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Sean Cassity from Utah attended Sundance Film Festival
Ran into Bradley Cooper and got a selfie with actor posted to Instagram
Friends were impressed but some questioned if it was really the star
Reports say a lookalike has been crashing festival events this week

Published: 11:43 EST, 27 January 2016 | Updated: 18:40 EST, 27 January 2016

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Running into an Oscar nominated actor and persuading him to pose for a friendly selfie is a dream come true for any film fan.

So when Sean Cassity, 25, posted a photo of himself looking very friendly with Bradley Cooper on Instagram, many of his friends were understandably impressed.

But it seems that Sean may have been duped by a very convincing lookalike who has reportedly been gatecrashing events at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this week.

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Sean Cassity from Utah posted this selfie with actor Bradley Cooper taken at The Sundance Film Festival, but followers questioned whether he'd really rubbed shoulders with the Hollywood star

Sean uploaded the image with the caption: 'Last night chillin with Bradley at Sundance #bradleycooper #Sundance.' It was liked 369 by his impressed followers

The film fan uploaded the image, which has been liked 369 times by his friends on Instagram, with the caption: 'Last night chillin with Bradley at Sundance #bradleycooper #Sundance.'

His friend Mackenanderson replied: 'No freakin' way. Was this just out in town.'

'Yep it was just on Main Street,' Sean confirmed. 'Pretty cool, haha.'

Other friends described the encounter as 'awesome', and Chaleigh Ellen declared she was jealous, but not everyone was convinced that Sean had really rubbed shoulders with the star of The Hangover and Silver Linings Playbook.

Sean's Instagram followers were not convinced that he'd really met the Hollywood star

Ashlyn_112 said she didn't believe it was the actor, while Lilywatchor3 simply replied: 'No'.

Wendofosho said: 'Looks a lot like him, but it's not. Lkirchner was in agreement, commenting: That isn't Bradley Cooper sorry.'

Sv2411 made the same remark, adding: 'Not in a million years.'

It seems that Sean's cynical friends may be on to something, as reports have emerged of a Bradley Cooper lookalike gatecrashing events at the film festival this week.

A man posing as Bradley Cooper (pictured) has reportedly been trying to gatecrash parties at The Sundance Film Festival this week

Bradely was spotted in New York this week around the same time he reportedly posed for a selfie with Sean in Utah, lending credence to the theory the man in the picture was a convincing lookalike

The doppelganger reportedly talked his way into a party for the film White Girl at Bar 53 at Rock and Reilly's on Saturday, according to Page Six.

He apparently tried to use a screenshot from the film The Hangover on his phone when asked for ID and he told security guards who confronted him: 'You're done for.'

In addition, the actor doesn't have any films being screened at the event this year and hasn't been seen in attendance since 2014.

The 41-year-old was also spotted in snowy New York this week, at the same time as Sean's selfie was reportedly taken.