Dave Franco reacts to Luigi Mangione comparisons – NBC4 Washington

Initially appeared in And! Online

After shocking murder that fascinated the nation, Dave Franco He started receiving messages that said the same about him.

His friends and acquaintances jokingly informed him that Luigi Mangione, Husband resembles accused of shooting to death CEO of UNITEHealthcare, Brian Thompson On a New York City Street in the middle of the day last month.

“I’ve never received more messages in my life,” Franco told Hollywood Reporter In an interview on camera posted on January 25, “For everything”.

His contacts are not the only ones who have suggested that he has a resemblance to the mangion. The topic has been discussed on social media for weeks, with some fans named Franco as a contender to play the suspect in a film or a biographical series if one will take place.

“I don’t think there was any official offer,” the wife of actor Alison Brie jokingly said, sitting next to him during the interview, to which the 39-year-old responded: “No, no official.”

Franco went on, “are just friends. Anyone who has my phone number has contacted it.”

read Inside Luigi Mangione prison life between indictment on charges of murder

Meanwhile, he has been busy with acting projects like the “Together” thriller, in which he and Brie play a couple whose movement in the village causes a supernatural incident. The film will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2025 on January 26th.

Mangione, 26, was arrested In an McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a five -day hunt after the Thompson’s murder on December 4. Later that month, mangion was indicted for 11 charges, involves killing the first instance and killing as an act of terrorism in the city of New York. He has pleaded not guilty to all of them and remains in custody, pending trial.

If convicted of all charges, he faces a maximum sentence life imprisonment without probation.

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to the allegations of murder and weapons of the death of CEO of United, Brian Thompson, during his trial on Monday morning.