Comedy gold! Ben Affleck got all the laughs in his Dunkin’ commercial that aired during Super Bowl LVII — and the bloopers are even better.Dunkin’ released a clip of outtakes that didn’t make the cut in the ad after its TV premiere on Sunday, February 12.
The one-minute video shows the Argo actor, 50, struggling behind the drive-thru window and spilling orders on customers at the Medford, Massachusetts, store.“I can’t make it function!
Malfunction!” Affleck yells at the computer screen while attempting to take up orders. “It’s not as easy as it looks operating this apparatus.”In the original ad — which Us Weekly confirmed that Affleck directed — one patron did not recognize the Oscar winner as he worked at a local Dunkin’ in Massachusetts.
However, the outtakes show that plenty of customers actually knew they were face-to-face with a Boston icon. One person gives the Good Will Hunting star a fist bump as he pulls up to the drive-thru window.Affleck also teases one customer that the chain had run out of donuts and coffee and only had water available saying, “I’m trying to compensate with comedy for my ineptitude.”The ad was promoting the coffee chain’s new promotion, the Dunkin’ Run, where guests can buy a $1 classic donut with a medium-sized or larger coffee.
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