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Cowell cuts Louis lookalike from pop video

Published Monday, Dec 1 2008, 11:10 GMT | By Nick Levine
Cowell cuts Louis lookalike from pop video
Simon Cowell cut a Louis Walsh lookalike from Same Difference's new pop video because it was "too cheesy".

The brother/sister duo wanted to send up their relationship with Walsh, who criticised them repeatedly during their time on The X Factor, in the video for new single 'We R One'.

"We had this Louis Walsh-esque grumpy old man in the first cut of the video," group member Sean Smith told DS. "He's standing there saying, 'What's happening here?' I want all these kids off my car lot!'

"Then he starts getting a bit more involved and by the end he's doing our dance routine and absolutely loving it."

However, Simon Cowell removed the Walsh lookalike from the final cut because he wanted the focus to stay on the duo's dancing.

"[The lookalike] was in the first edit of the video, but then Simon said, 'It's too cheesy, get rid of it'. He wanted the video to be pure High School Musical-esque dance routine and I must admit he was right," Sarah Smith explained.

> Click here to read our full interview with Same Difference

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