An Australian travel and fashion vlogger recently found himself swarmed by fans who mistook him for Ryan Reynolds while waiting at a terminal in Taiwan.
About the video: Shaun Birley, a content creator who makes videos about fashion and travel, uploaded the now-viral video to his TikTok channel last week, showing his hilarious mistaken identity experience while inside a bullet train terminal in Taiwan.
The on-screen text at the beginning of his video reads, “How do I tell them I’m not Ryan Reynolds,” and starts with Birley being approached by a woman asking for a selfie. The “fan” is seen giddy as Birley positions himself beside her.
Others begin approaching him afterward until Birley tallies 14 selfies taken.
The context: Speaking to Australian morning program “Today,” Birley explained that he was on a tourism job when the hilarious encounter occurred.
“That was like day one or two of us being there and we had the camera crew with us as well,” he said. “Then of course we were filming a bit of content with the crew and then one person came over and was like, ‘Deadpool’?”
“Once the ball started rolling, it was a relentless barrage of selfies after that,” he said.
“You made a bunch of people happy. Nothing wrong with that,”…
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