Abbey Clancy and husband Peter Crouch have joined a host of stars for a “London gang-inspired” Paddy Power ad ahead of the Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival.
The couple, who have been married for 12 years and share four children, exuded confidence as they showed off their acting chops in the hysterical commercial.
Along with EastEnders’ Shaun Williamson, they took on Irish star Colm Meaney, poking fun at the Ireland-Great Britain rivalry.
Model Abbey, 37, looked effortlessly chic as she and former footballer Peter, 42, donned chic winter ensembles.
Slipping over a long tailored beige coat, she completed the look with a plaid hat and leather gloves.
Hysterical: Abbey Clancy and husband Peter Crouch have joined a host of stars for a ‘Gangs of London’-inspired Paddy Power ad ahead of the Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival
LOL: Along with EastEnders’ Shaun Williamson (centre), the pair took on Irish star Colm Meaney as they poked fun at the Ireland-Great Britain rivalry.
Gangster: The Gangs of London actor Colm, 69 (centre), disembarked from a bus packed with fellow Irish racers, including RTE racing expert and former jockey Jane Mangan (right), when he ran into face to face with ‘the opposition’ led by Pedro
The Gangs of London actor Colm, 69, stepped off a bus full of fellow Irish racers, including RTE racing expert and ex-jockey Jane Mangan, when he came face to face with ‘the opposition ‘ led by Peter.
‘Hey hey. I didn’t think you guys would show up this year,” smiled Peter, the former England star.
With Colm, who previously starred in the Paddy Power prequel advert, snarling, “Everybody knows Cheltenham is Ireland’s patch.”
Then Shaun, like his ill-fated soap opera character Barry, declared: You’ve been punching above your weight for too long.
Only for the beautiful Abbey to cheekily joke that she’s been saying the same thing about her husband Peter for years.
Insults are then thrown back and forth with Peter reminding his enemies of Ireland’s failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and Shaun as ‘Barry’ claiming St Patrick was Welsh.
Only for one of the Irish gang to yell back: ‘At least it wasn’t English!’
However, things are taken too far when Barry roars at his opponents: ‘Tayto munchers!’.
Acting chops: Model Abbey, 37, looked effortlessly chic as she and former footballer Peter, 42, dressed in chic winter ensembles
Insults: ‘Oi, Oi. I didn’t think you guys would show up this year’, the former England star Peter smiled.
Gaffer: With Colm, who previously starred in the Paddy Power prequel ad, snarling: ‘Everybody knows Cheltenham is Ireland’s patch’
Silencing everyone into a shocked silence, an incredulous Colm replied, ‘We’re just having a little fun!’
The awkward exchange is quickly brushed aside, and when Crouch is embarrassed, he insists on apologizing.
With the bridges apparently repaired, a hapless ‘Barry’ puts his foot down again for his mob when Meaney remarked that he seemed a bit ‘nervous’ earlier.
Like a certain disgraced member of the British royal family, he arrogantly claimed that it is ‘physically impossible’ for him to sweat.
Speaking about the campaign, Colm admitted: ‘These are really nice to do because humorous sporting banter like that between rivals is always going to be funny.
Very far! The insults go back and forth until Shaun takes things too far.
Oops: With the bridges apparently fixed, a hapless ‘Barry’ puts his foot down once more for his mob as Meaney commented that he seemed a bit ‘nervous’ before pulling an ill-judged joke.
“Peter Crouch was fantastic. He was obviously familiar with his football career having followed it for years, so he was delighted to meet him, not to forget our friend Shaun Williamson, who is a lot of fun. He is fantastic in the ad.
Spokesman Paddy Power said: “Colm Meaney is a larger-than-life actor, so we knew we needed someone of equal stature to take on him in our advert.” Crouchy was the only one who could possibly measure up.
‘If I’m honest, no one really knows how ‘Barry’ ended up there. I think he just wandered around the set and got caught up in the heat of the moment when he heard Colm insult Crouchy.