Red Dead Redemption footage was secretly recycled into a GTA V beer commercial
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Red Dead Redemption footage was secretly recycled into a GTA V beer commercial

Provisional stock footage from Red Dead Redemption was reused for the Pißwasser TV commercial in GTA V, with John Marston himself appearing on horseback as an unnamed patriotic redneck.

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GTAO portrait of the legend himself, still iconic years after that wild Pißwasser cameo nobody saw coming.
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GTAO portrait of the legend himself, still iconic years after that wild Pißwasser cameo nobody saw coming.

The serious gunslinger of RDR2—a far cry from that hammered redneck chugging Pißwasser on TV.
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The serious gunslinger of RDR2—a far cry from that hammered redneck chugging Pißwasser on TV.

Jim Milton my ass—that's the same dude who ended up a nameless horse-riding redneck in a Los Santos beer ad.
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Jim Milton my ass—that's the same dude who ended up a nameless horse-riding redneck in a Los Santos beer ad.

The original RDR1 look—this is the exact build that got recycled into Pißwasser's provisional stock footage.
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The original RDR1 look—this is the exact build that got recycled into Pißwasser's provisional stock footage.

Family man John, zero indication he'd one day be a patriotic horse-riding redneck in a beer commercial.
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Family man John, zero indication he'd one day be a patriotic horse-riding redneck in a beer commercial.

That October 2013 Social Club ad—the moment Rockstar tipped their hand about John's secret Pißwasser gig.
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That October 2013 Social Club ad—the moment Rockstar tipped their hand about John's secret Pißwasser gig.

GTAO's Character Creator—proof Marston's model got Frankensteined into the modern GTA universe, Pißwasser ad and all.
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GTAO's Character Creator—proof Marston's model got Frankensteined into the modern GTA universe, Pißwasser ad and all.

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