PARTNER IN CRIME

Hollywood Star Overwhelmed By Luigi Mangione Comparisons

Actor Dave Franco confirmed he has been inundated with messages about his lookalike.

Please stop tagging actor Dave Franco in posts about Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson—he’s aware of the discourse, and of their resemblance. At least that’s what the actor said while being interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. “Anyone? Do you mean everyone?” Franco’s wife, actress Alison Brie, chimed in when the outlet asked if he had heard about the comparisons. “I have never received more texts in my life about anything,” Franco confirmed. “Anyone who has my phone number has reached out about it.” Franco, who is at the festival to promote two new films, is just one of the names being bandied about for a possible Mangione biopic, though Brie joked there have been “no official offers”—or indeed, no confirmation that a big screen treatment is in the works. That hasn’t stopped social media users from throwing Franco, Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story actor Cooper Koch into the casting mix, among others. “I think I have to take a departure from the crime scenes and do something else,” Koch told Entertainment Tonight in response to the buzz.