State Farm has made a popular series of ads featuring Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid and Travis Kelce. So why did they need Arnold Schwarzenegger for? Because some dang fool accused the "Predator" star of being the best.
The famed action star, who also featured in "Terminator" and later served as the governor of California, is appearing as Agent State Farm in a new Super Bowl ad campaign.
Schwarzenegger is no stranger to Super Bowl ads. Two years ago, he was spotted struggling to enjoy retirement as Greek god Zeus, with Hera (Salma Hayek) before Hera bought them a BMW.
This time, however, Schwarzenegger is not in a commercial, he insists. This is a giant movie, and a huge role for Schwarzenegger.
Even Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa, expressed regret that he wasn't cast in the role as Agent State Farm.
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"In all fairness, I did not beat him out," Schwarzenegger said while appearing on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." "The way I feel about it is I wanted him to be part of this great action movie because he's the greatest action star today out there and he's such a wonderful actor and he's so easy to work with, he has such a great reputation. I have never met him but I'm really looking forward to working with him. He's fantastic."
Here's everything you need to know about Schwarzenegger in his highly anticipated commercial action movie.
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There's not much to glean as of yet from the teaser trailer. The ad is a brief glimpse at what could be to come in the full-time Super Bowl spot.
Like a traditional movie trailer, it shows a red outline of the State Farm logo before cutting to Schwarzenegger standing in front of (or perhaps inside) a burning building.
The ad ends by showing the full-size State Farm ad and again hyping Schwarzenegger's performance in the TV spot.
Ask Schwarzenegger, and he'll tell you it's not a commercial that he's in. It's an action movie.
"This is a movie I mean are you kidding me?" Schwarzenegger told Fallon. "This is a monster movie I mean this is an action movie that has just like the traditional Schwarzenegger action movie, explosions, action, fight scenes and blow ups, special effects, great entertainment and not just for America but for the whole world. This is unbelievable what they put together here."
Schwarzenegger explained one of the reasons he wanted to work in the movie was to work alongside Jake from State Farm, whom Schwarzenegger described as "fantastic."
"He was one of the reasons why I wanted to do this was to work with Jake because Jake is a great actor and knowing he's really fantastic, but we had to pump him up before we did the movie," Schwarzenegger said.
Schwarzenegger explained Jake had to be worked into shape to be ready for an action movie, but that by the end of training, he was "really ripped" and was "doing all the martial art moves."
A brief clip of Schwarzenegger in front of an explosion was shown on Fallon's show, a scene Fallon called "probably the fastest clip in the history of 'The Tonight Show.'" Schwarzenegger said the reason for the brief clip was so as not to "give away the whole story," describing it as a 60-second movie.
"It's coming out on Feb. 11 before the second quarter," Schwarzenegger said. "The reason I mention this is because I don't want anyone to switch channels. So wait until the second quarter. Before the second quarter, you will see this. I mean it's like unbelievable."
Fallon responded: "This feels like a big commercial for the Super Bowl."
To which, Schwarzenegger defended: "No. It is a giant movie."
