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Liam Payne: 'If One Direction falls through I'll become a lookalike'

One Direction heartthrob Liam Payne has joked that if his band falls through he knows what he would do as a back-up career. 

The 'Story Of My Life' hitmaker attended David Beckham's H&M swimwear collection launch last week and the press were quick to draw similarities between the pair and the way they look. Speaking about supposedly looking like the football star, Payne explained that it's flattering:

"People have been saying that a lot recently. It's probably the most flattering thing anybody can say. Becks is pretty much a legend and a hero of all of ours and I do really admire his style. I don't think anyone can match him but I'll take it."

Payne then admitted he could always work as a Beckham lookalike if his boyband ever decides to call it a day: "If it all packs in, at least I'll have a job as a lookalike."

Watch footage of Payne in Peru with the rest of the One Direction members below: