Celebrity Doubles
A group of teenagers is standing outside a shop in Manchester,
England. Many of _____ have cameras and are looking in the shop
window. ____ want to see the movie star Daniel Radcliffe. A man
in the shop looks like Radcliffe, but ______ isn’t the famous actor.
He’s Andrew Walker - a twenty-two-year old shop clerk.
Walker isn’t surprised by the teenagers. People often stop
_____ on the street and want to take his picture. Walker is a clerk,
but he also makes money as Daniel’s double. Today, many
companies work with celebrity doubles. They look like famous
athletes, pop singers, and actors. The companies pay doubles to go
to parties and business meetings. Doubles are also on TV and in
newspapers ads.
Why do people want to look like a celebrity? One double in the
USA says, “I can make good money. I also make a lot of people
happy”.
Adapted from World Link - Developing English Fluency