LOL! Tweeps think 'Idris Elba doll' looks A LOT like James Motsamai

15 November 2018 - 11:02 By Chrizelda Kekana
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Actor Idris Elba at the premiere of 'The Mountain Between Us' during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Actor Idris Elba at the premiere of 'The Mountain Between Us' during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
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It looks like Rasta ain't the only artist who is capable of drawing the absolute opposite of the person they're meant to be putting down on a canvas. In Britain things got to a whole new level when a doll that was supposed to look like Idris Elba was released earlier this week.

The actor, who was dubbed the PEOPLE’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive has a doll made in his honour by British handcraft designers Emperis.

According to BBC the company was founded in 2010 and claims to be "thee only handcrafted ball-joined doll that is not only designed but also made in England".

The supposed look-alike doll sports a sleek three-piece-suit, blue jeans and brown shoes.

It wasn't the clothes that were the issue, it was the face... the "evil-looking" eyebrows and the extra pointy nose. No matter how you looked at it, it just isn't Idris.

Lol! It's no surprise that Idris was probably sitting there like... WTF?

According to fans across the world the dolls looks like a range of other people, but definitely not like Idris.

The man that got the most "he looks like you" tweets was Think Like A Man actor Romany Malco. But like on the real... the doll really looks a lot like him.

Exhibit A: Romany Malco

Back at home on the Mzansi streets, tweeps think the doll may have been made to resemble our very own Muvhango's James Motsamai aka Dingaan Mokebe.

Then there were all these men.

And Idris also thinks the doll looks more like

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