You're not seeing double! From siblings with restraining orders to one twin you
might have mistaken for movie magic, these megastars came in pairs.
Scarlett Johansson may be one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood,
but she's also incredibly private, and rarely speaks about her personal life. As a result,
some fans may be shocked to learn that the "Black Widow" actor actually has a twin brother.
Hunter Johansson shares his sister's affinity for privacy, as evidenced by his infrequently
updated social media accounts and decision to live his life outside the spotlight,
so we don't know much about him. At one point, it seems he considered becoming an actor,
appearing briefly in the 1996 movie "Manny & Lo," which starred his sister but seeing as that's the
only project listed on his IMDb, he must have quickly decided that the career path wasn't
for him. Instead, he chose to work in politics, campaigning for President Barack Obama in 2008 and
acting as a community liaison for Manhattan's borough president in the years prior to that.
These days, Hunter heads up Solar Responders, a non-profit that helps first responders after
natural disasters. It's work worth doing, and, according to Scarlett,
it's work that is representative of his character. Speaking about her younger twin, she told People,
"If there is a truly altruistic person I know in my life, it's my brother.
He reminds me to be a better person all the time. I'm incredibly proud of him."
Born five minutes after actor Ashton Kutcher, Michael Kutcher was a surprise to his own family,
who thought there was only one bundle of joy on the way. Weighing less than five pounds at birth,
Michael was eventually diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a fact that Ashton revealed to the world
in 2003. As Michael explained to Today, at the time, he wanted to keep his life private, but that
all changed. He went on to become a spokesperson and advocate for various disability organizations.
"I realized that through his celebrity…ism, that I really could use that to have a voice."
Michael's diagnosis means that his experiences have been quite different than his twin brother's,
but he told Today that Ashton has always been in his corner, saying:
"I was called every name in the book on the playground. I had difficulty
making friends. But I had him there to help me and support me. He stood
up for me. He wanted [others] to treat me with respect. And that meant a lot."
Ashton sang his younger twin's praises in his acceptance speech for the Robert
D. Ray Pillar of Character Award in 2017. He told the audience that
he's learned invaluable life lessons from Michael, saying:
"We're not all created equal. We're all created incredibly inequal to one another,
in our capabilities and what we can do and how we think and what we see."
"But we all have the equal capacity to love one another, and my brother taught me that."
Identical twins may share 100% of the same DNA, but that doesn't mean they'll make 100% of the
same career choices. Just ask "Orange Is the New Black" actor Laverne Cox and her identical twin
brother Reginald Lamar Cox, who goes by M Lamar. Laverne has made a name for herself as an actor
and activist, while M Lamar has channeled his creativity into music and the fine arts. Still,
despite their varied directions in life, the siblings have a lot of love for one another.
After M Lamar played her character Sophia pre-transition on "Orange
Is the New Black," Laverne gushed about her twin to Yahoo!, saying:
"There's a wonderful bond that we share, and there's a tremendous amount of respect
that we have for each other as artists and as human beings. So I'm really grateful
that I got to share a little bit of this show and this moment with him."
In return, M Lamar gave an emotional speech about his famous sibling after
being eliminated from the ABC reality series "Claim to Fame."
"I love her so much. Um, I think she is the most extraordinary person I've ever met."
It wouldn't be a stretch to call Mark Sinclair Vincent, aka Vin Diesel, one of the world's
biggest action stars. And yet, as gigantic a star as he is, there are still some parts of his life
that are not common knowledge. For starters, he has a twin brother named Paul Vincent.
Per MTV News, Vin and Paul are fraternal twins. Every now and again,
Vin will upload snapshots of his twin to social media,
like a 2014 Facebook post of a picture of his sibling and Paul Walker. He wrote:
"You see... the other guy in the photo is also named Paul... and although they
look more alike, he is actually my twin brother."
There isn't a ton of information about Vin's twin on the internet, but again,
as the "Fast and Furious" actor's posts suggest, they have a strong bond.
