Confessions of a Johnny Depp Look-alike

Awhile back I tested a picture of myself at MyHeritage.com to determine my celebrity look-alike. One friend had been crushed by scoring high as a Barry Manilow look-alike and another was crowing about her Sandra Bullock looks. So like a moth to flame, I put my picture in the hopper.

Bingo. 68% Johnny Depp.

Yep. I was much happier with that than I would have been with either Barry Manilow or Sandra Bullock. Any evidence that I scored about the same with Ozzy Osbourne I chose not to memorialize.

How to make a living as a Johnny Depp look-alike?

1. Stunt double. Well that is not for me. I have a wrist that isn't 100% from a rollerblading fall and I have been avoiding falling since. It does sound glamorous though, I'll keep it as a maybe if I start to practice falling and get better at it.

2. Make personal appearances as a celebrity look-alike. It does stand to reason even if Johnny Depp is very sociable he probably can't make every appearance that is requested. This is a big market opportunity here, but I am not real sociable myself. And I don't know a lot about Johnny Depp. He was in a pirate movie or something. I'm getting nervous just thinking about fans questioning me about his career. This idea is off the table!

3. Celebrity look-alike escort service. This may be the same problem with my lack of Johnny Depp knowledge. Someone paying to go on a date with a Johnny Depp look-alike is probably a fan. Damn. Actually, someone paying to go on a date with me period is far fetched. This idea is for the birds.

4. Tourist picture model. How about if I stand around on Hollywood Boulevard and have tourists pay to have their picture taken with me? Will 68% fly, because I'm not dressing up as a pirate. And I don't live anywhere near Hollywood so that would be risky financially to relocate.

None of these choices are a go for me at this point.

Confession.

I did notice that this was the second time that Johnny Depp had been selected by People as the Sexiest Man Alive. The entire first year he had been selected, not a single person remarked on a resemblance. And I didn't know he had been selected before, it is not a category that interests me. In fact, without the MyHeritage connection I really could care less about Johnny Depp. I'm starting to suspect his winning again isn't going to change my life at all.

Source.

People