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Looking back at Alexander Ovechkin's funniest commercial of all-time
Photo credit: RMNB
If you love sports, then you probably watch ESPN. Well, back in 2011, the network launched a series of commercials promoting hockey, and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin had the honour of starring in "the most expensive" one produced at the time.
In this hilarious commercial, Alexander Ovechkin is spotted sifting through documents in an office setting posing as a Russian spy.
According to sources, ESPN had hired a stunt double for Ovechkin - but the Capitals captain wasn't having it. He insisted on doing the stunt himself, saying he was like Tom Cruise and always did his own stunts.
Looking back at Alexander Ovechkin's ESPN commercial
«They wound up building the set on our basketball court so it looks like it's a copy room, right? With the copy machine and files and stuff like that,» Levy said on the NHL Unscripted podcast. «But because of the goof of having [Ovechkin] go through the roof, the ceiling there, they couldn't do it in a real building, they had to make a set outside and rig the contraption there and because of the contraption and building a set outside on the basketball court, I was told it was the most expensive 'This is SportsCenter' promo ever made because of all those things.»
According to RMNB, For those who may not vividly remember, the commercial opens in what is supposed to be the «ESPN offices» on December 4 at 11:28pm.
Ovechkin is seen rummaging through file cabinets in the dark before Levy then enters and flicks the light switch on. Levy asks, «Hey Ovi, what are you doing in the dark, man?»
Ovi, then 26, replies, «Nothing, just late night filings.»
How hilarious is this?
Personally, I though Alexander Ovechkin's acting skills were pretty on-point.
Commercials are so generic and quite frankly, boring these days. And looking back on this masterpiece by Ovechkin truly made my day.
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