Actor Cole Sprouse rarely posts photographs of himself on social media, as the Riverdale star typically sticks to sharing his personal photography shots and pictures of his co-star girlfriend, Lili Reinhart.
However, the 27-year-old recently made an exception, and earlier this week, Sprouse decided to post a series of pictures of himself that were taken by photographer Alex Hainer during a socially distanced photo shoot.
In the video below, Sprouse shares adorable pictures from his first Tonight Show appearance:But rather than complement Sprouse's new facial hair or Hainer's use of lighting in the shots, there were many people who couldn't get over Cole's apparent resemblance to Empire star Terrence Howard.
After debuting the new look, it wasn't long before one Twitter user said that Sprouse bore a striking resemblance to Howard, and soon countless others began to make the comparison.
In fact, the comparison was made so many times that the words "Terrence Howard" began to trend on Twitter the morning that Sprouse posted the photoshoot to his 32.1 million Instagram followers.
One Twitter user wrote: "Certainly looks like a young Terrence Howard to me."
Some of the tweets may have been made in jest, however, others did take umbrage with the photoshoot.
Some Twitter users accused Sprouse of "blackfishing" - when a person deliberately attempts to appear as if they have a black heritage through makeup tanning and/or hairstyles.
Another user said: "If y'all said Bhad Bhabie was black fishing y'all HAVE to say he is also black fishing it's only fair."
But some people simply thought that Sprouse was looking fine - so much so that they struggled to recognize him.
"Hold up… Wait a minute! That's Cole Sprouse?!" one Twitter user wrote. "Why he lookin like a man all of a sudden and a fine one at that?"
This comes after Adam Sandler and Cole Sprouse had Big Daddy reunion 20 years later late last year, and he revealed the most romantic thing he's ever done for Lili Reinhart.
