Tracee Ellis Ross to Star in Mountain Dew’s Super Bowl Ad, Which Will Parody The Shining

Black-ish star will help brand promote soft drink's zero-sugar variety

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Mountain Dew has revealed that actress Tracee Ellis Ross, who stars in the ABC show Black-ish, will be one of the famous faces viewers can expect to see in its Super Bowl 2020 ad.

The PepsiCo brand has not yet shared the spot itself, but earlier this month it released a teaser that references The Shining. The 10-second trailer features a parody of the horror movie’s eerie typewriter scene.

Judging from her latest Instagram post, it appears Ellis Ross will do her best to channel Shelley Duvall—who famously screamed her way through The Shining in the role of Wendy Torrance, wife of Jack Nicholson’s maniacal Jack Torrance—in the Mountain Dew commercial.

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