A builder who looks like Hugh Grant has said fans stop him for selfies every day and can’t believe he isn’t film star Grant.
Nigel Lambert, 50 years old, He said the image causes strangers to stop him on the street and ask for photos, only for him to turn red and reveal that he is just a lookalike.
The father of four only noticed similarities with Grant when he turned forty.
“I get mistaken for it. It’s constant. It’s everywhere,” said Nigel, from Port Talbot, south Wales.
‘Almost every day someone stops me and asks for a photo. My face turns red and I tell them I’m not him.
Nigel Lambert (pictured), 50, said the image causes strangers to stop him in the street and ask for photos, usually causing his face to turn red as he reveals he is just a lookalike.
The father of four only noticed similarities to Hugh Grant (pictured above in 2009) when he turned forty.
“I get mistaken for it. It’s constant. It’s everywhere,” said Nigel, from Port Talbot, south Wales.
‘When I’m working, clients point it out to me. If I take my wife to a restaurant, people come up and say “you look like Hugh Grant.”
‘A guy in a restaurant asked me for a photo to send to his wife. It happens in the supermarket, on the street, in restaurants. I can see people looking and thinking “is that him?”
Nigel says it’s not just his looks that make him look like the actor, but he’s also a “gentleman.”
Nigel said: ‘I’m a gentleman. I keep the doors open for people, women and men. I am kind to everyone.
‘Once I was leaving a store and helped a lady who was struggling with her stroller.
‘When I’m working, clients point it out to me. “If I take my wife to a restaurant, people come up and say ‘you look like Hugh Grant,'” said Nigel (pictured as a child).
Nigel says it’s not just his looks that make him look like the actor, but he’s also a “gentleman.”
His wife Leah, 47, is a Hugh Grant fan (pictured) and Nigel says she has “no complaints” about her husband being his lookalike.
‘I only noticed it when I turned forty. I’m not sure what has changed about me. “My hair got longer and my face started to change,” Nigel said.
“I took it out for her and put her bags in the car and she said, ‘You look like him, I can see what they’re talking about.’
‘I didn’t know this woman so I assumed she had been discussing the issue with someone. I just accept it.’
His wife Leah, 47, is a fan of the star and Nigel says she has “no complaints” about her husband being her lookalike.
Nigel added: “I’m flattered by that. We like Hugh Grant and we like his films. We like Notting Hill.
“I hope my wife thinks he’s a handsome guy.” She doesn’t complain though.
‘I only noticed it when I turned forty. I’m not sure what has changed about me. My hair got longer and my face started to change.’
