Budding actor, 12, who’s a lifeless ringer of Benedict Cumberbatch

Budding actor Keir Hills might need a twin, however there’s another person – somebody quite well-known – who’s the spitting picture of him.

The 12-year-old bears an uncanny resemblance to Benedict Cumberbatch, which caught the attention of the casting director on the Hollywood star’s newest movie.

Childhood footage of Cumberbatch at an analogous age show why Keir was the proper match – and he’s now showing because the son of his 45-year-old doppelganger in Chilly Conflict thriller The Courier.

Keir’s mom urged her son to the casting brokers because of his resemblance to the Hollywood star, proper

Lewis Hills, left, was being lined as much as play Cumberbatch’s son within the film till his mom urged his twin brother Keir, proper can be a greater match 

Keir’s twin Lewis, who can be an actor, was initially lined up for position, however their mom Marie O’Grady-Hills had higher concepts.

Keir instructed the Every day Mail: ‘My mum chatted to the casting director and stated I look rather a lot like Benedict Cumberbatch, in order that they requested me for a video of myself, which I did in a cloakroom, and so they ultimately requested me in for a recall in particular person and I bought the position.’

He stated there have been no arduous emotions from Lewis, who has been ‘very supportive’. ‘Me and him have a extremely good relationship – we’re actually fortunate,’ Keir stated.

‘Normally we get requested to do the identical position, so we assist one another out with studying the script and we give one another recommendation.’

Keir, who’s from London, doesn’t have appearing lessons however enjoys drama in school. Recalling his first day on set, he stated: ‘At first I used to be actually nervous, however the solid have been all so good, and I managed to take a seat subsequent to Benedict for the read-through of the script.

‘He’s such a pleasant character. I chatted to him not simply in regards to the movie however his life and it was actually attention-grabbing.

Benedict Cumberbatch, pictured, is starring in a brand new Chilly Conflict thriller, The Courier, pictured 

‘He gave me plenty of good recommendation. He loves his mum too. So we bought alongside rather a lot.’

Cumberbatch, whose mom is actress Wanda Ventham, is finest recognized for enjoying Sherlock within the BBC drama and Alan Turing in The Imitation Sport.

Keir has appeared as a shepherd in Cadbury’s 2015 Christmas advert and as a flight attendant in a Vodafone industrial. In The Courier, he performs Andrew, son of Greville Wynne, a real-life businessman who was recruited by MI6 as a spy. The movie is out now.