GRANDPA LEWIS

TitleGRANDPA LEWIS
BrandALLIANZ SE
Product/ServiceALLIANZ FORMULA 1 SPONSORING
Category A03. Casting
Entrant OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Idea Creation OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Media Placement OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
PR OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Production OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Britta Poetzsch Ogilvy & Mather Germany GmbH Global Executive Creative Director

Brief Explanation

Lewis Hamilton is an 80 year old man retelling his life story to his grandchildren to demonstrate that his instinctive decisions that have always brought him success. With this story, Allianz insurance want to encourage people to dare to follow their instinct and therefore grow in life.

Lewis Hamilton has never taken on a role like this before, which demanded that he actually act. It was a challenge for him. He had to use an old man voice, improvise, and use a wide emotional range. From his management we knew he is not an actor. But he did a great job liked it very much. Afterwards he hinted to the press that he could imagine becoming an actor.