Watch Tia Carrere star in a Chevrolet Beretta GT commercial a few years ahead of earning fame as Cassandra in Wayne’s World.
Tia Carrere is best known for playing Cassandra, the girlfriend of star character Wayne Campbell in the slap-happy comedy movie Wayne’s World and Wayne’s World 2. Before attaining fame on the big screen, the beautiful actress appeared in a variety of television shows including Airwolf; The A-Team; MacGyver, and Married with Children. After becoming relatively famous from her TV roles, General Motors tapped Carrere to appear in a TV commercial for their sporty new 2-door coupe – the Chevrolet Beretta.
This week’s Throwback Thursday video features a Tia Carrere commercial for the 1990 Chevrolet Beretta GT. While we don’t learn anything about the car itself – we get to watch a short, strange advertising spot from the old Heartbeat of America campaign.
The commercial starts off with Tia Carrere standing in a courtyard, mixing a bowl of something and standing next to a bright white 1990 Chevrolet Beretta GT which we can only assume is her car. A nearby flower vendor points out a large mural painting to a little girl who somehow couldn’t see the huge mural in the narrow courtyard and when the young lady walks over to the mural – Tia Carrere is the artist working on the large painting.
Of course, the famous actress is kind enough to invite the little girl to help her paint on the wall and as the camera zooms out, we see that the 1990 Chevrolet Beretta GT is parked perfectly in front of the mural, looking like it was meant to be part of the artwork.
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