"It definitely helps in getting a role where you're playing the same guy," Gibson told PEOPLE Patrick Gibson also sees the resemblance between himself and Michael C. Hall. The 29-year-old Dexter: Original Sin star spoke to PEOPLE at the show's premiere in New York City on Thursday,

Patrick Gibson, Michael C. Hall, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christian Slater attend the premiere of Showtime's "Dexter: Original Sin" in New York City on Wednesday. The prequel series, which follows Gibson as a younger version of Hall's Dexter,

Original Sin, and though the show will explore the early years of everyone’s favorite vigilante serial killer, Michael C. Hall’s presence will still be felt. He’ll voice the inner thoughts of his younger self,