While it sure looked like Paul Rudd who rushed to subdue a man who had attacked a man in the Dallas airport — screaming anti-gay, homophobic slurs — the actor’s representative has made it clear it was NOT Rudd in that scrum of well-intentioned folks holding down the attacker.
But looking at the video here, it’s understandable to see how people could have thought it was the actor.
Just saw #paulrudd on my flight ;) He's so funny. I was staring so hard he probably thought I was crazy #thisis40 #admission #anchorman2
— maria atubiga (@MAbiga6) October 24, 2014
But alas, it was Ben Kravit.
@TheMattWilstein not Paul Rudd but that's me. Happy to stand in for him if he ever needs it. #PaulRuddSavesLives #doppelganger
— Ben Kravit (@bkravit) October 27, 2014
So here’s the side-by-side comparison.