Katy Perry reached out to an old friend, Zooey Deschanel, to star in her new music video End Of The World, which debuted on Monday.
Fans did a double take over the strikingly similar looks between the 36-year-old I Kissed A Girl pop star and the 40-year-old New Girl actress.
Zooey stepped in because Katy was a new mom when this video was made. Katy and her fiance Orlando Bloom are parents to daughter Dais, aged four months.
Double take: Katy Perry reached out to an old friend, Zooey Deschanel, to star in her new music video, End Of The World, which debuted on Monday
The New Girl does good: The beauty has always said people tell her she looks like Katy
The clip begins with Zooey sitting on a park bench in a red dress and cute kitten heels with a bow on top as she reads The Smile Times newspaper.
Flash to two men in blue with short blonde wigs are looking at controls in a spaceship above.
Back on earth, Katy is seen holding a coffee cup as she pushes a pram in front of Zooey who does not notice because the newspaper is in front of her.
Katy has on a cap with sunglasses and hoop earrings with a hoodie, leggings and sneakers as she pushes a red stroller.
Girl in the park: The clip begins with Zooey sitting on a park bench in a red dress and cute kitten heels with a bow on top as she reads the newspaper
Head on look: The title of the new song is on the front of The Smile Times paper with Perry on the back
See her? Katy is seen holding a coffee cup as she pushes a pram in front of Zooey who does not notice because the newspaper is in front of her
Good mommy: Katy has on a cap with sunglasses and hoop earrings as she pushes the stroller that is red
As she passes, a stuffed dog toy falls from the stroller and Zooey picks it up.
This makes the aliens think that Zooey is really Katy and they beam her up to their ship.
Zooey, who has on pretty makeup and large earrings, looks shocked to be in the spaceship.
Perry’s toy: As she passes, a stuffed dog toy falls from the stroller and Zooey picks it up
The aliens have her now: This makes the aliens think that Zooey is really Katy and they beam her up to their ship
The aliens wave at Zooey to say hello as a TV screen plays WELCOME!
Deschanel looks nervous as she walks out of her glass cylinder she came up in and walks into the main part of the ship.
A TV screen says, ‘Greetings Katy Perry! We’ve Been Waiting For You !!’
Oh no: Zooey, who has on pretty makeup and large earrings, looks shocked to be in the spaceship
They love her: The aliens wave at Zooey to say hello as a TV screen plays WELCOME!
The group chants Katy’s name but Zooey says she is not Katy but rather Zooey.
Zooey meets the Captain and tells her, ‘We saved you from Earth!’ as he points to a screen that says the planet will self destructs.
But Deschanel is intent on saving earth.
Scary: Zooey meets the Captain and tells her, ‘We saved you from Earth!’ as he points to a screen that says the planet will self destructs
There is even a countdown clock: The clock says the earth will self-destruct in an hour
Overwhelmed: She asks for help as the aliens dress her in a blue wig and throw a ball at her
Not for her: They gives her ice cream to put on her chest as the aliens still believe she is Katy
The inspiration: Katy with a similar look for her California Gurls music video
She asks for help as the aliens dress her in a blue wig and throw a ball at her.
When Zooey goes to the controls, she pulls out the internet cable and saves the planet.
In 2012 Zooey remarked on looking like Katy when on The Late Show With David Letterman.
She saved the day! When Zooey goes to the controls, she pulls out the internet cable and saves the planet
The brunette said she was often mistaken for Perry.
‘I was relieved because everyone kept saying “this girl looks so much like you.” And then I met her and I was like, “Thank God she’s attractive!”‘
She added, ‘I was worried she was gonna be an unattractive person.’
She was pushing the video: Katy shared on social media the video would debut on Monday