{"id":68270,"date":"2020-06-03T21:25:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=68270"},"modified":"2020-06-03T21:48:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:18:14","slug":"video-of-maradona-lookalike-in-2015-movie-shared-as-actual-footage-of-the-footballer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-maradona-lookalike-in-2015-movie-shared-as-actual-footage-of-the-footballer\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Maradona lookalike in 2015 movie shared as actual footage of the footballer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of an obese man kicking a tennis ball has been widely shared on social media with messages claiming that the man is Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Please tell me this is NOT Maradona!\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlxegLtrMi\">pic.twitter.com\/VlxegLtrMi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GoalsTV\u26bd\ufe0f (@goalstv3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goalstv3\/status\/1268111852896235521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video has also been shared by Indian users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maradona during lockdown&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VF53oEH6lM\">pic.twitter.com\/VF53oEH6lM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KaptanHindustan (@GautamTrivedi_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GautamTrivedi_\/status\/1268153247702740993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has received fact-check requests for the video on its official mobile application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68271 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/aa4b524c-2fcb-4d62-97dc-68217ed702fb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/aa4b524c-2fcb-4d62-97dc-68217ed702fb.png 806w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/aa4b524c-2fcb-4d62-97dc-68217ed702fb-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/aa4b524c-2fcb-4d62-97dc-68217ed702fb-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>NOT Maradona, but an actor playing the role of the footballer<\/h4>\n<p>A keyword search on YouTube took us to an extended version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tJ69bFbgVG8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same video<\/a> uploaded in 2015. While the title of the video claimed that the man is Maradona, the description said, &#8220;Film Clip from, Youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68272 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1272\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34.png 1272w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34-187x124.png 187w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c50515d4-2a68-42ae-b192-4ea434b9fe34-990x655.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same was claimed on a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madeehahmatoli\/status\/1268141989985308672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68273 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/b4521520-8bda-4b66-bec6-69dfe47c6972.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/b4521520-8bda-4b66-bec6-69dfe47c6972.png 460w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/b4521520-8bda-4b66-bec6-69dfe47c6972-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Youth&#8217; is an Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino and released in 2015. The movie portrays an overweight Diego Maradona which is played by Argentinian actor Roly Serrano.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roly Serrano se convierte en Maradona - Telefe Noticias\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqcN0cy8w7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We also found shots from the movie shared by Serrano on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4AWt-eAjjj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4AWt-eAjjj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Roly Serrano (@rolyserrano)<\/a> on Oct 24, 2019 at 8:12am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several reports on the movie say that Serrano is a Maradona lookalike. Below is an excerpt from an article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20190513-half-man-half-god-maradona-king-cannes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68275 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/8008d2c0-8c11-4cf8-b99d-5f607b7f8503.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1428\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/8008d2c0-8c11-4cf8-b99d-5f607b7f8503.png 1428w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/8008d2c0-8c11-4cf8-b99d-5f607b7f8503-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/8008d2c0-8c11-4cf8-b99d-5f607b7f8503-1024x208.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/8008d2c0-8c11-4cf8-b99d-5f607b7f8503-768x156.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/8008d2c0-8c11-4cf8-b99d-5f607b7f8503-990x201.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/8008d2c0-8c11-4cf8-b99d-5f607b7f8503-1320x268.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1428px) 100vw, 1428px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below is a collage comparing the facial features of actor Roly Serrano and footballer Diego Maradona.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68285 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Roly-Serrno-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Roly-Serrno-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Roly-Serrno-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Roly-Serrno-1-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Roly-Serrno-1-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Roly-Serrno-1-990x518.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, a movie clip featuring actor Roly Serrano playing the role of Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona has been shared as a video of the footballer shot during the lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of an obese man kicking a tennis ball has been widely shared on social media with messages claiming that the man is Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona. 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