- Title: MALAYSIA: DAVID BECKHAM "LOOKALIKES" SELL CHOCOLATES
- Date: 20th April 2005
- Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. KUALA LUMPUR SKYLINE 2. "VICTORIA BECKHAM" LOOK ALIKE CAMILLA SHADBOLT BROWSING THROUGH DEPARTMENTAL STORE IN MALAYSIA WITH "DAVID BECKHAM" LOOK ALIKE ANDY HARMER 3. VARIOUS BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES DISTRIBUTING FLYERS IN DEPARTMENT STORE 4. BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES OUTSIDE DEPARTMENTAL STORE 5. PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES OF LOOK ALIKES 6. BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES POSING WITH PEOPLE 7. BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS 8. BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES POSING 9. AUTOGRAPHS FROM LOOK ALIKES 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) MALAYSIAN MAN SAYING: "His hair, his face, its him! That's right. He is David Beckham." 11. BECKHAM LOOK ALIKES AT STORE 12. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) MALAY GIRL SAYING: "I think that is right. He is Beckham. Nobody would lie about that." 13. POSTER ABOUT BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES 14. BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES POSING WITH PRIZE WINNER 15. SMALL BOY RECEIVING CONFECTIONERY AND POSING WITH THE BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES 16. RITZ CARLTON HOTEL SIGNAGE 17. BECKHAMS LOOK ALIKES TALKING TO TRIP SPONSOR C.K. TAN 18. VARIOUS BECKHAM LOOK ALIKE ANDY HARMER'S HAIR AND EARRING 19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BECKHAM LOOK ALIKE ANDY HARMER SAYING: "Yeah yeah, I have met David and we were dressed exactly the same. They had the tattoos drawn on me and I am not sure if he likes it. I think he was a bit spooked about it. David is a lovely person and I am sure he is fine." 20. VICTORIA BECKHAM LOOK ALIKE CAMILLA SHADBOLT LISTENING 21. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BECKHAM LOOK ALIKE ANDY HARMER SAYING: "I can bend it, I know how to swerve it but maybe not quite as much as David." 22. CAMILLA SHADBOLT 23. CRUCIFIX PENDANT ON CAMILLA SHADBOLT 24. (SOUNDBITE) (English) VICTORIA BECKHAM LOOK ALIKE CAMILLA SHADBOLT SAYING: "I really enjoy this work. It is really different. I mean its given me a lot of opportunities I would not have experienced if it hasn't been for this job. It has taken me to wonderful countries like here for instance, Japan, Canada. I consider myself really lucky to be given the chance to do those things. And the question on singing, no I can't sing. Not at all." 25. CAMILLA SHADBOLT POURING HONEY ON PANCAKES WHILE ANDY HARMER LOOKS ON 26. CAMILLAH SHADBOLT AND ANDY HARMER HAVING BREAKFAST Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
- Country: Malaysia
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- Story Text: Beckham "lookalikes" sell chocolates in Malaysia.
David and Victoria Beckham, probably one of
the most photographed couples in the world, have appeared in
Malaysia to promote chocolates. Or rather, their impersonators
did.
A Malaysian confectionery maker brought in impersonators,
Andy Harmer and Camilla Shadbolt from Eastbourne. England
to pose as the Beckhams in a chocolate promotion in
Kuala Lumpur.
The couple did their rounds through several departmental stores in
the city, convincing a few people that the footballer Beckham and
his popstar wife were in town.
"His hair, his face, its him! That's right. He is David Beckham,"
said a shopper..
A young Malay girl also believed she had met the football star.
"I think that is right. He is Beckham. Nobody would lie about that."
she said.
Impersonating the England football captain and Real Madrid star
has been a boon for 26-year-old Harmer, who earns £500 for each
David Beckham act and he has even stood in for the footbal star in
movies like "Bend it like Beckham" and television commercials.
"Yeah yeah, I have met David and we were dressed exactly
the same. They had the tattoos drawn on me and I am not
sure if he likes it. I think he was a bit spooked about it.
David is a lovely person and I am sure he is fine," said
Harmer.
Besides the looks, Harmer can also play football and claimed to
have attended trials with English Premier League club Tottenham
Hotspur. But a knee injury put paid to any career on the pitch.
"I can bend it. I know how to swerve it but maybe not quite as much
as David," said Harmer of his remaining football prowess.
Victoria Beckham lookalike Camilla Shadbolt, 23, said
her similarity to Posh Spice was only limited to the looks
and the travels.
"I really enjoy this work. It is really different.
I mean its given me a lot of opportunities I would not
have experienced if it hasn't been for this job. It has
taken me to wonderful countries like here for instance, Japan,
Canada. I consider myself really lucky to be given the
chance to do those things. And the question on singing, no
I can't sing. Not at all."
The two have been impersonating the famous English
couple in many parts of the world for the past seven
years.
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