In the film, he plays the player-coach-owner of a fictional losing team in the American Basketball Association. Ferrell has also played a soccer coach, a Nascar driver and an ice skater in other movies. Anheuser-Busch has whistled up other comic actors, including Carlos Mencia and Cedric the Entertainer, for past Super Bowl ads. Among the other celebs in line for ad time this year are Justin Timberlake for Pepsi and Carmen Electra for Hershey.
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