The sharp dressing, the silver grey hair, the whiff of freshly ground beans, it could only be…oh, um.
Nespresso is suing a coffee rival over the use of a knock-off version of George Clooney – Nespresso’s charismatic leading man – in its ads.
Israeli Espresso Club’s tongue-in-cheek ad shows a man trying to explain the benefits of the Espresso Club brand to a confused George Clooney clone.
How could you know about it, the man asks, when you spend all day ‘smiling at women and talking to yourself?’
The ad comes with a disclaimer that advises viewers the actor ‘is not George Clooney’.
Just in case you were fooled. Because it’s uncanny, it really is.