Don't Make a Run For the Border

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Not all actors get special treatment all the time. Case in point: the bears from Dr. Doolittle 2, who were held at the border recently as they tried to enter Mexico for a Farmers Insurance shoot.

The pair, who are Canadian, were chosen by Campbell-Ewald after casting sessions in Canada and L.A. Impressive film credits notwithstanding, they didn’t need to be the Robert De Niros of the animal world. They simply had to be of a certain size, since the ad called for them to fit inside a minivan in order to tear it to pieces.

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