Damien Le Castrec
Chief Strategy Officer at Droga5
London, United Kingdom
BaşlıkLove Football. Intimately
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Kampanya Love Football. Intimately
Reklamcı Paddy Power PLC
Marka Paddy Power
İlk Yayınlanma Tarihi 2022 / 8
Sektör Online Gambling
felsefe Brace yourself. Paddy Power have unleashed an American Beauty of a TV ad, bringing a never before told love story to our screens to excite fans ahead of the Premier League start of season.
Peter Crouch gets frisky with a corner flag, and Mark Clattenburg embodies ‘Baby’ from Dirty Dancing as the two legends collide for the love of the little moments in the beautiful game, starring as the unlikely leading men in Paddy Power’s latest blockbuster campaign calling on fans to ‘Love Football. Intimately.’
With the help of some movie magic, Crouchy appears as you’ve never seen him before (unless you’re Abbey Clancy, who also features).
And famed World Cup heartthrob ref Clattenburg co-stars as the catalyst for the true object of his affections – those joy-making/heart-breaking moments that occur during the 90-minutes of a match.
Paddy Power celebrates the little moments that bring football fans to their knees or cry out in ecstasy, reminding fans of the unheralded incidents that prompt our most passionate reactions.
The directors, Traktor, and post production house, nineteentwenty, crafted the perfect blend of in-camera and digital SFX to create a film that’s cinematic and dreamy without ever being too fantastical. It lets the humour and brand shine.

Sitting in the pub and triggered by a red card, Crouchy is swept away into a football fantasy that takes him into a true spectacle with the Geordie ref.

Once there, we see Crouch languishing in a bubble bath scattered with red cards on a candlelit halfway line as he gazes suggestively down the lens.
Submerged in a tub of bubbles, a la American Beauty, he confesses he loves it when Mark “sends [players] for an early bath.”

He then moves his attention to the corner flag, demonstrating moves that would make Channing Tatum blush, admitting he loves it when Clattenburg lets “the corner flag take centre stage.”
Protagonist Clattenburg - sporting a “Sweet FA” referee kit - stares seductively down the lens as he suggestively sprays some vanishing free kick spray as Peter admires the way the World Cup final referee takes control…followed by some further bubble action courtesy of Crouch.
After 40-odd seconds rammed with all of the sharp-witted easter eggs we’ve come to expect from Paddy Power, the pair are finally united as the ad reaches its crescendo, as they recreate the iconic lift from Dirty Dancing, and Clattenburg soars effortlessly above the head of Crouch…all 6ft 7” of him.
The work pre-launches with a 30” tease during the Crystal Palace v Arsenal game, and from August 20th, the main UK campaign will be running in a broad suite of social and digital formats, all the way through to December.

It is the first project conducted by Droga5 London, part of Accenture Song, on behalf of Paddy Power since winning the business earlier this year.

The campaign aims to promote Paddy Power’s Bet Builder offering, which allows fans to bet on multiple markets such as cards, shots and corners.

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Yaratıcı Ajans Başkanı
Yaratıcı Yönetmen
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Head of Strategy
Strategy Director
Senior Strategist
Ajans Prodüktörü
Prodüktör
Group Account Director
Müşteri Direktörü
Senior Account Manager
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Prodüktör
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Editör
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Sound Designer
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2d VFX Supervisor
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
2D Artist
3D VFX Supervisor
3D VFX Supervisor
3D Artist
3D Artist
3D Artist
3D Artist
3D Artist
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3D Artist
DMP Artist
AFX Artist
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VFX Producer
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