Wrigley's Extra Recreates Its 'Sarah and Juan' Love Story With Real-Life Couple

Valentine's Film Follows Last Year's Epic Romance

Published On
Feb 16, 2016

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Wrigley's Extra gum had us all bawling last year with The Story of Sarah and Juan, an epic love story about a couple who fall in love, part and reunite. That followed another tear-jerker, a touching father-daughter tale, in 2013, by the same agency, Energy BBDO.

Energy's latest heartstring-tugger is a docu-style spot that brings together a real-life couple, Jessica and Marcus, for a "Sarah and Juan"-style tale of love. It tells the story single windowed mother Jessica, and single father Marcus, who have known each other from kindergarten, and have found love second time around.

As in the original ad, it follows their romance in snippets--which Marcus and the pair's children illustrate on gum-wrappers, much in the style that Juan did in the original film. And, if you saw the first ad, you'll easily guess how the rest of this one plays out.

While not perhaps such an overt weepie as the fictional spot, it's a touching piece that will probably strike a chord with plenty of people who've found that first love need not be your only love.

The ad was directed by Sanctuary's Natalie Rae Robison and came out over the Valentine's weekend.

Credits

Date
Feb 16, 2016
Brand :
Wrigley
Client :
Wrigley
Agency :
Energy BBDO
Senior Vice President/Executive Creative Director :
Andrs Ordez
Vice President/Creative Director :
Pedro Prez
Vice President/Creative Director :
Josh Gross
Illustrator :
Mya Pagn
Director, Integrated Production :
Rowley Samuel
Executive Producer :
John Pratt
Producer :
Shobin Mathew
Director, Music Production :
Daniel Kuypers
Managing Director :
Jeff Adkins
Client Services Director :
Lianne Sinclair
Account Director :
Erin Welsh
Senior Account Executive :
Brittany Peskind
Account Executive :
Katheryn Batista
Group Planning Director :
Elke Anderle
Director, Digital Strategy :
Zach Graham
Production Company :
Sanctuary
Director :
Natalie Rae Robison
Director, Photography :
Kelly Jefferey
Line Producer :
Dennis Beier
Executive Producer :
Preston Lee
Finish :
Method Studios
Colorist :
Tyler Roth
Music Track :
"Can't Help Falling in Love"
Vocals :
Haley Reinhart
Piano :
Casey Abrams
Record Label :
ole Media Management L.P.
Audio Producer :
Whiz Bang
Audio Post :
Sarah Krohn
Audio Post Producer :
Maria Hinders
Executive Producer :
Mitch Monzon
Editorial Company :
Beast Editorial
Editor :
Angelo Valencia
Assistant Editor :
Melissa Weinmann
Senior Producer :
Lauren Roth
Executive Producer :
Peter Hullinger
Visual Effects :
The Mill
Design Lead :
Matt Darnall
Design Artist :
Adrian Navarro
2D Lead :
Randy McEntee
2D Artist :
Michael Sarabia
Head of Production :
Andrew Sommerville
Producer :
Adam Battista
Producer :
Grace Tober
Color :
Company 3
Artist :
Ryan Wood

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