WANNABE superhero Paul Hollywood harnesses all his strength as he prepares to be hoisted in the air for a new Compare The Market TV ad. The Great British Bake Off star, who was pretending to be flying, loved the experience so much, he wanted to do more stunts. But producers politely knocked him back for safety reasons.
I exclusively revealed in April how Paul had signed up to promote the site’s 2-4-1 cinema deal. The ad, which airs tomorrow, sees him as a Tinseltown superhero recruited by meerkats Aleksandr and Sergei based purely on his surname — with disastrous results. A TV insider said: “There was one stunt where he had to wear a harness — something which, understandably, he had never had to do before in his career as a baker.
“It saw him hoisted safely into the air on a crane as part of the stunt, and Paul enjoyed the thrill so much, he asked to be taken even higher. “Thankfully, it was a polite no from the production team and crew as safety is their number one priority, and the most dangerous parts of any scenes have to be carried out by experts.” In the ad, Paul arrives on a film set to be introduced as Mr Hollywood himself, leading Aleksandr to comment: “Clooney’s let himself go.
” But the star’s excitement soon fizzles out when he is thrown through a window, catapulted into the air and is almost blown up. He finally quits as he’s chased by Sergei with a fire extinguisher, telling him: “You’ve got a soggy bottom.” Paul, who is back in the .
