A few days before the Super Bowl debut of his BMW ad, Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted: “I had such a blast filming with [Salma Hayek] for [BMW]! Now … GET TO THE CHARGER!!” It seems that his fans had just as good a time. One said, “OK, that… is actually brilliant! (Or should I say electrifying?).” Another commenter was especially fond of Salma Hayek’s Hera, noting, “I’ve seen better looking cars, but not a better looking Hera!!!!!!!”
Many fans think Schwarzenegger and Hayek should go a step further and make a Zeus-and-Hera-in California movie. One raved, “I’d watch it! Zeus adjusting to retired life in Cali while everyone is all the time pestering him for top ups on their cellphone sounds HILARIOUS, especially with Arnold freakouts involved!”
The critics seem on board with the car spot, too. Men’s Health opined, “Anyone who knows a single thing about ancient Greek mythology will be able to tell you that Zeus and Hera were not the sort of couple to comfortably retire together — infidelity, illegitimate children and blood-drenched vengeance were more their thing — but it’s still pretty neat to see Schwarzenegger and Hayek playing the mythological figures on screen, albeit briefly.”
