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Roman Coppola Directed an 'Avengers' Insurance Spot

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Remember that charming Target commercial that adorably dressed kids as the heroes of The Avengers? Well, here's a far less cute, still kind of charming take on that concept, with fully-grown, out-of-shape adults clad in sad, homemade superhero costumes. It's part of an Avengers/Farmers Insurance cross-over campaign, and the spot below was put together by CQ director Roman Coppola, who here trades out his usual tinge of Wes Anderson for a splash of Michael Bay. (Obviously that means explosions.)

Huh. I guess that makes as much sense as Farmers' last arbitrarily-target-based superhero ad?

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