Jeremy Allen White fans go crazy over viral lookalike competition poster in New York - and the prizes are spot on

Jeremy Allen White fans are calling for a lookalike title successful New York aft nan occurrence of a similar Timothee Chalamet arena complete nan weekend.

Willy Wonka and Dune character Timothee, 28, ignited mayhem by unexpectedly showing up to his ain lookalike title connected October 27, posing for photographs pinch his curly-haired doppelgangers.

And now fans of FX's The Bear are hopeless to spot starring prima Jeremy, 33, honored pinch a akin title adjacent month.

A poster went viral connected Twitter, pursuing nan furor of nan Timothee spectacle, which advertised nan lookalike arena alongside a photograph of Jeremy wearing a achromatic musculus apical and a signature cap, sitting connected a bicycle.

The victor will return location 2 packs of cigarettes and a seven-day metro card, a motion to his characteristic successful The Bear, cook Carmy, who has a smoking habit.

While it does not presently look to beryllium a morganatic lookalike event, request is precocious and supporters are already plotting ways for it to travel together officially – pinch immoderate moreover suggesting Jeremy's The Bear costar Ayo Edebiri to judge.

'I will beryllium location to spectate for individual reasons,' 1 commented connected societal media, while different said, 'Looks for illustration this is nan astir New York title ever!

'The title to look for illustration Jeremy Allen White, pinch cigarettes and MetroCards arsenic prizes, is perfectly on-brand.'

A 3rd added: 'Okay but tin personification other really shape this? I will lend nan prize money.'

'Ayo needs to travel and beryllium a judge,' a 4th said.

Jeremy plays nan lead prima successful The Bear, which has gained momentum complete nan past fewer years, arsenic its 2nd play was successful nan Nielsen Top 10 for a five-week span successful June 2023.

The bid besides saw a spike successful ratings pursuing a stellar showing astatine January's Emmy Awards.

The honors saw Jeremy picking up nan gong for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor successful a Comedy Series, while Ayo was awarded Outstanding Supporting Actress successful a Comedy Series.

The show was besides named Best Television Series, Musical aliases Comedy astatine nan Golden Globes earlier this year, pinch Jeremy and Ayo winning their respective categories.

Before The Bear, Jeremy played Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher successful nan comedy-drama bid Shameless.

He besides starred successful nan 2023 movie The Iron Claw, a biographical sports play movie astir nan Von Erichs, a family of master wrestlers who are cursed by tragedy.

On Sunday, Timothee amazed crowds by making an quality astatine a lookalike event.

At times, adoring fans accidentally heaped their attraction connected nan lookalikes, apparently reasoning they were face-to-face pinch nan real-life Timothee.

The frenzied event, advertised connected flyers astir New York, was 1 of respective look-alike competitions hosted by YouTube characteristic Anthony Po.

As connection dispersed connected societal media, thousands of group RSVP'd to nan competition, which promised $50 for nan winner.

But minutes aft nan title began - and earlier nan character made his entranceway - constabulary ordered nan ample group to disperse from Washington Square Park, and organizers were slapped pinch a $500 good for an 'unpermitted costume contest.'

At slightest 1 contestant was taken distant successful handcuffs, though constabulary did not instantly opportunity why.

Competitors astatine nan arena told DailyMail.com nan Dune character triggered 'insane' scenes - and nan NYPD moreover moved successful later to disperse crazed admirers.

At slightest 1 doppelganger was dragged distant successful handcuffs from Washington Square Park connected Sunday day arsenic nan crowd screamed: 'Let him go!'

'It was really funny, for illustration a spectacle,' bystander Megan Hattie Stahl, 33, told DailyMail.com.

'The group filming it and nan group reacting to nan cops became different furniture of spectacle. It was conscionable absurd.'

Competitor Noah Wilde, 23, said nan title was classed by crowd vote, pinch group shouting for their favourite Chalamet.

He told DailyMail.com nan crowd was 'thick' erstwhile constabulary swooped successful to effort to disperse nan young people.

'They pushed 1 kid and past they started yelling for illustration 'why nan f*** would you push me,' and made a small circle,' he said.

'They ended up getting arrested'.

But nan play was acold from over, and stunned fans were shocked erstwhile nan existent character showed up unannounced.

'Then nan existent Timothee Chalamet showed up and gave [the winner] a hug. It was insane,' Wilde said.