Is The Dude poised to make a comeback? Jeff Bridges, the actor who brought the world’s most famous White Russian connoisseur to life in 1998’s The Big Lebowski, posted a video to Twitter here he appears as the character — sweater and all — with the very Dude-like caption “Can’t be living in the past, man. Stay tuned.”
Can’t be living in the past, man. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/zL2CLYhGAM
— Jeff Bridges (@TheJeffBridges) January 24, 2019
Of the many roles the Oscar-winner has played over a career that spans more than sixty years now, Bridges’ turn as Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski has become (easily) his most iconic in the two decades since the Coen Brothers’ cult comedy hit theaters.
Naturally, rumors of The Big Lebowski 2 have sprung up here and there over the years, but nothing of any real consequence have come of them. While John Turturro did eventually reprise his role as the bowler Jesus Quintana in the spinoff Going Places, the film didn’t include Bridges as The Dude or any of the other main characters from the Coens’ original classic. Turns out, however, Bridges will be reprising his iconic role this year – just not in a sequel or spinoff movie.
Before anyone gets too excited about the notion of a sequel, something Coen brothers seem adamantly opposed to, that is the date of this year’s Super Bowl. Meaning it could just be a commercial that will feature El Duderino (if you’re not into the whole brevity thing). Although, in these strange times, who knows what it could all be leading to?
This isn’t the first time a company has based its Super Bowl marketing campaign around a fake sequel, either. Just last year, Tourism Australia ran a series of ads for a fake Crocodile Dundee sequel titled Dundee, ahead of the full promo airing during the 2018 Super Bowl. The company even managed to fool a few people with its original teaser in the series, before the subsequent promos quickly made it apparent that this was all a (marketing) joke. Still, it’s fun to see Bridges back in his getup as The Dude, even if he is simply trying to sell us something.
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