Jamie Costa is taking the internet by storm with the video titled 'ROBIN Test Footage Scene' where he channels Williams as seen in the series 'Mork & Mindy.'
Jamie Costa is a Vine star who has been well-known for his impeccable impressions of famous actors including Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Matthew McConaughey, among others. He is once again taking the internet by storm for his almost identical imitation of the late comedian and actor, Robin Williams. Williams passed away in 2014 at the age of 63.
In the latest video uploaded on Costa's YouTube, titled "ROBIN Test Footage Scene," the 31-year-old channels Williams as seen in the series Mork & Mindy. He is also joined by Sarah Murphree as Pam Dawber. His portrayal of Williams is so on-point that people are now demanding a biopic of Williams with Costa in it.
The five-minute video is set on March 5, 1982. Costa, as Williams is running lines in front of a mirror when Murphee as Dawber interrupts him to break the news of comedian John Belushi's death from a drug overdose. What happens after this had people awestruck about Costa's ability to portray Williams so accurately. His mannerisms, voice modulation, the expressions, duplicated accurately, made people see Williams in him.
The act was based on real-life events as it was told by Dawber who was assigned as the person to break the news to Williams. He was with Belushi and at the Chateau Marmont, with Robert De Niro, Harry Dean Stanton, Derf Scratch, the bassist from the punk band Fear, and was joined by Cathy Evelyn Smith, a singer, and drug dealer. The night proceeded with the famous personalities taking drugs and eventually Williams bid farewell to his friend. It is believed that Smith prepared a drug cocktail and injected it into herself as well as Belushi. He died later that night from an overdose.
Dawber recalled the moment she told Williams and the proceeding exchange was included in Costa's video. At the end of the video, we see Williams contemplate the gravity of the situation just before heading back to the filming of Mork & Mindy. He takes a moment to compose himself before heading out in character to do his job, very much like it happened back in 1982. You can watch the whole video here:
Costa created a team to shoot this clip to create "test footage" to pitch for a potential full-length movie, Scott Nevins stated on Twitter. People on the internet have already declared it a performance worthy of an Oscar.
Jamie Costa as Robin Williams. This is Oscar worthy pic.twitter.com/xUFJM4VWcE
— BLURAYANGEL (@blurayangel) October 13, 2021
I am at a loss of words of how extraordinary this is.
— Edward Hong (@CinnabonMonster) October 12, 2021
Jamie Costa encapsulates the essence of Robin Williams so perfectly that this "fan footage" for a proposed biopic is a clear sign this truly needs to happen.https://t.co/EI14YqRhvf
I don't often get goosebumps from something truly uncanny, but this is quite magical footage - even when he just says 'no' with sadness, the resemblance is remarkable. If a biopic does get made with Jamie Costa as Robin Williams, get a great script & director to do it justice? 🤞 pic.twitter.com/WMMvspNiNR
— Lee 'The Honest Geek' Doherty (@PardonMeImBlunt) October 13, 2021
This is not Costa's first time going viral for his likeliness to Williams. In 2014, following Williams' death, Costa had uploaded a performance piece to YouTube of him doing spot-on impressions of some of Williams' best-known characters, reported PEOPLE. The two-minute video, titled “Never Had a Friend Like Him,” features Costa taking on at least a dozen roles played by Williams including Mork & Mindy, The Fisher King, Good Morning Vietnam, Flubber, Jack, Hook, Popeye, Jumanji, Night at the Museum, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Aladdin, and Mrs. Doubtfire.
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