Is it true that in one Brazil’s cargo company three doubles of three Hollywood stars work at once?

In 2024, there were reports that three friends live in social networks in the Brazilian province, who became popular bloggers because of their external similarities with famous actors: Will Smith, Jackie Chan and Martin Lawrence. We checked the reliability of this story.

In December 2024, publics in VKontakte massively They wrotethat the three best friends supposedly live in Brazil who work in an ordinary freight company and at the same time amazingly similar to actors Will Smith, Jackie Chan And Martina Lawrencedue to which in a short time became very popular. Similar notes They went out and in the fall, but then basically they were devoted only to men who looked like Chan and Smith (some authors declared About similarity with another artist - Chris Taker). As evidence in such publications, collections of several photos and videos were given.

In "VKontakte»Many similar posts are available. Among the most popular are the records of the Plugs "Kinomania | Films and TV shows ”(twice: 2.1 million And 1.5 million Views at the time of writing this analysis), “Worthy films” (three times: 2.9 million, 825 000 And 470 000) and “commentator from God” (twice: 2.7 million And 363,000). There are such publications in Telegram (examples here And here).

The alleged doubles of actors are active in several social networks. For example, on Instagram* they have a common profile Bad Boys in Bahia (110,000 subscribers), the name of which in translation means "Bad guys in the [Brazilian state] BAIA." Each of the bloggers in this social network also has its own personal pages: @willbaiano (3.2 million subscribers), @martinbaiano (817 000) and @jekibaiano (285,000) in the doubles of Smith, Lawrence and Chan, respectively. The word Baiano in useries denotes people from the state of BAI. In Tiktok, a man similar to Smith, 1.9 million subscribers, and what is similar to Chana- - 1.2 million.

In the descriptions of the profiles of three bloggers on Instagram, in addition to different contact details, the phrase Personagem #ia is indicated - translated from Portuguese, this means “character #AI”. That is, the Internet signaling themselves note that they use applications to change the appearance with the help of neural networks. They also posted a video where, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), they changed the faces of other people - and they became similar to Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snip And Diesel wine.

Blogers are called Nayo Barreto (depicts Smith), Kleber Santos (Lawrence) and Laudelino Lucas (Chana). Judging by the publications in the social networks of Santos and Lucas, they began their “reincarnations” only in 2024, and Barreto by that time portrayed Smith for several years. For example, back in 2015, he made cosplay in style character From the film "People in Black", where the actor played, and in 2020-his hero From the series "Prince from Beverly Hills." Judging by the posts of Barreto, in the same year he became use programs (in particular, Impressions.app) To give his face more similarity to the actor.

In the summer of 2024 during the promotion of the film "Bad guys to the end"Smith reputed Video with his imitator and double of Lawrence (the actor also plays in the picture) and asked: "How do we call these two?" Then about Barreto wrote Brazilian news portal G1. The publication reported that the 30-year-old blogger and entrepreneur lives in the municipality of Kamasari. “Everyone always joked that I looked like Will Smith because of my height, hair and skin color. I really like him, so I took advantage of this similarity to go to costume parties, ”Barreto recalled. During the Pandemia of Coronavirus, he began to upload videos using Deepfake technology, and before the release of the new part of the Bad Guys franchise, he decided to find himself partner To simulate the famous duet. Through common friends, Barreto met with 38-year-old Santos, who became a double of Lawrence. Thanks to the success in social networks, a couple of bloggers were invited to the prerequisite of the new film in one of the shopping centers of Salvador, the capital of BAIA. According to Barreto, for this they studied the clothes that actors wear at such events, and They came In similar outfits.

Then, in an interview with G1, bloggers said that they dream of meeting their idols, and already in the fall this happened. In September Smith I visited Brazil to participate in the Rock In Rio music festival and prepared a surprise for Barreto and Santos, Meeting With them in a taxi in program TV presenter Luciano Haka (he in the summer conceived Arrange such a meeting).

In addition, Smith invited Barreto to his performance and called the blogger to the stage. Together they removed several photo And video. “I wanted to meet this dude since I saw his first video! Thank you for supporting my success in Brazil for me, a twin ” - wrote In social networks Smith.

Lucas, who depicts Chana, began his career for his career. Judging by the posts of the blogger, the first video he Published In Tiktok in September - just a few days before the meeting of his future colleagues with Smith. The video watched more than 16 million times, and now more than 1 million people have been signed on Lucas, so the G1 portal released material about it. From there it is known that Lucas is 48 years old, he has five children and two grandchildren, he has been living in Kamasari for several years and works as a seller of coconuts. According to the blogger, Jackie's nickname began to be called 17 years ago and it fell in love with the wife of Lucas. The man decided to engage in blogging in June: “When I watched the video“ Will Smith from Baia ”with artificial intelligence, it occurred to me to make an idea to make a video based on a stage where Jackie Chan teaches Jaiden Smith (son Will Smith.-Approx. Ed.) In the film“ Karate-Falls ”. So I took this plot, made a cool video and laid it on the social network. ” In the sketch, Chan's double asked Smith Sr. to repay the debt. Since October, Lucas and Barreto became lay out Joint video. The blogger joked that the “bad guys” were a trio, so they need a new name, and said that he really wanted to meet a real Chan.

Thus, three bloggers live in Brazil, who met relatively recently in order to jointly portray three actors: Jackie Chan, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Men did not work together in a cargo company, as stated in viral publications, and their phenomenal similarity to stars is the result of the use of neural networks.

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Instagram, is prohibited by an extremist organization, its activities and symbolism in Russia.

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