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Seeing double! Meet Leonardo DiCaprio's Swedish doppelgänger


UPDATED FEBRUARY 7, 2019 7:53 AM EST

#Twinning! Meet KonradAnnerud, the Swedish bartender who shares an uncanny resemblance to a young Leonardo DiCaprio. The 21-year-old hasbecome a hit on Instagram, amassing over 54,000 followers because of hislikeness to the Hollywood star.

In additionto their physical similarities, Konrad seems to favor a similar fashion stylethat the 40-year-old actor used to rocks in the 90s, opting for leatherjackets, tight jeans and boots.

The aspiring singer shares a strong resemblance to a young Leonardo DiCaprio Photos: Instagram/@konradannerud/Getty Images

Slicking back his dirty blonde hair and nailing the smoldering Leonardo glare in his Instagram pictures, the likeness between the Inception actor and the young Swede was noticed by local paper nyheter24.se who interviewed the aspiring singer. “I get to hear that I look like him quite often, especially since I work as a bartender in a nightclub,” said the Leonardo look-alike.

However, he admitted thatsometimes his looks can be quite a burden. “It can bequite annoying sometimes when people call me ‘Leo’ instead of my real name,” hesaid. “When I was in Italy this summer, I almost felt like shaving myhair off. It was very chaotic, people were yelling ‘Leo’ and wanted to takephotos with me all the time. It was one of the craziest thingsI’ve ever experienced.”

Konrad says people often mistake him for the Hollywood actor Photo: Instagram/@konradannerud

It isn’tall bad though as Konrad admits: “But it’s fun to be like him, he’s handsome!”

On theother side of the world in Hollywood, Leonardo is gearing up for the release ofhis latest film The Revenant, in which he stars with  Tom Hardy. The movie, setto be released on Christmas Day, is inspired by true events and followsexplorer Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo, who attempts to navigate himself backhome after being attacked by a bear in the American wilderness and left fordead by the other members of his hunting team.