Zooey Deschanel Accidentally Gets Abducted By Aliens in Katy Perry's "Not the End of the World" Video

After being mistaken for Katy Perry, Zooey Deschanel gets abducted by aliens in the singer's new "Not the End of the World" video. Scroll on to watch the futuristic visual.

By Jess Cohen Dec 21, 2020 3:09 PMTags
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Zooey Deschanel just received an out-of-this-world experience, thanks to Katy Perry.

On Dec. 21, the superstar singer dropped her new "Not the End of the World" music video, during which the New Girl alum accidentally gets abducted by aliens. In the beginning of the visual, shot by directing duo Similar But Different, we see new mom Perry pushing her baby in a stroller. Then, when a stuffed animal falls out of the stroller, Deschanel hops off a bench to retrieve it. At that exact time, the aliens who had been tracking Perry accidentally abduct Deschanel.

As fans of the stars know, Perry and Deschanel are among the many celeb look-alikes and have been mistaken for each other over the years. So, it seems like the aliens accidentally beamed up Deschanel in a case of mistaken identity. 

In the video, Deschanel arrives on the spaceship and is greeted by the aliens. "No! No! No!" the Almost Famous star tells the group. "Sorry. Misunderstanding. I'm Zooey."

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Deschanel later learns that the aliens actually saved her from Earth, which is set to self-destruct in minutes. She then finds the aliens responsible for accidentally beaming her up instead of Perry and tells them she'll play along if they help her save Earth.

After realizing she has to unplug Earth's internet for the planet to possibly survive, Deschanel decides to go for it. But does it work?

You'll have to watch the video above to find out if Deschanel saves the world!

Plus, see her take the stage to perform as Perry!

And scroll on to see more celebrity look-alikes!

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Writer Jamie Jirak tweeted a collage of younger-version characters Grace played, including a young Shipka/Sabrina, in 2020 and wrote, "I think about this a lot."

Grace quote-retweeted with a crying-laughing emoji, "Same."

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She continued, "Then once we got all dressed up as our Barbies, we were kind of like, 'We don't actually look that similar.'' When she's got her brown hair and I've got my blonde hair, we don't look that similar. So we didn't put that joke in the movie. But when people come up and say, 'I loved you in Sex Education,' I just say, 'Thank you. Thank you so much.'"

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"The celebrity I am mistaken for is Margot Robbie," the My Name Is Earl actress told Us Weekly in 2022. "It happens all the time."

Jessica Chastain & Bryce Dallas Howard

The Help co-stars look so alike that director Ron Howard mistook Chastain for his own daughter.

At an Apple Store, "I was, like, walking by, I was like, 'Oh, that's Ron Howard,'" Chastain recalled. "And then my friend was with me (and) said he turned to someone, he goes, 'I think I just saw Bryce.' We look so much alike."

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"At first he was like, 'You really look so much alike,' " she said. "And I mean, obviously, I'm incredibly flattered, so it's great."

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Neither celeb was upset when a social media user thought Witherspoon was Underwood.

"To the woman in the parking lot who just asked me if I was Carrie Underwood," the Legally Blonde star tweeted, "You officially made my day."

The Grammy winner quickly responded, "YOUR day?!?!?!?! That lady just made my whole life!"

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Daniel Radcliffe & Elijah Wood

Harry Potter and Frodo are well aware fans confuse them.

"Though we are both short, pale, blue-eyed and brown-haired, I would say we don't actually look alike," Radcliffe said in a joint interview with Empire magazine. "But the idea of us is exactly the same."

In fact, while in Japan, Radcliffe was even asked to autograph a photo of Wood.

"So the quickest way to deal with it was to just write, 'I am not Elijah Wood, signed Daniel Radcliffe,'" he explained, "and then hope someone translated that for him later."

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The bearded stars look they may have been separated at birth.

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The actresses look like they were separated at birth.

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The Saturday Night Live alum and Oscar-winner could be confused as cousins, at the least.

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These two get mistaken for each other all the time. Just ask them.

"When we were at the White House Correspondents' dinner," the comedian said when Banks stopped by Chelsea Lately. "Bill O'Reilly was talking to me and I said, 'I think you're confusing me with Elizabeth Banks,' because I wanted to get the f--k away from him."

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We'd believe it if the singer and Gossip Girl star revealed they were long-lost relatives.

Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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Zooey Deschanel & Katy Perry

The New Girl actress has been mistaken for the singer, who even played into their resemblance. In her "Not the End of the World" music video, Deschanel accidentally gets abducted by aliens who mistake her for the American Idol judge.

Nina Dobrev & Victoria Justice

"Dude! You don't understand, I get this every single day," Justice told MTV News of her resemblance to The Vampire Diaries star. "Everyone always confuses me for her."