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He has a lot of value on the “stalk” market.
A man from the UK claims that he bears such a striking resemblance to Joe Goldberg from the popular Netflix series “You” that female fans often approach him asking to be “kidnapped and locked in cages.”
“People really love the idea of being stalked by Joe,” Nikita Darwin, 22, told South West News Service of these macabre requests.
Living in Dover, the man mentioned that the attention started when his friends and family pointed out his uncanny likeness to Penn Badgley’s character on the show, known for his unsettling behavior of pursuing, dating, and even harming affluent women — a blend of “Dexter” and “Gossip Girl.”
Explaining the situation, the man named Darwin shared, “I have a lot of family and friends say that I look like Joe from You. A lot of people tell me that I have a serial killer vibe, which is kind of scary as I am not trying to be a serial killer.”
Despite initially finding the comparisons “crazy,” the Goldberg doppelganger has since embraced his dead ringer status — and even started posting videos of himself to TikTok parroting the “You” character’s dress and mannerisms.
Since the Brit started his page in January, the slasher villain facsimile has amassed over 180,000 followers due to his killer looks.
“I get thousands upon thousands of messages every day of people telling me that I look like Joe,” the inadvertent impersonator said.
Sometimes the fandom can turn a bit creepy as well. Darwin, who is single, said that he often receives messages on dating apps from female fans, who send him their real-time location so he can “stalk” them.
“I get people on dating apps messaging me asking if I can put them in a glass cage,” exclaimed the inadvertent impressionist. “They don’t think I am a catfish, they just think I am a really good lookalike.”
He added, “I just respond to them saying I’m his brother and their reaction is always a surprise.”
Darwin said he even gets stalking requests in person when he leaves his house.
Despite being a fan of the show, whose fifth and final season premiered on Netflix last month to mixed reviews, Darwin said he doesn’t understand women’s fascination with Joe Goldberg.
“In all honesty, I don’t think people would enjoy it as much as they think they would,” he said. “I think he is really bad, but all the girls seem to be fascinated by this serial killer, which is really messed up.”