Timothée Chalamet’s workforce provided to pay the $500 fantastic incurred after the viral Chalamet lookalike contest held in New York Metropolis’s Washington Sq. Park in October, based on the occasion organizer, YouTuber Anthony Po.

Chalamet made a shock look at his personal lookalike contest on Oct. 27, the place a throng of attendees gathered below the park’s iconic arch to see the actor’s curly-haired doppelgängers. The NYPD finally ordered the massive crowd to disperse, and Po was issued the $500 fantastic for internet hosting a public occasion with no allow.

“They provided to pay the ticket, which is actually humorous,” Po stated of Chalamet’s workforce in a current interview with Individuals. Though he declined the gesture, the $500 nonetheless didn’t come out of Po’s personal pocket; the digital invite app Partiful lined the fantastic as an alternative.

Po didn’t get to fulfill or see Chalamet on the occasion, saying, “I believe if he would’ve stayed for the tip of it, perhaps I’d’ve given him runner-up or one thing.”

Nevertheless, he stated he did obtain reward from Chalamet’s workforce for the competition. “They mainly [said] like, ‘We thought it was superior. Thanks a lot.’ It was all good and enjoyable.”

The Chalamet lookalike competitors was promoted via flyers posted throughout New York Metropolis, along with a public Partiful invitation which, by the morning of the occasion, had greater than 2,500 RSVPs. The winner of the competition, 21-year-old Miles Mitchell, obtained a trophy and a money prize of $50.

The viral occasion has spawned a number of superstar lookalike contests all over the world, together with ones for Paul Mescal, Zayn Malik, Harry Kinds and Glen Powell.