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Want to appear in a Reebok commercial? Here’s a tip for getting hired: Wear Nike apparel.
Terry Simpson, the star of Reebok’s latest spot, showed up at the casting call wearing Nike gear from head to toe – and got hired anyway.
“It was very last minute,” confessed Britney Yunker, a vice president at Stars, the San Francisco talent agency that represents Simpson. “We knew the call was for athletic wear, but I thought it had to be Nike.”

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