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Zac Efron

This week, we wrote about The New Male Beauty, an eerie new product of the Hollywood image factory. Our young leading actors have become increasingly indistinguishable--a series of slightly feminized faces flitting through romantic comedies and franchise action flicks. And there is a precise science to this face: the wide-set eyes, the narrow nose that flares up at the tip just so, the childish puffy cheeks and the not-too-rugged jaw lines, topped with carefully placed strands of layered hair.

Flip through our slideshow of lookalikes. Captions provided, you’ll need ‘em!

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