The image was shared by hundreds of bemused Twitter users - some of which have got themselves in a tizzy over whether it was even a mistake after all.
76-year-old Freeman, who played Mandela in 2009 film Invictus, gave a fitting eulogy to the South African leader, telling the New York Daily News: ‘Today the world lost one of the true giants of the past century.
‘Nelson Mandela was a man of incomparable honour, unconquerable strength, and unyielding resolve - a saint to many, a hero to all who treasure liberty, freedom and the dignity of humankind.’
