Today let's see how Keany Reeves reacts watching one of his first appearances on TV - a Coca-Cola commercial from the 80s! ORIGINAL VIDEO
- TRUE OR FALSE
- Keanu didn?t remember the Coca-Cola commercial.
- Keanu thought it was a poor experience.
- Keanu needed to shave his legs for the commercial
- In the commercial, he had a professional coach.
- The commercial director used bad language with Keanu.
2. MATCH
1. What do you remember about
2. It was like a
3. We had to improv some scenes and pretend
4. I gotta tell you, it was all totally worth it because let's
5. That was the 13 second version,
a) three-day shoot
b) take a look at the very commercial we're talking about.
c) shooting that particular commercial?
d) there?s the minute version.
e) it was hot but we were filming in the winter.
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ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT
-Now, Keanu, one of your earliest roles on screen was a Coca-cola commercial. What do you remember about shooting that particular commercial?
-I had to play a cyclist.
-Right.
-Who is like, you know, a young kid. My father is my coach. It's a big race. You know what? They actually have -- you might see in the commercial ? they had some like Ukrainian guys, the evil, like the villain cyclists and so it's like about me with my dad.
-Who's your coach?
-My dad.
It was like a three-day shoot. For me, it was a great experience because you're going from school and from study to the real world, to practical. So it was like hitting marks.
It was -- we had to improv some scenes and pretend it was hot but we were filming in the winter.
It was real world working experience and, um --.
-It?s a fantastic commercial?
-The cyclists were good. The camaraderie of making the movie. The cyclists pushing me up the hill like, ?You can do it, kid!? ...Shaving my legs.
-You shaved your legs for this commercial?
-Yeah! Because I'm playing a cyclist.
- Well, it?s a fantastic commercial.
-Being in a tub for the first time, shaving my legs.
-I gotta tell you, it was all totally worth it because let's take a look at the very commercial we're talking about.
-Oh no!
[ music ]
- Go! Go! I?m proud of you, really proud.
- A coke!
-Who's your coach?
-My dad.
[ cheering and applause ]
- I got chills. I got actual chills. Chills.
Ha-ha-ha.
-Three days?
-Three days!
Ha-ha.
>> That was the 13 second version, there?s the minute version.
-There's a feature length, yeah, there?s a feature length.
-And I also went through that thing like, you know, when they have that line at the end, of coke, it was -- I had to drink so many coca-colas and like -- but I had that thing with the director where it's like, ?ok, you're thirsty, you?re dying. You?re on an island. You're on a desert island.
You haven't had anything to drink!?
For me to take
- Ok, a coke.
?No, that?s not it? and then he went to kind of like r-rated, then it got x-rated. Yeah, was pretty funny.
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PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION
-Agora, Keanu, um dos seus primeiros papéis na tela foi uma Coca-Cola
comercial. O que você lembra de filmar esse comercial em particular?
-Eu tive que interpretar um ciclista.
-Certo.
-Quem é tipo, você sabe, um garoto. Meu pai é meu treinador. É uma grande corrida. Sabe de uma coisa? Eles na verdade têm - você pode ver no comercial - eles tinham alguns , tipo, caras ucranianos, o mal, como os ciclistas vilões e então é tipo, sobre mim com meu pai.
-Quem é seu treinador?
-Meu pai.
Foi tipo uma filmagem de três dias. Para mim, foi uma ótima experiência porque você está indo da escola e do estudo para o mundo real, para a prática. Então foi como bater marcas.
Foi - tivemos que improvisar algumas cenas e fingir que estava quente, mas estávamos filmando no inverno.
Foi experiência de trabalho no mundo real e, um -.
-É um comercial fantástico ...
-Os ciclistas eram bons. A camaradagem de fazer o filme. Os ciclistas me empurrando de cima da colina tipo, ?Você pode fazer isso, garoto!? ? Raspar minhas pernas.
-Você raspou as pernas para este comercial?
-Sim! Porque eu estou interpretando um ciclista.
Bem, é um comercial fantástico.
-Estar em uma banheira pela primeira vez, raspando minhas pernas.
-Tenho que dizer que tudo valeu a pena, porque vamos dar uma olhada no exato comercial que estamos falando.
