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Please watch this horrific Tom Hiddleston advert

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JuneFromBethesda · 31/03/2019 20:14

I can only imagine that he was paid a LOT of money to sell out this badly. My insides are actually shrivelling with embarrassment for him.

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Celebelly · 01/04/2019 13:21

I could make it work. Am pissing myself at that Phil Wang video though. Laughed so hard at the ending while sitting here breastfeeding DD that she got a shock, unlatched and got a jet of milk in the eye. Now she's furious. Worth it though.

Mrsjayy · 01/04/2019 13:25

I love Tom as loki he really hams it up he is hilarious in everything else im really meh about

CourageCalls · 01/04/2019 13:32

my dear hiddles after Tay Tay then this the sexy is all gone.

Actually it's not even the advert that's that bad it's the look of horror in his eyes that he is doing it. He knows it's shit, he knows his mates will see (and rip the piss), he knows as he waves goodbye that any shred of dignity has left the building.

I prob still would though not sure what that says about me Grin

Hoppinggreen · 01/04/2019 13:36

I also totally still would - but only if he was dressed as Loki

ToEarlyForDecorations · 01/04/2019 13:49

I have had a secret crush on Phil Wang for a while now. I really laughed out loud when he heard the lady say the name of the dietary supplement and remarked, 'who the hell are you ?'

I like Phil picking fault with the dialog too. 'Away for a few weeks, you just said you finished early.'

JuneFromBethesda · 01/04/2019 14:08

It’s very Lost in Translation Yes! I love that scene. Mind you Bill Murray has such a wonderful sardonic delivery I think he could actually make Tom's advert watchable.

I just watched the Phil Wang video for the 3rd or 4th time and I'm crying with laughter

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SilverySurfer · 01/04/2019 14:11

What's the big deal? Actor makes ad for foreign country for a wodge of cash like Kevin Bacon, Owen Wilson etc. I doubt he will be the last.

teyem · 01/04/2019 14:12

Because it's sooo creepy, like a wet handshake.

TheKitchenWitch · 01/04/2019 15:54

I think it’s very made for that market which is fine. Still would.
The Phil Wang pisstake is a work of genius though. I am laughing every time I watch it.

StellaRae · 01/04/2019 16:06

Love the PW video - made my afternoon!

JuneFromBethesda · 01/04/2019 16:07

No problems with an actor making an ad for a foreign country. I thought the Kevin Bacon EE ads were brilliant.

The issue is that it’s a toe-curlingly shit ad that makes poor old Tom look ridiculous

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JuneFromBethesda · 01/04/2019 16:08

Still, I’m sure it made his bank manager very, very happy 😆

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ThatLibraryMiss · 01/04/2019 16:17

I think the hair is for his current play?

What, there's a a clause in his contract that says he can't wash it for 2019?

bsc · 01/04/2019 18:07

I meant the length! Haven't seen the ad...

Patroclus · 01/04/2019 18:17

Reminds me of Clockwork Orange when hes poisoned the Spag Bol. 'TRY......THE WIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNE'

BigStripeyBastard · 01/04/2019 18:30

Perhaps when he announced he had 'finished early' he was implying he hadn't..... errr.... fully satisfied the yound lady the previous night?
So he got up early as penance to chop up a weeks worth of Morrisons Wonky Veg, bang an obviously cold fried egg on top and give his grinder a good going on top to make it up to her.
His explanation that he'd be busy for a few weeks is his way of making himself scarce until she's forgotten about his um.... early arrival.

I cannot explain the creepy, half grabby little wave at the end though. Or the hair.
It's just bloody weird.
Imagine having to trawl through that bus crash of a breakfast a) with him watching you and b) with (I assume...) chopsticks. How do you eat a fried egg with chopsticks?

Oh, and he's 100% swapped all the Centrum vitamins in that bottle for mini radio tracker devices so he can keep tabs on her for the 'few weeks he's gonna be gone'. She needs to take one a day as cold eggs and veg would pretty much guarantee that they will come out just as fast as they go in.......
😂

DianaPrincessOfThemyscira · 01/04/2019 19:15

I only like him as Loki. He's not big enough or handsome enough to be a hero. Anti-hero only!

AdoraBell · 01/04/2019 19:23

Place marking, I haven’t seen it but saw a story on BBCsaying it’s popular in China.

Crustaceans · 02/04/2019 09:35

It's definitely not that he's done a Chinese ad that's the issue.

For me, the biggest issue is the bloody hair. The length is dreadful. The 'how can I make sure you notice that it's receding a bit' styling. The fact it looks all dirty and unpleasant. He looks awful.

I watched it and thought, 'he cannot possibly be younger than me' (he is). He's not the best looking man in the world, but he can look a lot better than this.

Ribbonsonabox · 02/04/2019 10:15

I quite like his hair in it....
For me the issue is that he looks so deeply uncomfortable and the whole thing is so so odd... it does come across like hes done something really awful. I guess it also reads as really invasive/creepy to a western audience... I read it's gone down well in China though.

There was a thread on here a few days ago about men turning up at your house 'do men ever do that thing they do in romcoms in real life?' And 99% of posters thought that in real life it would be incredibly unhinged and frightening.
Well this add, with it's weird inclusion of -you the viewer- in it, is sort of like that happening.

ILiveInSalemsLot · 02/04/2019 10:22

That twitter video 😂😂

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 02/04/2019 12:16

Maybe the Chinese bit of his dialogue was "Or if you can't face that for breakfast, take one of these" ?

mondaysaturday · 03/04/2019 20:02

Is he ok? Is this like a Misery type situation? Is he trying to spell out "help me" in that raw beetroot?

Sagradafamiliar · 03/04/2019 22:05

It's like an ASMR role play video but without the ASMR.

Mapril · 03/04/2019 22:16

Is he ok? Is this like a Misery type situation? Is he trying to spell out "help me" in that raw beetroot?

YY that's the vibe I'm getting

"Pepper on top right?"

please not the electric cable again. Please don't whip me with the cable again mistress, I won't put the pepper on the bottom again mistress. Look, it's on top!