Katy Perry pretended to be Zooey Deschanel to get into clubs

Being a dead ringer for a celebrity can get you places — just ask Katy Perry.

During an Instagram Live video on Monday night with Zooey Deschanel (the star of Perry’s new music video, “Not the End of the World”), the singer revealed that she used to leverage the fact that the two resemble each other to enjoy certain perks back in the early 2000s, before she was a household name.

“I have to admit something, Zooey,” said Perry, 36. “When I came to L.A., I was pretty much a nobody, and you were just getting so huge at that time — it was like Zooey Deschanel ran the world. … In that moment, I was so complimented to look like you.”

“But I have to admit something to you on a Live: That when I first got to L.A., I went to the club a LOT,” she continued. “And I wanted to get into the club and I had no money, I had no clout, I had nothing, and sometimes I would pose as you to get into the club.”

To Perry’s surprise, Deschanel, 40, admitted that she knew what was going on, from word of mouth.

“People would be like, ‘I saw you!’ ” the She + Him songstress recalled, laughing. “But I’m such a Goody Two-shoes and people kept going, ‘I saw you out! I made eye contact with you!’ And I was like, ‘No!’ And then everybody kept telling me about this girl Katy, Katy, who looks just like you,’ and I’m like, ‘Who is this Katy?’ ”

“And then when I met you, I was so relieved because you’re so pretty and I was like, ‘Oh, thank God. She’s so pretty,’ ” Deschanel added. “You never know when people say you look like somebody what they’re gonna look like and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s gorgeous. Thank you.’ ”