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Detroit Lions’ Dan Campbell stars in new Applebee’s commercial

Detroit Lions’ Dan Campbell stars in new Applebee’s commercial

Detroit Lions Coach Dan Campbell briefed media members on Wednesday on the recently released advert Her stint as a waitress at Applebee’s wouldn’t be the end of her acting career.

On Thursday, another ad appeared Campbell In a similar role, he collaborates with a popular chain restaurant.

In this new ad, Campbell He plays the role of assistant shift manager. He gives a motivational speech to his co-workers, then belittles them for not winning the employee of the month award. Campbell’s character says that the staff will work seven days a week and win the award the following month.

As a player, the popular NFL head coach He has not appeared in many commercials other than the Dallas Cowboys’ promotional campaign.

“No, I never had anything like that as an actor. I think I had an old commercial, but it was a long time ago with the Cowboys, I don’t know if that’s true or not,” Campbell said. “But no, it was — look, this was something I was reluctant to do — my wife and my daughter kept saying, ‘You gotta do this, you gotta do this. Do this.’ So they talked me into the Applebee’s deal and I said, ‘Okay, we’ll do it.’ Anyway, I had fun with it, the staff and the crew that worked with us were incredible. The cast was great, they made it what it was. They were incredible. They made me feel comfortable and we did it. It’s over. There’s more to come, unfortunately, I’m afraid. But they were incredible, they did a great job.”

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