KFC's Gigantic 'Double Colonel' Might Seem Familiar to Game of Thrones Fans

'The Mountain' plays the beefiest chicken pitchman to date

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KFC’s new Double Crispy Colonel Sandwich is, as the name implies, an unnerving tower of two chicken patties encased (unlike the infamous Double Down) in a bun. Obviously no mere celebrity iteration of Colonel Sanders is up to the job of selling this beast, so they’re bringing in some added muscle.

Enter Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, an international strongman best known for playing Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane in HBO’s Game of Thrones series. While his face doesn’t get much screen time on the show, especially since the character’s near-death (ahem) experience in the fourth season, his imposing physique has been a mainstay of the fantasy epic since it launched in 2011.

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