A Russian Leoarndo DiCaprio look-a-like is starring in a vodka ad and it’s FREAKING US OUT

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by Polly Foreman |
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Remember that guy from Russia who hit headlines for looking like Leonardo DiCaprio would if he let himself go and had an absolute mare? Of course you do, it was the news of the year.

Well, this guy is now in a vodka advert BECAUSE IT'S 2016 AND THESE THINGS JUST HAPPEN NOW.

Roman Burtsev, an emergency services worker turned twin of Leo (classic career progression), has a starring role in the advert for Pyat ozer (Five Lakes) – and it actually exists right now for you all to watch, and ponder its existence at length.

We didn't fully understand what was going on – but it was something about him being fake, having a fake phone, driving in a fake car, and then leaving his wife to drink vodka and sail around in a canoe boat. Which really sold it to us TBH.

We're not gonna lie - we like Roman A LOT. This is because his Instagram is full of pics of him absolutely milking the shit out of looking like Leo – and we have a lot of respect for that. We would do the same.

Dying.

DEAD.

Can't cope.

We wish we looked like Leo.

These are arguably even better than that time real Leo took a selfie

The best thing about this whole thing is that Roman doesn't even seem to particularly like Leo. After the Oscars ceremony earlier this year, while everyone was jumping around with excitement about his much anticipated first ever win, Roman totally Did not GAF.

He was quoted by Russian news site life.ru as saying: "He got an Oscar? So what? This is just a useless piece of metal. Leo doesn’t have the most important thing, which is a family."

MARRY US, ROMAN.

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