Jean-Claude Van Damme Volvo Commercial

[mwong168]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M7FIvfx5J10[/youtube]

How Volvo Created the Jean-Claude Van Damme ‘Epic Split’ Video

 

[frolic]

Awesome. This is the best viral ad ever.

 

[spiroagnew]

Your move, Chuck Norris!

 

[Monkeybug]

Crazy.

Must need the money.

Wonder why they went backwards and not forwards?

 

[mwong168]

Wonder why they went backwards and not forwards?

From the page I linked:

The trucks go backward in the video because “we all know that going in reverse is a bit more difficult than going forward,” Vilhelmsson said. “We felt that would be the ultimate test, to have the trucks go in reverse with someone standing on the side mirrors performing a side split. And we knew that if anyone would be able to do that, it would have to be Jean-Claude Van Damme.”

 

[Monkeybug]

That explains it.

Didn't see the link. It was underneath the awe and halo of JCVD! I would be surprised if anyone saw that link.

 

[frolic]

from what I understand, moving trucks backwards is difficult even for good truckers. So the ad ultimately is promoting how smooth their trucks are.

 

[mwong168]

Chuck 'Freakin' Norris :lol:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0g83MwHfaK8#t=11[/youtube]