Famous Actors doing commercials/ads on tv

Edward Hopper · 14-03-2016 09:29AM

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

I don't need to be paid to advertise Agatha Christie, everybody knows that she is a world renowned author whose work has drifted wonderfully into the modern era as even today people are fascinated by her ability to weave intriguing webs and dastardly plots together with characters that simply delight and enthrall the casual reader. :pac:

I heard somewhere she preferred Miss Marple.

Hercule Poirot · 14-03-2016 09:30AM

Edward Hopper wrote: »

I heard somewhere she preferred Miss Marple.

GTFO - Tommy and Tuppence all the way!

Punkyblip · 14-03-2016 09:31AM

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

I don't need to be paid to advertise Agatha Christie, everybody knows that she is a world renowned author whose work has drifted wonderfully into the modern era as even today people are fascinated by her ability to weave intriguing webs and dastardly plots together with characters that simply delight and enthrall the casual reader. :pac:

Classic lol

martingriff · 14-03-2016 09:38AM

Don't forget Claude Van Dame for Coors Light. All the perfume ads are done be celebs

valoren · 14-03-2016 10:01AM

razorblunt wrote: »

If that Clooney coffee ad could make love to itself, it would.

Whatever.

BattleCorp · 14-03-2016 10:19AM

Riddle101 wrote: »

Christoph Waltz is doing this ad for another mobile app game called Clash of Clans.

Mobile app companies can afford to pay well. Supercell created Clash of Clans and last year were making between €1 - €3 million per day on Clash of Clans alone.

Anyway it got me thinking. Why do famous actors go in for this type of thing? What's their purpose for doing ads/commercials on tv? I mean is it a money thing

Yes, it's a money thing.

I don't know, it just rubs me the wrong way for some reason. It feels like shameless self promoting to me, or actors selling themselves out or something.

Why is it selling out? They are doing a job that they get paid for. And besides, shameless self promoting is a part of being an actor.

OU812 · 14-03-2016 10:28AM

DiCaprio was paid over $1m last year for an advert for a Chinese casino & to attend a party that night. He allegedly won another $80k on a spin of the roulette table which they comped for him at the party as he didn't have any cash on him (given to charity).

36 hours in the country, couple of drinks, some nice Chinese food (of course there they just call it food), hang out with the mates (Scorsese directed it), probably shag a Chinese model, large donation to charity, private plane to & from, cheque in the bank...

Haven't a clue why they do it...

Chain Smoker · 14-03-2016 10:41AM

Agricola · 14-03-2016 12:40PM

OU812 wrote: »

DiCaprio was paid over $1m last year for an advert for a Chinese casino & to attend a party that night. He allegedly won another $80k on a spin of the roulette table which they comped for him at the party as he didn't have any cash on him (given to charity).

36 hours in the country, couple of drinks, some nice Chinese food (of course there they just call it food), hang out with the mates (Scorsese directed it), probably shag a Chinese model, large donation to charity, private plane to & from, cheque in the bank...

Haven't a clue why they do it...

God what a life. It's a wonder there aren't more celebrities going completely nuts with excess. Fair play to him for spending so much time banging on about the environment and not just basically doing this every couple of days!

Birneybau · 14-03-2016 01:47PM

Booey Booey.

Always reminded me of Mr. Sparkle

ohnonotgmail · 14-03-2016 02:46PM

Expect to see Richard Dreyfuss (WHO? i hear the young people cry) appearing in a lot of ads very soon. he has managed to blow through $50M since he retired.

Billy86 · 14-03-2016 03:20PM

Riddle101 wrote: »

I noticed a surge of ads on tv recently with famous actors involved. There's the one with Harvey Keitel playing his character from Pulp Fiction "Winston Wolfe" and he's promoting Direct Line. Then you have Arnold Schwarzenegger doing an ad for this mobile app game called Mobile Strike, and Christoph Waltz is doing this ad for another mobile app game called Clash of Clans.

Anyway it got me thinking. Why do famous actors go in for this type of thing? What's their purpose for doing ads/commercials on tv? I mean is it a money thing, or are they just trying to get a job? Because it seems to me that they would have no problem getting a role in a new movie or something, and they don't strike me as being skint.

I don't know, it just rubs me the wrong way for some reason. It feels like shameless self promoting to me, or actors selling themselves out or something.

Keitel's not been doing much acting for a while so could be the money, Clash of Clans apparently makes $2.5mn a day or did during it's peak, and Mobile Strike was making about $3.8mn a day. Given these ads likely take 1-2 days to shoot, as very seasoned actors in leading roles (e.g. longer days and longer shoots) it's got to really seem like free money to them.

Billy86 · 14-03-2016 03:34PM

bnt wrote: »

It's not a new thing, in general, but it is relatively new in UK & Ireland, it seems. US actors have been doing commercials in Japan for years. See here for examples & pictures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTfNMmZV8c

Probably the most normal, sane thing Nicholas Cage has been in for at least 20 years.

Billy86 · 14-03-2016 03:41PM

martingriff wrote: »

Don't forget Claude Van Dame for Coors Light. All the perfume ads are done be celebs

Thanks for reminding me. As someone who doesn't mind for example the Clooney ads at all, I still find those Scarlett Johansson/Matthew McConnaughey ads to be the most pretentious, annoying ads I might have ever seen (certainly at least since the crazy frog 12-ish years back).

valoren · 15-03-2016 11:52AM

Billy86 wrote: »

Thanks for reminding me. As someone who doesn't mind for example the Clooney ads at all, I still find those Scarlett Johansson/Matthew McConnaughey ads to be the most pretentious, annoying ads I might have ever seen (certainly at least since the crazy frog 12-ish years back).

And it was directed by Martin Scorsese to boot.

Billy86 · 15-03-2016 03:07PM

valoren wrote: »

And it was directed by Martin Scorsese to boot.

I don't think I even knew that. Which reminded me of an even worse, more pretentious ad, against directed by him.

martingriff · 17-03-2016 09:28PM

Billy86 wrote: »

Thanks for reminding me. As someone who doesn't mind for example the Clooney ads at all, I still find those Scarlett Johansson/Matthew McConnaughey ads to be the most pretentious, annoying ads I might have ever seen (certainly at least since the crazy frog 12-ish years back).

Nothing and I MEAN NOTHING even Arni, Van Damme or those come to California Ad will be as annoying as that CRAZY FROG

Famous Actors doing commercials/ads on tv

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