Despite Paul Rudd looking like he stopped ageing long ago like a character from Twilight, the actor is actually 51 years old.
But to help convince millennials to start wearing masks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, Paul Rudd has decided that he is now 26 and a millennial too. Teaming up with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Paul Rudd plays a “certified young person” to appeal to the youth of today in a PSA to get millennials to start wearing masks.
Holding a skateboard to his hip, a hat tipped to the side and headphones around his neck, Rudd opened the video by explaining how his “homie” Governor Cuomo was “going off” about millennials not wearing masks, despite being the ones who are often responsible for transmitting the virus.
“No cap,” the actor added to prove that he was a definite Young Person™️ who was telling the truth.
Exuding a real “How Do You Do Fellow Kids?”-energy and sounding like an AI-generated script made from slang found on Twitter, Paul Rudd fills the two-minute PSA with all the things that millennials are thought to love: TikTok dances, vibe checks, rapping, Billie Eilish and slang. Lots and lots of slang.
“Fam, lets real talk. Masks? They’re totally beast, so let’s slide that into your DMs and Twitch it,” Rudd says to his fellow millennials before breaking out into a TikTok dance. “You want a challenge? How about a stop the pandemic challenge? What about a save grandma challenge? Is that fun enough for ya?”
Paul Rudd saying, « masks protect you and your dank squad » is a gift to each and every one of us pic.twitter.com/JZ3eDQ2ppO
Falling out of character after exhausting all the millennial-isms he could, Paul Rudd eventually snaps and implores the young people watching to “just wear a mask” because “it’s easy [and] it’s simple”.
“It’s not hard. People are dying, hundreds of thousands of people are dying and it’s preventable,” he yells. “Just wear a mask, I shouldn’t have to make it fun. It’s science.”
But because it is Paul Rudd, the actor made sure to make end of his PSA fun by linking up with Hot Ones host, Sean Evans, to recreate his iconic “look at us” meme – but with hot wing-stained masks this time, because if there’s one medium that millennials actually do understand it’s memes.
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