People online are accusing Les Misérables actors Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman of using jokes from a meme as their own lines during Sunday night's SAG Awards.
"Wolverine is being chased by Gladiator," said the pair, trying to give viewers a modern-day synopsis of the 19th century tale's movie adaptation. "Catwoman gets knocked up and, for some ungodly reason, goes to see Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter and Borat.
"Wolverine agrees to raise Catwoman's baby, and she grows up to star in Mamma Mia."
The humorous description of Les Misérables has been compared to this viral movie review that was posted on Facebook and photo-sharing site imgur in December.
Some people on Twitter had their memories piqued, immediately noticing the similarities:
Anne Hathaway and Hugh jackman just stole an online meme as their intro speech at the #SAGawards for les miserables #realcoolguys— Elizabeth Brockway (@theEbrockway) January 28, 2013
Did Anne and Hugh just reference the Les MIz Facebook meme pic? #sagawards— Jill Disis (@jdisis) January 28, 2013
Anne and Hugh's bit was a joke I read on George Takei's Facebook in December. #SAGawards— Julie Van Huizen (@JulieVanHuizen) January 28, 2013
What do you think? Did the Les Misérables duo rip off the Internet? Or is this just a coincidence? Leave your thoughts below in the comments.
You can watch Hathaway and Jackman recite the Les Misérables synopsis here:
The Screen Actors Guild Awards honors movie and TV performances as voted on by peers.