[dropcap style=”style1″]L[/dropcap]ionel Messi has become the latest footballer to try his hand at a bit of acting as he stars in the latest Samsung advert for the upcoming “Avengers” film.
Vietgame.asia – Not long ago we saw the Juve crew of Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal and Giorgio Chiellini get in the superhero swing of things for an advert, now it’s the time of the great Leo Messi.
The Argentina international teamed up with Marvel and Samsung to ‘become’ Iron Man in a brilliant new advert promoting the new Avengers: Age of Ultron movie.In the Samsung commercial, the Avengers gang is recast via a group of famous pro athletes. Barcelona and Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi, Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy, surfer John John Florence, and Tour de France cyclist Fabian Cancellara all make appearances. Two lucky fans, a fourth grader named Bobby Martinez and a Swiss engineer names Sasha Blanc, were also chosen to star in the advertisement.While Messi and co taking part in the juicy fight scenes is certainly enjoyable to watch, perhaps the best part of the advert is the 27-year-old using a robot’s head to perform an acrobatic overhead kick in his Iron Man suit.
It was directed by Marc Webb, of The Amazing Spider-Man and (500) Days of Summer fame.
Avengers: Age of Ultron ruled the box office this weekend with a huge $187.7 million, which is the second-biggest debut ever. Unfortunately, the top opening ever belongs to its predecessor, Marvel’s The Avengers ($207.4 million).
Avengers: Age of Ultron also continues to do strong business overseas, where it’s earned $439 million before even debuting in China or Japan.[su_icon_panel background=”transparent” border=”1px none #cccccc” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #eeeeee” icon=”icon: html5″ icon_color=”#1f6dc9″ icon_size=”70″ url=”http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/avengers/”][/su_icon_panel][su_icon_panel background=”transparent” border=”1px none #cccccc” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #eeeeee” icon=”icon: facebook-square” icon_color=”#1f6dc9″ icon_size=”70″ url=”https://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobile”][/su_icon_panel]Thanks, Samsung.Images by Samsung.
