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Spot the difference! Adam Sandler meets his lookalike Max Kessler at The Do-Over premiere... who shares the name of his onscreen character

Published: 22:49 EST, 18 May 2016 | Updated: 02:15 EST, 19 May 2016

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While many people claim to look like a famous movie star, rarely are the similarities as striking as Adam Sandler's doppelganger .

And in a crazy twist, Max Kessler just happens to be the name of Sandler's character in his new movie The Do-Over.

The actor was so taken aback by the 23-year-old's resemblance to himself that he reached out to him through social media and invited him to his movie premiere.

The two posed happily together on Tuesday night at the Netflix film's first showing.

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Meet me: Max Kessler, left, poses with Adam Sandler at the premiere of The Do-Over on Tuesday night; in the movie Sandler's character is named max Kessler

It was clear Adam was delighted to meet his alter ego in person.

The meeting came about after a pal of Kessler, an accountant from New York, posted a side by side comparison of the young man and the 50 First Dates star on Reddit.

'As I am getting older [close to Sandler’s age when he played Happy Gilmore in 1996] people are noticing it more and more,' Kessler told ABC News.

Spot the difference: 'People say I look like him, act like him and sound like him,' said Max

Striking resemblance: Sandler discovered his resemblance to the real-life Max Kessler after the 23-year-old's pal posted a side-by side shot that went viral on Reddit

Cast: Adam and his co-stars Catherine Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Paula Patton, David Spade and Nick Swardson at the LA Live event

'People say I look like him, act like him and sound like him. The amount of people that are freaked out when they first meet me is crazy.'

Kessler's friends were the first to tell him that Sandler's new character was also named Max Kessler and that's when he decided he had to take action to get the actor's attention.

'I thought it was fake at first,' Kessler said.

'I called my mom and said this has to be a prank, but soon realized it wasn't. I started laughing.'

Freaky coincidence: Kessler started communicating with the actor through captions when he realised that Sandler's character in The Do-Over is also called Max Kessler

Up to the challenge: Sandler put the 23-year-old through his paces to make sure he was really a doppelganger

Kessler then posted side-by-side photos of the duo on Reddit which soon went viral and has more than 5 million views.

Soon enough the Grown Ups star himself saw the post and was super excited to find out about his young lookalike.

The actor reached out to Kessler via a series of photos of him holding up caption cards and the duo communicated back and forth that way.

Let's meet! Finally the 49-year-old happy Gilmore star invited Kessler to the premiere of his new movie The Do-Over next month

Uncanny: In a clip produced by student Samara Abramson and posted to Youtube, Kessler talks about growing up looking like the movie star

In one image, Sandler pulled a funny face and challenged Kessler to do the same.

Finally, Sandler invited Kessler to the premiere of The Do-Over next month where the duo will finally get to meet face-to-face.

'Ok! You can come party with the better Max Kessler at The Do-Over premiere on May 16th! Rock 'n Roll!' Sandler wrote on a piece of paper in the invite snap.

Kessler revealed to ABC he is excited to meet the star and is very keen to offer himself to star in Sandler's next movie as the actor's son.