Top spot: Eric Cantona goes on Le Big Swim across the English Channel for Kronenbourg 1664
Heineken has revealed the outcome of its #LeBigSwim digitally-led campaign with Eric Cantona, which aimed to demonstrate the outstanding taste credentials of its premium lager brand Kronenbourg 1664.
Entitled #LeBigSwim, the campaign began with a creative execution by Kronenbourg 1664 in which Cantona announced that if 10,000 Britons agreed with him that Kronenbourg 1664 is the greatest tasting beer, he would salute their good taste by “swimming the English Channel from France to Britain.”
The final films see Cantona dressed in a skin-tight wetsuit complete with trademark high collar, staying true to his word by diving into the sea with steely determination to embark on the mammoth challenge ahead. Moments later, however, the film cuts to footage of Cantona approaching a luxury yacht. After climbing aboard Cantona then continues to swim in the vessel’s luxurious heated deck-top swimming pool as a three-piece band play the iconic Chariots’ of Fire theme.