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A complete history of Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood looking the exact same

The joke that just won’t die.

THIS IS ELIJAH Wood:

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And, of course, this is Harry Potter star and noted sound man Daniel Radcliffe:

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Now, looking at them separately like this they just seem like your standard Hollywood A-List actor.

But the internet has long since moved on from that.

For years now, they’ve often been presented together, side by side – and that’s when the facial similarity shows up

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Elijah is 36 and Daniel is 27 – but LOOK

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Last May, this GIF was unleashed on to the internet, showing the transformation between Elijah and Daniel

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And it went stratospheric from there.

But the comparisons have been there since 2012 and beyond

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Daniel Radcliffe has been addressing it since 2013 – and a potential rivalry between the two

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Two fanbases clash

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Down the years, they both have solid anecdotes about mistaken identity

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Daniel has spoken at length about it on Graham Norton

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This goes back years:

“It’s much more disturbing for him, because I was being recognised as him when he was, I presume, in his early twenties. He was being recognised as me when I was 13.”

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And Elijah has talked about it on Conan too, detailing how ridiculously popular the GIF got

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“It still happens. This started happening after the Lord of the Rings had come out, and then it was consequently happening with the Harry Potter films.”

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“After a while you’re thinking it hits the internet and becomes a thing and people talk about it for a while. And you think ‘OK, we get it, the joke is over and it’ll die’ but it has long legs and it just keeps going.”

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Torture.

It will never die

To the point where Daniel has just suggested that they embrace it

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The public would welcome it

Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood, tied together forever

Let’s see how they age – a potential brotherly buddy comedy awaits.

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