Ali Landry, Shania Twain | STILL THE...WHICH ONE? Landry, left, and the real Twain
Image credit: Ali Landry: Sara de Boer/American Foto Features/Retna; Shania Twain: Paul Smith/Feature Flash/Retna
STILL THE...WHICH ONE? Landry, left, and the real Twain
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Mistaken Identities

Celebrities dish on their famous look-alikes -- Claire Danes, Ali Landry, and others reveal the celebs fans often think they are

HAL SPARKS (''Queer as Folk'') ''People think Freddie Prinze Jr. is me, and they go, 'Wow, Hal Sparks is taller in person.'''

CLAIRE DANES (''Igby Goes Down'') ''Cameron Diaz approached me like seven years ago in Barneys and said, 'Are you Gwyneth?'''

ALI LANDRY (''Spy TV'') ''Shania Twain. People would stop me in a mall and want me to sign their CDs.''

DAVID ARQUETTE (''Eight Legged Freaks'') ''That guy who does commercials for AT&T. It's actually been Carrot Top the whole time. He just took off his mask and is now doing it as himself.''

BEN AFFLECK ''People follow me and scream, 'Matt, Matt, Matt!' It hasn't gotten to the point where I'm going to answer to 'Matt [Damon].'''

Originally posted Sep 18, 2002 Published in issue #673 Sep 20, 2002 Order article reprints

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