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Glen Powell Offers Movie Cameo to Family Member of Lookalike Contest Winner

The grand prize winner will have the chance to see one of their closest relatives in the next Glen Powell-starring blockbuster.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 26: Glen Powell attends the Netflix Special Screening of "Hitman" at Soho House on October 26, 2024 in London, England.
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Glen Powell has offered the chance of a lifetime to one lucky family member of his lookalike competition winner.

Ahead of the actor's lookalike competition in his hometown of Austin, Texas, on Sunday, November 24, Powell posted a surprise video where he explained the grand prize.

"Welcome to the Justin Hartley lookalike contest," Powell said in the video below, joking about his resemblance to the actor-director. "In all seriousness, I’ve assembled you here today at Auditorium Shores for an important mission. I want to pull off a heist. We don’t need masks because we all have the same face, it’s the perfect crime. They can’t get all of us because we are one. A criminal Glen-terprise."

The Twisters star added that he might've been shooting overseas and couldn't make the occasion and that a hat and cash prize were "at stake" before revealing his "personal" prize to the top winner.

"Now you may know that my parents make a cameo in every movie I make, but today, the winner of the Glen Powell lookalike contest wins their parents, or any family member of their choice, a cameo in my next movie. I am completely serious," he said.

Joking that the cameo opportunity is "a cash-value prize of $6 billion," Powell invited participants to enjoy his "favorite city in the world."

"Keep Austin weird, hook ’em horns and see you 'round. Every time I look in the mirror," the actor joked at the video's conclusion.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, Powell's mother, Cyndy Powell, and aunt, Kathleen Fish, were present during the lookalike festivities, where a man named Max Braunstein won. Braunstein, who wore a costume that resembled Powell's in Top Gun: Maverick, took part in a post-event video call with Powell, also winning a cowboy hat and free Torchy's queso for a year in addition to the monetary prize and cameo for a family member.

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