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Last night, British actor Andrew Garfield arrived at the London Film Festival premiere of his latest film “We Live in Time” with a surprising accessory. No, not the yellow paisley opera scarf – co-star Florence Pugh’s life-size cutout.

Pugh’s stiff two-dimensional form, wedged under his arm like a beloved handbag on a night out, completed Garfield’s outfit perfectly. He opted for a custom 1970s Valentino suit by Alessandro Michele in a dark peacock shade and a busy, flowery silk shirt. His black leather Valentino loafers matched his belt, but Garfield wasn’t complete without his six-foot-tall cardboard box. At various points along the red carpet, he happily portrayed Pugh, posing with an arm wrapped around her lifeless waist.

Actor brings cardboard cutout of co-star to red carpet

The real Pugh — who couldn’t make the premiere due to filming restrictions — shared footage of Garfield and her flattened doppelgänger on Instagram, calling the move “genius.” It is not the first time that a celebrity has used the medium of cardboard to evoke the presence of a colleague. In 2010, Will Ferrell arrived at a “Megamind” panel at Comic-Con with a cutout of Brad Pitt, after the actor was rumored to appear. There have even been a slew of lifeless prom dates in the US, where students are ditching corsages in favor of cardboard: instead, opting to tote around scale-accurate images of Michael B. Jordan, Bernie Sanders and Danny DeVitto .

For those not convinced whether Garfield’s cardboard companion can be categorized as an accessory, its definition, according to Michael Kors, is an “exclamation point to a man’s or woman’s outfit.” More than any matching shoe and belt combination, a cutout of your co-star might be the loudest statement you can make.