印尼山寨版“奧巴馬”一炮而紅
Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas won't be at US President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday. Instead he'll be starring as an Obama look-alike on Indonesian TV.
Anas, 34, who from some angles bears a resemblance to the new US president, shot to fame in Jakarta after Obama, 47, won the election in November, and is now earning income as an Obama double.
Many Indonesians have a keen interest in Obama, who lived in Jakarta for four years after his American mother, Ann Dunham, married Indonesian Lolo Soetoro following the end of her marriage to Obama's Kenyan father.
"When Obama won, my colleagues played a practical joke on me -- they made me wear a suit, a tie, and took pictures of me posing as Obama," Anas told reporters on Saturday.
"The pictures spread very quickly on the Internet. It was phenomenal. Then TV stations and an advertising agency got in touch with me."
That led to an appearance in a pharmaceuticals advertisement in the Philippines where he played Obama, who is due to be sworn in as the 44th U.S. president on Tuesday.
Anas, who was born and raised in Bandung, West Java, said he feels lucky to resemble Obama.
"I never thought I would be a star in a commercial, then this happened. It's very fortunate," Anas said.
"I was in the airport in Malaysia in transit and a man approached me and asked: 'Are you Obama?'. I was very surprised when he asked to take a picture together and bought me a meal," said Anas, flashing a broad smile.
If he ever gets the chance to meet Obama, Anas said he would ask the US president to take a firm stance in dealing with the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
印度尼西亞攝影師伊爾哈姆•阿納斯不會出現在本週二奧巴馬的總統就職典禮上，但他會作爲奧巴馬替身亮相印尼電視臺。
從某些角度看，34歲的阿納斯和47歲的奧巴馬長得十分相像。去年11月奧巴馬贏得總統大選後，阿納斯在雅加達一炮而紅，而且還開始靠充當奧巴馬替身賺錢。
很多印尼人對奧巴馬很感興趣。奧巴馬的的母親安•鄧納姆與父親離異後，嫁給了印尼人羅洛•蘇託羅，之後奧巴馬便跟隨母親在雅加達生活了四年。奧巴馬的母親是美國人，父親是肯尼亞人。
阿納斯上週六接受記者採訪時說：“奧巴馬勝選那天，同事們搞了個惡作劇---他們讓我穿上西裝，打上領帶，扮成奧巴馬拍照。”
“這些照片迅速在網上傳開，引起轟動，接着就有幾家電視臺和一家廣告公司聯繫了我。”
之後阿納斯在菲律賓接拍了一個藥品廣告，他在片中裝扮將於本週二就任美國第44任總統的奧巴馬。
在西爪哇島的萬隆出生並長大的阿納斯稱，他爲自己長相酷似奧巴馬而感到幸運。
阿納斯說：“我從沒想過自己能拍廣告，而這確實發生了，真是很幸運。”
阿納斯面帶微笑地說：“一次我在馬來西亞機場轉機時，一個男人走過來問：‘你是奧巴馬嗎？’我很驚訝他竟然提出要和我合影，還要請我吃飯。”
阿納斯稱，如果有機會見到奧巴馬，他會懇請他在處理巴以衝突時採取更堅定的立場。
shoot to fame:迅速成名；一炮而紅
