Client: KFC
Date: Sep 2017
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Another Colonel is coming to your screen, and this time he’s a bit two-faced. KFC and Wieden+Kennedy have teamed again to put the white suit and glasses on a new actor in the series, Ray Liotta, to promote the chicken chain’s two chicken flavors as Colonel Harland Sanders.

Liotta is a Colonel torn in two as he promotes two southern flavors: sweet and tangy Georgia Gold honey mustard BBQ chicken, and spicy and smoky Nashville hot chicken.

In a southern lilt, Liotta sings the praises of the Georgia Gold, but he switches to a darker, deeper, slightly menacing voice when pushing the hot chicken. His duality gets him into an argument with himself, before he screams “What have I become” to the sky.

Credits

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy Portland

Creative Directors: Jason Kreher and Freddie Powell

Copywriter: Ansel Wallenfang

Art Director: Nick Stokes

Producer: Jennifer Fiske

Social Strategy: John Dempsey/Andrew Clayton

Strategic Planning: Scott Woodhouse

Media/Comms Planning: Anjali Patel

Account Team: Jesse Johnson/Kate Rutkowski/Madeline Parker

Business Affairs: Amber Lavender/Kevin Moyer

Project Management: Lauren Walker

Executive Creative Directors: Eric Baldwin and Jason Bagley