Here's a comparison you probably never thought you'd hear: child actor turned Riverdale lead, Cole Sprouse, is getting mistaken for none other than Empire star Terrence Howard in a new photo shoot. On Wednesday (May 20th), Cole posted some photos from the summery shoot taken by photographer Alex Hainer, in which the actor rocks his natural blonde hair colour, a moustache and goatee, and a rare tan. "Some more from @alex_hainer to sever my audience in twain," Cole wrote in the caption on Instagram.
The photos began circulating online, and it didn't take long for someone to point out that Cole low key looks a lot like a rather unexpected person: Terrence Howard.
The two began trending together on Twitter, which confused a ton of unknowing people at first.
Terrence Howard Trying To Block Ex-Wife From Seizing "Empire" Checks
Terrence Howard is attempting to keep his “Empire” checks from his ex-wife, Michelle Ghent.
Terrence Howard and his ex-wife, Michelle Ghent, are currently battling it out in court over his Empire assets in order to settle a spousal support debt. In Aug. of last year, the Hustle & Flow actor was ordered by a Los Angeles judge to pay Ghent a total of $1.3 million in owed spousal support. The LA county court system determined that Howard owed Ghent an initial total of $263,000 and an additional $1.05 million due to his increase in popularity and income following the divorce settlement. 
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Terrence Howard and Michelle Ghent have been in a legal battle over their divorce since 2013. Prior to finalizing their split, Howard was only being paid $120,000 an episode but that increased to over $250,000 per episode after Empire became a hit on FOX. Now, 20th Century Fox has filed legal documents against Terrence Howard, his ex-wife, the actor’s company Universal Bridges, and multiple law firms according to court documents obtained by The Blast.
According to the documents, 20th Century Fox reportedly owes Terrence Howard more than 25,000 for his rendered services on the highly-popularized series. However, 20th Century Fox is unsure who to sign Howard’s next check to because Michelle served the media company with a court order stating 100% of Terrence’s money is to be paid directly to her and her legal staff.
The production studio filed their latest suit against Howard and Ghent asking the court who should they turn the funds over too. Howard’s legal team has threatened 20th Century Fox stating that if he is not paid, he will be forced to take legal action against the company for breach of contract.
With Terrence Howard currently under investigation for tax evasion and officially making his out of retirement, hopefully, his court dueling saga with Michelle Ghent will be able to come to an end this year.
Check out the trailer to Terrence Howard’s upcoming movie, Cut Throat City, featuring Wesley Snipes, Ethan Hawke, Shameik Moore, and more in the video provided below.
RZA’s "Cut Throat City" Gets New Trailer
The RZA-directed film, “Cut Throat City,” starring T.I., Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Shameik Moore, Ethan Hawke, Isaiah Washington, Kat Graham, and more, gets a new trailer.
A new trailer for RZA‘s Cut Throat City just dropped, and the Hurricane Katrina heist film, which boasts a star-studded cast including T.I., Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Shameik Moore, Ethan Hawke, Isaiah Washington, Kat Graham, and more, looks dope. Cut Throat City follows four childhood friends who return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina only to discover that the damage to their Lower Ninth Ward neighbourhood will not be covered by FEMA. The struggling group turns to the gangster cousin of Shameik Moore’s character, played by T.I., to help them rob a casino and secure the cash. When the heist goes wrong, the four friends suddenly find themselves running from two relentless detectives and a local warlord who thinks they stole the heist money.
“I felt like what these four guys was going through was similar to what we go through in my neighborhood,” the Wu Tang legend said about his latest film. “Just being men who, based on environment and unfortunate conditions, sometimes is pushed to do acts of desperation.”
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“There’s so many young men in the penal system or in a pine box underneath the ground that could’ve been great artists, or great musicians, or professors, doctors or anything they wanted to be, but situations and conditions and environments force them to take the wrong path,” he continued. “This story was touching on that. I wanted to help bring it to the screen and I had the ability to do it and the writer trusted me to play with the draft and turn it into my own thing.”
Cut Throat City marks RZA’s third time in the director’s chair. He made his directorial debut with The Man With The Iron Fists starring Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu in 2012, followed by Love Beats Rhymes with Azealia Banks,Common, Jill Scott, and Method Man in 2017. Cut Throat City premieres at SXSW on March 14th and will be released in theatres on April 10th.
