Even Australia’s conquerors of Hollywood had to start somewhere. Usually in an embarrassing ad on the TV. We had a rummage through Australia’s biggest advertising library – Ebiquity’s archive that goes back to 1981 – to dig out the parts of Aussie celebs’ careers they’d probably wish had quietly been forgotten.
Before they were famous roll call:
Naomi Watts, Australian lamb, 1989 Eric Bana, Gravox gravy, 1996 Rebecca Gibney, Lux, 1989 Cate Blanchett, Tim Tams, 1993 Claudia Karvan, Big M, 1991 Ian Turpie, Big W, 1984 Tara Moss, Movenpick ice cream, 1999 Ian Turpie, Woolworths, 1984 Alison Brahe and Cameron Daddo, Norsca shower gel, 1991 Lisa McCune, Coles, 1991 Hg Nelson, Ryobi power tools, 1989 Natalie Imbruglia, Twisties, 1992 Julian McMahon, Levi’s, 1988 Elle McPherson, Tab, 1982 Russell Crowe, Australian National Council on AIDS, 1987 Source: Ebiquity...
Before they were famous roll call:
Naomi Watts, Australian lamb, 1989 Eric Bana, Gravox gravy, 1996 Rebecca Gibney, Lux, 1989 Cate Blanchett, Tim Tams, 1993 Claudia Karvan, Big M, 1991 Ian Turpie, Big W, 1984 Tara Moss, Movenpick ice cream, 1999 Ian Turpie, Woolworths, 1984 Alison Brahe and Cameron Daddo, Norsca shower gel, 1991 Lisa McCune, Coles, 1991 Hg Nelson, Ryobi power tools, 1989 Natalie Imbruglia, Twisties, 1992 Julian McMahon, Levi’s, 1988 Elle McPherson, Tab, 1982 Russell Crowe, Australian National Council on AIDS, 1987 Source: Ebiquity...
- 10/11/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
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