This Teenager Looks Exactly Like Benedict Cumberbatch (and Girls Love Him Just as Much)
Canât get famous by being talented and perfecting your craft over years and years of hard work? Have you considered just looking exactly like that other famous person?  Tyler Michell, 17, of Norfolk in England looks a lot like a young Benedict Cumberbatch. Like itâs spooky how similar they look. Like it looks like someone Benjamin Button-ed the real Benedict Cumberbatch and heâs a teenager again. Also probably what Benedict Cumberbatchâs soon-to-be-born baby will look like in high school (i.e. like Benedict Cumerbatch, but younger). Anyway, Tyler is Instagram famous for taking selfies that look like Sherlock.  NEWS: Can you tell which is the real Cumberbatch and which is wax?  "It started out as a joke,â Tyler told The Telegraph. âMy close friends and family would tease me and say I looked like Benedict Cumberbatch. I guess I look like him a little -- but I really didn't take it seriously.â He continued,  "Then people would come up to me at school and say, 'Wow you really look like Sherlock.' Suddenly people started adding me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and I got more and more friends and followers...[Itâs] crazy as I'm just a teenage boy sitting at home.â A teenage boy sitting at home looking exactly like Benedict Cumberbatch though.  WATCH: Blake Shelton has hilariously never heard of Benedict Cumberbatch Now, Tyler says people come up to him on the streets and comfort him about losing the Academy Award to Eddie Redmayne (which is ridiculous, because while he does looks like Benedict Cumberbatch, heâs also 20 years younger. Cumberbatch looks great, but câmon, people, are you blind?)  "I was shocked Benedict didn't win. This might be biased but I thought he was the best nomination,â Tyler says of The Imitation Game. âEven though he lost, it hasn't stopped the attention I get.â Take comfort in that, Benedict Cumerbatch. Your loss hasnât negatively affected a teenager who looks like you.  NEWS: We need these glorious Benedict Cumberbatch leggings ASAP please! For what itâs worth, Tyler doesnât think he looks that much like Cumberbatch (but is happy to receive the attention nonetheless).  "In honesty, I don't really see the similarity,â he says. âI'm a huge fan of Benedict, but I don't think I look like him. " Tylerâs mom, Nicola Alderton, also claims,  "It could be quite surreal having a Hollywood superstar lookalike in the house, but he's just our Tyler. " OK, mom. Find out more about Cumberbatch and fiancÃ©e Sophie Hunterâs first child: