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Yahoo! ad starring Harrow Weald actor seen by millions
A YOUNG actor from Harrow Weald will be seen by viewers across the US after starring in a television advert for internet portal Yahoo!
Christian Kyriacou, of Park Crescent, appears in a 60-second commercial that was aired on American television after the final episode of singing comedy series Glee that attracted an audience of 10.9 million.
Directed by respected director Bryan Buckley, the clip involves the 25-year-old lip-synching the words to American rapper Kanye West's 'Flashing Lights' and, by stepping through a Yahoo! branded door, being transformed from an ordinary office worker to a superstar singer cavorting with models in a jacuzzi.
Christian said: "Something like the Yahoo! advert was an open search so there were thousands of entrants.
"The brief was for a dorky-looking person - a 'Glee'-type misfit - so I had to bring my nerdiest clothes to the audition."
The finance company worker said he was chosen after three callbacks in the space of a week, the last just days before the five day long shoot began in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, in May.
He said: "I loved it. It was such a fun experience. The jacuzzi scene was particularly enjoyable!
"I had five or six different costume changes and we had a dance choreographer who taught me to do the caterpillar. We had to film that scene 30 or 40 times.
"I knew the song before we started but it took quite a while to memorise the words; I have heard that song about a thousand times, so now it grates."
The advert, which will be shown on aeroplanes and in cinemas in the US as well as mainstream channels like MTV, is one of an eventual series of three all involving lip-synching which could also be broadcast in Britain.
Christian, who attended Weald First and Middle Schools and later Hatch End High School, said: "It's been viewed by 20,000 people on YouTube in about a week and the Twitter account has had 20,000 tweets. We want to get as much publicity as possible.
"I have managed to get representation for film and television and I've got a few auditions coming up including a casting for EastEnders.
"I'd like to quit my job and become a full-time actor and having this advert on my CV is definitely helping."
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The Yahoo commercial was on the money.
Great casting and song choice.
Tom
Detroit, Michigan
USA