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"It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too"

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“It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too” lands like an offhand throwaway, but that casual “too” is doing heavy lifting. Jason Mewes isn’t selling gravitas here; he’s signaling a pivot point in a career built on cult energy, chaos comedy, and the kind of fame that feels half accidental. The line reads as a small marveling at legitimacy: yes, the indie misfit pipeline can end up inside the glossy machine.

The intent is modest, even disarming. Mewes frames the Nike gigs not as a conquest or a brand flex, but as an experience - fun, uncomplicated, almost childlike. That’s a strategic posture for an actor whose persona has long been entwined with slacker authenticity. He’s acknowledging corporate work without sounding corporatized. The subtext: I’m still me, even when the money and the lighting budget get serious.

Context matters because Nike commercials are a shorthand for cultural centrality. They’re not just ads; they’re mini-myths about aspiration, discipline, cool. Mewes, known for playing stoners and lovable screwups, doesn’t naturally belong in that mythology. That mismatch is the point. His delight hints at the surreal nature of contemporary celebrity, where a face associated with low-budget counterculture can be repurposed as mainstream texture.

The quote works because it refuses a redemption narrative. No talk of “making it” or “proving people wrong.” Just the quiet admission that stepping into the most polished version of pop capitalism can be, genuinely, a blast.

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Mewes, Jason. (2026, January 17). It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-was-a-lot-of-fun-doing-the-nike-commercials-too-55770/

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Mewes, Jason. "It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-was-a-lot-of-fun-doing-the-nike-commercials-too-55770/.

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"It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-was-a-lot-of-fun-doing-the-nike-commercials-too-55770/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Jason Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is a Actor from USA.

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