A five-year-old boy in Victoria achieved internet fame as a photo of him recreating a Deadpool pose was noticed by Ryan Reynolds himself.
Ethan Hagel is a (figuratively) big fan of the Marvel Universe superhero, even though the five-year-old has not yet been allowed to see the R-rated flick.
Following Reynold’s Instagram post outside of Hatley Castle in Victoria—the shooting location of the X-Mansion in Deadpool‘s universe— Hagel donned his own Deadpool costume and copied the Canadian actor’s photo.
After the shot was uploaded online by his mother, Cheryl Hagel, the photo found its way to Reynolds, who posted it on his own Instagram account.
The comparison has since received over 950,000 likes (that’s roughly 100,000 more than the original post).
Deadpool didn’t have a sidekick in the 2016 movie, though maybe there will be room for a tiny ally down the line.