Christoph Waltz plays a mom, a high school student and an astronaut in Samsung's Olympics ad
Christoph Waltz shows off an impressive range of characters in Samsung's latest ad.
The Academy Award-winning actor plays an overworked mom, a vacationer, an Olympic runner, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and many more while delivering a deadpanned monologue about how Americans multitask too much -- and maybe that's not actually a bad thing.
"What has that tireless ambition ever gotten you, America?" he asks, before listing off American achievements and changing his mind.
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The idea behind the commercial is that Samsung's jumbo-screened Galaxy Note 7, released this week, will make multitasking easier for overworked Americans -- that and a requisite dose of patriotism to celebrate the U.S. Olympic team.
The 90-second ad, created by Portland-based Wieden+Kennedy, will debut during NBC's broadcast of the Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday.
Patrick Kulp is a Business Reporter at Mashable. Patrick covers digital advertising, online retail and the future of work. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a degree in political science and economics, he previously worked at the Pacific Coast Business Times.
