Homer Simpson, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Kobe Bryant Score With Hit World Cup Commercial

By Tracey Harrington McCoy Posted Jun 14th 2010 07:15PM

The commercial is a who's who of soccer greats from around the world: Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Wayne Rooney of England, Landon Donovan of USA, Franck Ribery of France, Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast and Ronaldinho of Brazil. Add in some extra star power with tennis guru Roger Federer, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and Hollywood heavyweight Homer Simpson, and you've got one heck of a TV commercial!

Nike pulled out all the stops for their World Cup spot, casting some of the biggest names in soccer (futball, for all you purists) and creating a 3-minute mini-movie with blockbuster effects and all. It's one of the biggest, grandest, and most successful advertisements ever made.

Watch the video after the jump.

The commercial's already received more than 15 million views on YouTube and is quite possibly the most talked about aspect of the World Cup so far (if you don't count the mistake England's goalie made in the England vs. USA match on Saturday... oops!)

The director of the popular ad is Alejandro González Iñárritu, reports EW.com. No stranger to big effects and big names, he's most known for directing Hollywood films 'Babel' with Brad Pitt and '21 Grams' with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. And now, he's made one of the most watched commercials ever.

Bottom line: someone over in Nike's marketing department is getting a big raise.

Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, homer simpson, kobe bryant

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