they struggled to differentiate their own features, including hairlines, teeth and wrinkles.
After failing to correctly identify several of the cropped images, Hawke laughed at the confusion and admitted that it’s a bit embarrassing when the two people in question can’t even tell each other apart.
