Cillian Murphy shares an uncanny resemblance with a current baseball star
Folks were thinking Christopher Nolan is throwing out some sort of mind-bending promo for Oppenheimer.
Cillian Murphy's star turn in Oppenheimer is out soon and many involved in the movie are hoping the Cork native will fetch at least an Oscar nomination for his titular role.
The Peaky Blinders and Wind That Shakes The Barley actor will be out on the talk show and promotional circuit soon enough and will, no doubt, get asked about his likeness for Tyler Glasnow.
Murphy is 47 and the Tampa Bay Rays baseball star is 29, yet one particular picture shown on Twitter, on Friday, has taken off like viral wildfire over the past 24 hours. We will show you another snap of the pitcher, below, but first here is the picture that has gobsmacked many Twitter users.
tyler glasnow looking great so far today vs. the rangers pic.twitter.com/ZjRjKHAFzj
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 9, 2023
Cillian Murphy doppelganger
To us, Tyler Glasnow, who is only three games into his latest MLB season after some recent injury issues, uncannily looks like Cillian Murphy. But all is not as it first seemed.
Initially, we were not the only ones thinking as such:
Christoper Nolan taking this no CGI thing to the next level for Oppenheimer promo https://t.co/cf22yeR4BJ
— Football Chopz (@Pchopz_) June 10, 2023
if you had asked me two mins ago if cillian murphy had a doppelgänger somewhere i would have said no way, he’s a very unique looking man. well. https://t.co/wb8SgFOdFe
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) June 10, 2023
I legit thought this was Cillian Murphy for a second and was curious what baseball movie he was going to be in. https://t.co/6TdxULUvvz
— Joe (@Cinema_Joe23) June 10, 2023
As it turned out, that particular snap WAS a piece of AL-generated chicanery:
That Cillian Murphy doppelganger picture is fake. On the right is the original image, a screenshot of Tyler Glasnow playing for the Tampa Bay Rays. pic.twitter.com/RBb8ZJQwKT
— Adam Moynihan (@AdamMoynihan) June 10, 2023
Here is another snap of Glasnow, opposite Cillian Murphy. Not quite a dead ringer but not far off:
Cillian Murphy (left) and Tyler Glasnow (right). Credit: Getty Images
If Tyler Glasnow ever does some baseball deeds to merit a biopic, we know the lad to play him.
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