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Fans around the world have been remembering
Lennon and his music this week, 40 years after he was shot dead
in New York.
Parisi - who is 40 years old - first realized his striking
similarity to the Beatle as a teenager.
"The physical resemblance obviously exists and then as time went
by I began to study his character," Parisi, dressed as Lennon,
told Reuters at his house in Lanús, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
In 2009, Allan Williams, the Beatles' first manager, came to
Argentina and invited Parisi's band to play at Beatle Week in
Liverpool.
"As a fan and admirer, I said 'that's it, what else can happen
to me?," said Parisi, who even studied Liverpool's 'Scouse'
accent and Lennon's way of singing.
In Liverpool, the uncanny resemblance led passersby to hug him
in the streets, take photos and even invite him for tea, he
said.
"It's all love, the love that they're giving John and I channel
it through impersonation," he said.
Julia Baird, Lennon's half-sister, asked Parisi to be the
ambassador for the Spanish version of the biography "Imagine
This" about Lennon and his family.
"When I walked in, he was in character as John and I think after
about 10 minutes I said, 'Would you do me a favor? Could you
please take those clothes off and just be Javier?'," Baird said
from her home in Chester, England.
Parisi said he plans to go on a European tour next year, star in
a movie, and participate in a musical in Argentina.
"The universe knows when things have to happen and for that you
have to be prepared and work because if you just wait for things
they won't happen," he said.
(Reporting by Lucila Sigal; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba
O'Brien)
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