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Jacob Farr

Hollywood A-lister appears in an Edinburgh 'sexist' advert from another era

A rather vulgar and outdated advert from the late 1980s which shows a movie star enjoying a pint of lager in what is supposed to be Edinburgh has resurfaced online.

A cyclist as well as a highland marching band playing the bagpipes and drums travel through the street in opposite directions in the opening scene.

Paul Hogan, notorious for his Crocodile Dundee franchise role, which took movie box offices by storm in 1986, is seen holding a cold amber pint of Fosters lager as he exits the fictional ‘Castle Bar.’

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