Who Is The Most Interesting Man in the World?

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – When posed with that question, right now there could be a few characters who could vie for that spot.

People like Donald Trump, the US Presidential candidate who wants to build a wall to keep out Mexicans and not granting entry to Muslims from around the world.

Actually he would fit into the role of the Most Dangerous Man In The World.

The Most Interesting Man in the World is an advertising campaign for the Dos Equis brand of beer, produced by the marketing firm Euro RSCG for Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery.

The ads feature Jonathan Goldsmith as “the world’s most interesting man” who has stated that his friend, actor Fernando Lamas, was an inspiration in creating the character.

The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006 and have since then become a popular Internet meme.

In March 2016, Dos Equis announced Goldsmith’s retirement from the role, with a commercial sending him on a one-way journey to Mars amid much acclaim, and the narration: “His only regret is not knowing what regret feels like”.

The advertisements feature a bearded, debonair gentleman, roughly in his 70s, portrayed by actor Goldsmith, They also feature a montage (mostly in black and white) of daring exploits involving “the most interesting man” when he was younger.

The precise settings are never revealed, but he performs feats such as: freeing an angry bear from a painful-looking bear trap; shooting a pool trick shot by shooting the cue ball out of the mouth of a man lying on the pool table

At the end of the advertisement, the most interesting man, usually shown sitting in a night club or other social setting surrounded by several beautiful young women, says, “I don’t always drink beer. But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis”. Each commercial ends with him stating the signature sign-off: “Stay thirsty, my friends.”

The agency’s rationale for the brand strategy was defined as: “He is a man rich in stories and experiences, much the way the audience hopes to be in the future.

Rather than an embodiment of the brand, The Most Interesting Man is a voluntary brand spokesperson: he and Dos Equis share a point of view on life that it should be lived interestingly.”

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