Viral Daniel Radcliffe GIF morphs into lookalike actor Elijah Wood

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Viral GIF shows the Harry Potter star morphing into the Lord of the Rings actors and back again
People are expressing confusion over which is which and calling the GIF 'unsettling' and 'creepy'
Both actors say fans mistake them for each other, and Daniel has even signed headshots of Elijah

Published: 15:57 EST, 31 May 2016 | Updated: 04:32 EST, 1 June 2016

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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Lord of the Ring's Elijah Wood have been battling public confusion over their identities for years — but fans struck by their striking similarities aren't quieting down any time soon.

In fact, a GIF that's gone viral on social media has only reignited the fascination over their lookalike status, leaving millions of people freaking out.

Viewed over eight million times on Imgur and even more on Twitter, the moving image shows 26-year-old Daniel slowly morphing into Elijah, 35, before turning back into Daniel — with very little change to his face.

Mid-morphing: Daniel Radcliffe morphs into Elijah wood in a new GIF that has gone viral

The GIF has sparked more than a bit of confusion, as people have voiced that they aren't quite sure who they are looking at at each moment.

'After watching it switch back and forth about 3 times.... I'm no longer sure I even know which one is which,' wrote one, as another fan chimed in: 'Does this mean Frodo Baggins and Harry Potter are the same person?'

'This is slightly unsettling,' wrote another, while a third added: 'Plot twist: they're the same actor and he has a great make-up artist.'

Of course, this is hardly the first time that the two actors have drawn comparisons, and both have spoken out about being each other's doppelgänger.

Total lookalikes: The actors have long face comparisons based on their similarities

Elijah, 35, starred in Lord of the Rings, but people confuse him for the Harry Potter star

No need for Polyjuice Potion: Harry Potter actor Daniel, 26, has even signed a headshot of Elijah

'It's because the idea of us is the same,' Daniel explained on Marc Maron's WTF podcast in November. 'We're both kind of short guys with big blue eyes and brown hair. And we did fantasy movies that came out at the same time.'

Previously, he revealed that a 'fan' presented him with a photo of Elijah to sign, which he did with the message: 'I am not Elijah Wood.'

'If you just come up and say, "Are you Elijah Wood?" I will say no, and I won't tell you who I am,' he added.

When asked about this story, Elijah admitted that the false recognition goes both ways.

Future plot: Daniel (right) has joked that he wants to write a script in which there is a case of mistaken identity and one of them kills the other

'I get recognized as Daniel a lot,' he told Seth Meyers. 'I was in an elevator and, you know that thing when you get in an elevator and it's just you and another person?

'But then I could feel his eyes boring into my skull and I thought, oh he may have recognized me, ok that's cool, so I'm waiting for him to get the courage [to say something], I'm not gonna pre-empt him.

'Elevator stops at the lobby, doors open, [he] finally gets out the courage, blurts out, "Daniel Radcliffe",' he says, pointing, 'And I said, "No!"'

Daniel, though, may have found a way of having some fun with their similar faces: 'I'm thinking of trying to write some sort of mistaken identity thing where one of us kills the other.'