Glen Powell look-a-like contest draws hundreds to Auditorium Shores

AUSTIN, Texas – After a string of celebrity-style events across the country, Austin is joining the fun with his own for homegrown star Glen Powell.

Hundreds of people gathered at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, November 24 to select Glen Powell 2.0.

Quite a few competitors showed up to the event, some with surprising similarities, and waited as the crowd cheered their votes. In the end, contestant number 4 took home the win, but his real name is Maxwell Braunstein, a physician assistant here in Austin.

“My face hasn’t hurt like this since I was ten and at Disney World,” Braunstein said.

Braunstein said he’s heard the comparison before, so he’s not entirely surprised by the result.

“I told people I wanted to win. I mentioned it to my friends who sent it to me,” Braunstein said.

His prize was a whopping $5, a cowboy hat, free queso from Torchy’s for a year and a thumbs up from the real Glen Powell’s mom, who was in the crowd with the actor on FaceTime.

“Blessed that your mother thinks I’m anything like you,” Braunstein said.

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“It’s just such an Austin thing that has to happen and we love Glen Powell, so we were like, you know what, let’s see who really thinks they look like Glen Powell,” said Stephanie Gallegos, a Glen Powell fan and participant in Sunday’s competition.

She joined a group of friends from the University of Texas at Austin to catch a glimpse of his doppelganger.

“A lot of people say that he’s like the cute now of like the UT Austin culture, rather than Matthew McConaughey,” Sarah Campa said. “He’s been replaced. It makes sense that all the girls are here.”

Sorry McConaughey, but Austin has a new girlfriend in town.

“What better way to celebrate ATX’s favorite heartthrob,” said Kate Carpenter, event organizer.

The event brought several hundred people to Auditorium Shores.

“It’s a testament that Glen Powell loves this town, loves people and is just a great guy,” Carpenter said.

If you won’t take it from Carpenter, take it from Glen Powell himself. Powell sent a video stamp of approval to Carpenter and offered a special prize.

“I know there’s some money and a hat on the line here, but I just wanted to say that the winner of today’s contest will get a personal prize from me,” Powell said. “Now you may know that my parents make a cameo in every film I make, but today the winner of the Glen Powell lookalike contest wins their parents or any family member of their choice a cameo in my next film. “

“Take a picture together for me, enjoy my favorite city in the world, keep Austin weird, hook ’em Horns and look around every time I look in the mirror,” Powell said in the video.

Powell himself was not present as he is currently working overseas on his next project. According to IMDb, Powell has a movie “The Running Man” and a TV series “Chad Powers” in production.

Powell’s credits include the comedy-horror series “Scream Queens,” the action sequel “Top Gun: Maverick,” the romantic comedy “Anyone But You” with Sydney Sweeney, the disaster film “Twisters” and the dark comedy “Hit Man.”