Charlie Chaplin fan recreates hilarious Irn Bru advert filmed on a skateboard and a unicycle

A budding filmmaker performed his own stunts in this hilarious Irn Bru advert filmed on a skateboard and a unicycle - inspired by Charlie Chaplin. Alexander Edwards, 20, put together the epic clip in a bid to get the attention of Irn Bru makers A.G Barr, filming the action-packed video in his spare time.He originally made the video for a competition Irn Bru launched last year - but he submitted a day late for consideration.Instead, Alexander decided to share the comedy clip on social media which has now racked up nearly 300,000 views.And it caught the eye of Barr's, who sent him 70 cans and 40 bottles of Irn Bru as a thank you.The film sees him chase a can of Irn Bru around his hometown of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, while doing epic stunts.Alexander, who did all of the stunt work and filmed it himself, chases the can which falls from a car before being kicked and rolled around the town.He uses his skateboard and a unicycle in a frantic bid to chase the can, until finally jumping in a freezing river to retrieve it.Alexander, who is currently working at a vaccine centre, said he took inspiration from Charlie Chaplin and Mr Bean to make the ad.Alexander said: "It took about a week to film it all, each segment of the video took about a day to film."I have always liked Charlie Chaplin movies and I wanted it to be something that appealed to everyone."I have done a lot of work with the deaf community and thought it would be good to make something without dialogue, like Chaplin or Mr Bean, that everyone could understand."Anyone can watch it and have a laugh."Alexander produced the film last June and even recruited his mum Carol, 54, sister Skye, 14, and stepdad Dominic, 51, to star in the video.He said: "My mum is riding the bike in it, my sister Skye is kicking the football, and it's my stepdad who drives me home at the end."I have been into skateboarding sine I was little, it's a big hobby of mine, and I learnt to ride the unicycle for a circus musical I was in in 2019."I thought I have a unicycle sitting at home now I may as well use it."The stunts I did myself, I am really into parkour, it took a few attempts to get them right in filming, but I only had one shot at jumping off the bridge to get it."Throwing myself around wasn't the hardest part of making it, it was throwing the can around that was hard."I had to open it and put rocks at the bottom to make sure it always landed on its bottom."I didn't have a cameraman, I filmed most of it myself, and the clips I am in it's my sister who is holding the camera while I directed her."Barr's saw it online and then I got an email from the company director saying he thought the video was great and really praised it."They shared it on their social media channels and send me 70 cans and around 40 bottles of Irn Bru as a thank you."It's all being stored outside in the garden, there is no room for it in the house."My big goal is to get involved in film production and I try and make as many of my own videos as I can."Throughout lockdown I made about seven or eight videos for local Scottish Borders' businesses."

A budding filmmaker performed his own stunts in this hilarious Irn Bru advert filmed on a skateboard and a unicycle - inspired by Charlie Chaplin.

Alexander Edwards, 20, put together the epic clip in a bid to get the attention of Irn Bru makers A.G Barr, filming the action-packed video in his spare time.He originally made the video for a competition Irn Bru launched last year - but he submitted a day late for consideration.Instead, Alexander decided to share the comedy clip on social media which has now racked up nearly 300,000 views.And it caught the eye of Barr's, who sent him 70 cans and 40 bottles of Irn Bru as a thank you.The film sees him chase a can of Irn Bru around his hometown of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, while doing epic stunts.Alexander, who did all of the stunt work and filmed it himself, chases the can which falls from a car before being kicked and rolled around the town.He uses his skateboard and a unicycle in a frantic bid to chase the can, until finally jumping in a freezing river to retrieve it.Alexander, who is currently working at a vaccine centre, said he took inspiration from Charlie Chaplin and Mr Bean to make the ad.Alexander said: "It took about a week to film it all, each segment of the video took about a day to film."I have always liked Charlie Chaplin movies and I wanted it to be something that appealed to everyone."I have done a lot of work with the deaf community and thought it would be good to make something without dialogue, like Chaplin or Mr Bean, that everyone could understand."Anyone can watch it and have a laugh."Alexander produced the film last June and even recruited his mum Carol, 54, sister Skye, 14, and stepdad Dominic, 51, to star in the video.He said: "My mum is riding the bike in it, my sister Skye is kicking the football, and it's my stepdad who drives me home at the end."I have been into skateboarding sine I was little, it's a big hobby of mine, and I learnt to ride the unicycle for a circus musical I was in in 2019."I thought I have a unicycle sitting at home now I may as well use it."The stunts I did myself, I am really into parkour, it took a few attempts to get them right in filming, but I only had one shot at jumping off the bridge to get it."Throwing myself around wasn't the hardest part of making it, it was throwing the can around that was hard."I had to open it and put rocks at the bottom to make sure it always landed on its bottom."I didn't have a cameraman, I filmed most of it myself, and the clips I am in it's my sister who is holding the camera while I directed her."Barr's saw it online and then I got an email from the company director saying he thought the video was great and really praised it."They shared it on their social media channels and send me 70 cans and around 40 bottles of Irn Bru as a thank you."It's all being stored outside in the garden, there is no room for it in the house."My big goal is to get involved in film production and I try and make as many of my own videos as I can."Throughout lockdown I made about seven or eight videos for local Scottish Borders' businesses."