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Bryan Cranston Does His Best Jack Nicholson Impression in Mountain Dew’s Super Bowl Ad

The spot is a comedic riff on horror film The Shining

Bryan Cranston channels Jack Nicholson in Mountain Dew's Super Bowl ad.
Bryan Cranston channels Jack Nicholson in Mountain Dew's Super Bowl ad. Mountain Dew

By Minda Smiley

January 28, 2020

Mountain Dew has revealed its Super Bowl ad, which shows Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston and Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross comically recreating one of The Shining’s most iconic scenes.

Minda Smiley
@Minda_Smiley minda.smiley@adweek.com Minda Smiley is an agencies reporter at Adweek.
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