"There's always room for family."
But apparently, maintaining all the privacy around his brother has its downsides,
too. In a 2015 Facebook Live, Vin had to address a
false rumor about some guy who was supposedly his actual twin brother.
"I've never met that guy in my life. Stop torturing him. He's not my twin brother."
And of course, he gave a shout-out to his real twin after that.
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen may be unrivaled on the catwalk,
but at home, the Victoria's Secret Angel shares the spotlight with five
accomplished sisters. One of those sisters is her fraternal twin, Patricia Bündchen.
As Gisele recounted in Vanity Fair, she and Patricia attended modeling classes together
when they were kids, and while only one of the twins found a career on the runway,
the other moved into the business side of the industry. For years, she worked as Gisele's
manager and spokesperson, and these days she helps her sister manage her various ventures.
For her part, Gisele seems to really cherish the bond she shares with
Patricia. In one 2019 Instagram post, the model called Patricia her "other half,"
noting that they're always "connected at heart" even when separated physically.
In another, she wrote:
"How lucky I was to be born with my twin and best friend."
Linda Hamilton established herself as an icon with her role as Sarah Connor in
the "Terminator" series. But long before she was a household name known for her fearless,
take-no-prisoners character, Linda was simply one half of the Hamilton twins.
It seems Leslie Hamilton was never really as interested in acting as her identical
twin sister was. According to her IMDb page, she did appear in one single movie — "Terminator 2:
Judgment Day" where she fittingly played a copy of Sarah formed by
the shapeshifting T-1000. As Linda told Entertainment Weekly in 1991,
"They were going to use a process shot for the double,
but they flew Leslie in and were delighted."
"And actually my agent and manager thought she was the one in the front rather than
the one behind, so nobody knows how she, you know, how she was used."
The actor also got a kick out of her twin getting a peek at the inner workings of show business.
Unfortunately, in August 2020, Leslie died unexpectedly at the age of 63.
All '90s kids know that one-time teenage heartthrob Aaron Carter is a younger sibling
to Backstreet Boys crooner Nick Carter, but if you missed the family's short-lived reality show
"House of Carters," you might not know that he also has a twin sister named Angel Carter.
After her brothers' music careers took off, Angel seemed happy to be along for the ride,
frequently joining them on red carpets and at events. The siblings appear to have been close
when they were growing up, with Aaron even walking her down the aisle at her wedding
in 2014. After working as a model, Angel started her very own interior design firm.
Unfortunately, times have changed, and the once tight twins were no longer on
speaking terms. For years, the entire Carter family have feuded publicly,
throwing jabs back and forth in the tabloids and in interviews. This
resulted in multiple legal bouts, including a restraining order filed against Aaron.
In November 2021, Aaron stated in a series of tweets that he and
Melanie Martin split after welcoming their first child because of his twin, writing:
"There has been a very big lie and my sister communicating w my ex fiancé
ruined everything considering she knew what angel tried to do to me in court."
Aaron Carter passed away on November 5th, 2022 at age 34.
Rami Malek and his identical twin brother have pursued wildly different paths in life. Rami is
obviously an Oscar-winning actor, best known for films like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "No Time to
Die," as well as for starring in the critically acclaimed TV series "Mr. Robot." Meanwhile,
his brother Sami is an educator, who began his career through the Teach
for America program and became an English teacher at the STEM Academy of Hollywood.
Though the twins do not work in show business together, they are forever a
team. In an interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Rami shared that he and Sami have always had
a tight bond and that they're willing to drop whatever they're doing to help one another out.
"So he's loving being called exotic, too. I think the other day he hit me up, he said, 'Hey,
when am I gonna get some of this Mr. Robot shrapnel?"
Rami has also recounted a story from their college years where he pretended to be his
brother, and delivered a Greek monologue so that Sami would be able to graduate.
"That lucky bastard. He owes me."
"His diploma now being revoked."