The cast of Tag Movie goes hilariously unnoticed by fan during YouTube pizza review
By Erin Qualey
There are few things in this world as universal as cheesy pizza and The Office.
On a spring day in NYC, the male stars of Tag Movie took to the streets to enjoy some pizza and promote their new film. Based on a true story, Tag Movie follows a group of friends who have been playing the longest game of tag in history. The film stars Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, Hannibal Buress, and Jake Johnson – arguably five of the biggest stars working in TV and film today. But when an excited fan happened upon the pizza shoot, she only had eyes for one man.
In a post from Barstool Pizza that has since gone viral – 800k views and counting – a young woman named Sam excitedly screams at the group as they dive into their cheesy pizza. “It’s you! The guy from the videos on Twitter!” Yes, friends, even when faced with a constellation of A-list stars so bright, this girl is wearing internet shades.
There’s no doubt that Dave Portnoy, the host of these videos, has his own brand of brash charm, but even as the stars of Tag Movie offer her pizza, help her out with an errant gob of sauce on her face, and repeatedly hint at the “company” they’re keeping during their street meal, sweet Sam seems oblivious to their presence.
That is, until she catches a glimpse of Andy Bernard. You can check out the entire video below. Sam makes her energetic entrance at around the three minute mark.
Ed Helms handles the recognition with sweet grace, and goes on to rate his slice of pizza. Very far from declaring it a hot circle of garbage, he gave the fare at Don Antonio’s an 8.8, the highest rating of the bunch. The other guys give it varying numbers as well, but Dave gives the win to Sam herself who declared the pizza a 6.7.
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The video is not only hilarious and genuine, it also underscores how our consumption of media (and pizza?) has changed over the years. As Jake Johnson so succinctly says, “this is the future.” If that’s a future where A-list stars hand out free pizza on the sidewalks of New York City, count me in.
‘Tag’ hits theaters Friday, June 15th.