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.

Held on Oct. 27, the Timothée Chalemet lookalike competition took the New York City by storm. Thousands of people showed up to the Washington Square Park archway to gawk at the numerous dark-haired, square-jawed lookalikes.

For the roughly 8 billion of us on planet Earth, there's a 0.11 percent chance that each person has a doppelgänger somewhere in the world. Over the last few weeks-with a firm belief in this sliver of a statistic-film fans put out an all-points bulletin for lookalikes of their favorite actors.

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.

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.