Challenge accepted.
Amateur Will Ferrell doppelgänger of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame, Chad Smith, will contest a drum-off with Chad Smith doppelgänger of comedy fame, Will Ferrell, after a pledge to raise funds for the Cancer for College charity reached its conditional $300,000 donation target.
The two celebrities who look strikingly similar to each other and yet are not in fact the same person first instigated the battle a few weeks back when the actor acknowledged their resemblance in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session, saying “It has been acknowledged many times that myself and Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, share a resemblance to each other. A lot of people think that it’s me playing for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But that would be an insult to Chad Smith. The truth of the matter is there is no Will Ferrell. Only Chad Smith.”
He then challenged him to a drum battle.
The drummer followed up in his own Reddit AMA a few days later, saying “If I LOSE, I will work free of charge as his stand-in on his next film or wash his car for the duration of filming. But if I WIN, he has to give me free pedicures for a year. Gotta take care of your feet!”
“Hi, Chad,” Ferrell replied. “Will Ferrell here. I saw your video and I graciously accept your invitation to a drum battle. If we can raise $300,000 for Cancer For College I will face off with you in the greatest drum vs. cowbell showdown the world has ever seen. We can do it on stage at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert or in front of a mutually convenient public library. Your call.”
Those conditions are now satisfied. All we need now is a time, a place and the involvement of Christopher Walken. Prepare for the most lopsided drum battle of all time.
Here’s some inspiration, Will.