-Ah não!
[música]
- Vai! Vai! Estou orgulhoso de você, muito orgulhoso.
- Uma coca-cola!
-Quem é seu treinador?
-Meu pai.
[torcida e aplausos]
- Eu fiquei arrepiado. Eu fiquei arrepiado de verdade. . Arrepios.
Ha-ha-ha.
-Três dias?
-Três dias!
Ha-ha
>> Essa foi a versão de 13 segundos, tem a versão de um minuto.
-Tem o longa metragem, é, tem o longa metragem...
-E eu também passei por aquela coisa tipo, você sabe, quando eles têm essa fala no final, da Coca-cola, foi - eu tive que beber tantas coca-colas e tipo- mas eu tive essa coisa com o diretor, que é tipo?Ok, você está com sede, você está morrendo. Você está em uma ilha. Você está em uma ilha deserta. Você não bebeu nada!
Para eu pegar
- Ok, uma coca.
"Não, não é isso" e então ele foi para... tipo ?proibido para menores de 17?, e depois ficou ?conteúdo explícito? (ofensivo). Sim, foi bem engraçado.
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VOCABULARY:
EARLY - antigo/a, inicial
ROLE - papel (em uma obra de ficção)
ON SCREEN - na tela (na TV ou no cinema)
TO SHOOT - filmar
RACE - corrida (competição)
COACH - treinador
EVIL - mal
VILLAIN - vilão
TO HIT A/YOUR MARK - acertar uma/sua marcação
TO PRETEND - fingir
TO PLAY - interpretar
LINE - fala (de personagem)
IMPROV (TO IMPROVISE) - improvisar
CAMARADERIE - camaradagem
TO GET CHILLS - ficar arrepiado
FEATURE-LENGTH - longa-metragem
R-RATED - proibido para menores de 17 anos
X-RATED - conteúdo (sexual, violento) explícito e possivelmente ofensivo
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-Now, Keanu, one of your earliest roles on screen was a Coca-cola 1._____________. What do you remember about shooting that particular commercial?
-I had to play a cyclist.
-Right.
-Who is like, you know, a young kid. My father is my coach. It's a big race. You know what? They actually have -- you might see in the commercial ? they had some like Ukranian guys, the evil, like the villain cyclists and so it's like about me with my dad.
-Who's your coach?
-My dad.
It was like a three-day shoot. For me, it was a great experience 2._________ you're going from school and from study to the real world, to practical. So it was like hitting marks.
It was -- we had to improv some scenes and pretend it was hot but we were filming in the 3.__________.
It was real world working experience and, um --.
-It?s a fantastic commercial?
-The cyclists were good. The camaraderie of making the movie. The cyclists pushing me up the hill like, ?You can do it, kid!? ...Shaving my legs.
-You shaved your 4. _______ for this commercial?
-Yeah! Because I'm playing a cyclist.
- Well, it?s a fantastic commercial.
-Being in a tub for the first time, shaving my legs.
-I gotta tell you, it was all totally worth it because let's take a 5.______ at the very commercial we're talking about.
-Oh no!
[ music ]
- Go! Go! I?m proud of you, really proud.
- A coke!
-6. _______ your coach?
-My dad.
[ cheering and applause ]
- I got chills. I got actual chills. Chills.
Ha-ha-ha.
-Three days?
-Three days!
Ha-ha.
>> That was the 13 second version, there?s the minute 7. _______.
-There's a feature length, yeah, there?s a feature length.
-And I also went through that thing like, you know, when they have that line at the end, of coke, it was -- I had to 8._______ so many coca-colas and like -- but I had that thing with the director where it's like, ?ok, you're thirsty, you?re dying. You?re on an island. You're on a 9. ______ island.
You haven't had 10.________ to drink!?
For me to take
- Ok, a coke.
?No, that?s not it? and then he went to kind of like r-rated, then it got x-rated. Yeah, was pretty funny.
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ANSWERS:
1. TRUE OR FALSE 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T
2. MATCH 1.c 2.a 3.e 4.b 5.d
3. FILL IN THE GAPS:
1. commercial
2. because
3. winter
4. legs
5. look
6. Who's
7. version
8. drink
9. desert
10. anything
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