Glen Powell was the latest celebrity to be given a look-alike contest. The actor upped the ante by adding a film cameo to the award.

• Glen Powell is the latest Hollywood star to have his own look-alike competition.

• It was held in the actor’s hometown of Austin, Texas, and the actor performed via video message.

• Powell included a cameo in his next film as a last-minute addition to the competition’s prize.

Glen Powell is the latest A-list star to get his own look-alike competition, but he upped the ante for fans on Sunday by offering a cameo in his next film as part of the prize.

Celebrity-like competitions have become more and more popular.

ONE Timothée Chalamet competition held in New York in October received wide media coverage as the “Dune” star made a surprise appearance and posed for photos. The winner, dressed as Willy Wonka, won $50.

Other competitions around the world have revolved around stars such as Paul MescalHarry Styles and Dev Patel.

In the past two years, Powell’s star power has risen significantly following the massive success of “Top Gun: Maverick.” “Everyone but you,” “Hit Man,” and “Twisters.”

On November 24, a look-alike contest was held at Auditorium Shores park in Powell’s hometown of Austin, Texas, judged by his mother and his aunt. The event was organized by local fan Katy Carpenter.

The actor himself was unable to appear in person because he was filming Paramount’s “The Running Man” reboot with director Edgar Wright in Glasgow, Scotland.

In one video message to the audience shared with Fox 7 by organizers, Powell joked that he was planning a heist using all of his doppelgangers.

He said: “I want to do a robbery and we don’t need masks because we all have the same face: it’s the perfect crime. They can’t get us all because we’re one – a criminal Glen- terprise.”

Then the star offered a unique prize: a cameo in his next film.

He added: “I know there’s some money and a hat at stake here, but I just wanted to say that the winner of today’s competition will get a personal prize from me.

“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. I am completely serious.”

The prize is a big step up compared to other look-alike competitions.

The Chalamet look-alike won $50, which appears to be about the going rate for pageant winners, per Vulture’s reporting. Prizes have included a plastic trophy, a Chipotle gift card and a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes for Jeremy Allen-White’s twin “The Bear.”

However, not all of the competitions have been light-hearted events. The BBC reported that the New York Police Department made several arrests at the original Timothée Chalamet event in October. The people involved were later released with a summons.

There was no drama at the Powell look-alike contest, and a man named Max Braunstein won the event while dressed as the actor’s character from “Top Gun: Maverick.”

He won a video call with the actor, a cowboy hat, a year’s supply of Torchy’s Queso and a movie cameo for a family member, according to Fox 7.

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