#cheetos

On the left: Bernat Costa. On the right: Cheetos bag.

His name is Bernat Costa and he is a graphic novel artist. For 7 years, he drew all the Cheetos mascot and other publicity campaigns. As he explains in an interview, every time he went to a work meeting everyone was astounded and told him how much he looked like Johnny Depp, but he never thought much about it.

Until one day he got a call from an agency who wanted to hire him and he became his official double in the state of Spain. Apparently, famous actors have an official double in every state, just in case he ever came to film a movie. Meanwhile, these doubles are hired in corporation parties and similar events. Bernat says he's also been hired for lots of birthday and wedding parties, and that "the only thing missing is to be hired as the corpse of the original."

Very often, he also has people assume he's the real Johnny Depp. People shout and cry and ask for selfies with him, invite him to their yachts, and even ask to date him (incredible considering that Johnny Depp is condemned for domestic violence against his wife!)

About this job, Bernat says "I'm very lucky to have very little personality, this makes it easier to be a double."

Lee Van Cleef in a Cheetos commercial (1985)