Jon Hamm places his final identify to good use in a brand new marketing campaign.
When Hamm obtained a name from his business agent a couple of Hellmann’s Tremendous Bowl advert, the actor agreed to look within the spot, he stated, as a result of the corporate’s message was to encourage “viewers to get inventive within the kitchen” and restrict meals waste.
It meant a day’s work alongside Brie Larson and Pete Davidson.
Hamm within the advert performs the ham in a ham and brie sandwich, whereas Larson performs the brie, after all. Davidson performs a hungry man opening his fridge.
“I’ve been saddled with the final identify Hamm since I got here into existence,” Hamm advised CNN in a latest interview. “It’s at all times been a straightforward go-to for making enjoyable of myself. However having Pete truly ingest me was a very completely different kettle of fish, I’m mixing metaphors left and proper right here, nevertheless it was tremendous enjoyable.”
Hamm stated he was drawn to the marketing campaign’s goal to cut back meals waste based mostly on what he noticed working within the restaurant trade for a few years whereas pursuing an performing profession.
“Seeing how a lot meals truly will get wasted in a day is type of heartbreaking,” Hamm stated. “We’ve got a really bizarre relationship with meals storage and meals buying and the result’s the super quantity of meals waste, particularly on Tremendous Bowl Sunday.”
Hamm, who additionally does voiceover work for different manufacturers, stated he seems for tasks he can “both have enjoyable with or that’s significant in a roundabout way to me.”
“Having performed a fictional promoting government for a few years, I’ve a certain quantity of respect for the sport,” he added.
The “Mad Males” star stated he loved collaborating with Davidson and Larson.
“I do know Pete fairly properly, and he’s a stunning man,” he stated, including that he’s been a fan of Larson and her work “for a very long time.”
Hamm stated he’ll be watching Sunday’s recreation from Canada, and he has a vested curiosity, as a result of Kansas Metropolis is his crew.
“However I largely simply tune in for the commercials,” he quipped.
