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‘Rudy’ Gives Advice to NFL Rookies

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Wait a minute, what’s Samwise Gamgee doing talking to a bunch of NFL rookies?

Actually, that’s Rudy Ruettiger — or Sean Astin, the actor who played both the underdog Notre Dame football player immortalized in the 1993 film Rudy, as well as Frodo Baggins’ erstwhile sidekick.

Astin is part of a Pepsi Max digital marketing campaign, in which he employs his football expertise (or lack thereof) to engage in some gridiron banter with the NFL’s latest crop of talent. The back-and-forth is good for a few chuckles, so check it out in the video above.

Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/09/12/rudy-nfl-rookies/

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