Game of Thrones’ The Mountain channels his inner Colonel Sanders in KFC record stunt
By Sara Shaw • August 22, 2018KFC has been known to rotate the actors playing its mascot and founder Colonel Sanders but the latest addition to its roster may be the biggest and toughest one yet. Giant Game of Thrones actor Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson regularly plays The Mountain Gregor Clegane on the show, but has traded in his golden armour for the Colonel’s iconic white suit. In a stunt to promote the Double Crispy Colonel Sandwich the Icelandic actor also set a ‘world record’ for pulling 700 pounds of Double Crispy Colonel Sandwiches across a room.
“Burger places have been selling double burgers for years, but nobody has really had a chicken sandwich like this — worthy of doubling up on — so we decided to change the extra crispy fried chicken game by creating the Double Crispy Colonel,” said chief marketing officer of KFC US Andrea Zahumensky.