bunny are cute and all , but they ’ve got nothing on Henri : an 18 - month - old English bulldog with sight of rolls and mint of love to give . As WDSU News in New Orleansreports , Henri has won the honor of starring in Cadbury ’s new " Clucking Bunny"commercialin the star - up to Easter , right as the chocolate creme egg start to make their annual return .
He was pick out from a pool of more than 4000 ducky that sported bunny rabbit ears and lay for pictures as part of Cadbury ’s first - ever " Bunny Tryouts . " His owners , Kathie and Tim Santillo , of Wilmington , North Carolina , dressed him in an endearing Easter bunny costume that included an oversized pinkish bowknot and downlike blanched tail . In addition to the fame andInstagramfollower boost that Henri is potential to get out of this contest , his owners will also receive $ 5000 — and some of that money will presumably go towards toys for this very well son .
" When citizenry see the iconic Cadbury Clucking Bunny commercial , they know Easter time of year is here , " Katrina Vatter , a member of the Cadbury U.S. marketing team , say in astatement . " For the first clip in over 35 years , we are honored to expand our tradition and welcome Henri as a fresh graphic symbol to the commercial . "
Cadbury also announce the names of the 19 pets who qualified as tractor trailer - finalists . They were mostly cats and dog , but there was also a goat , a horse cavalry , a bearded dragon , and a llama named Conswala , who donned rainbow - colored bunny auricle . of course , an actual bunny rabbit also made it to the final circle . Check out some of the semi - finalist ' photo below .
Perhaps it ’s for the best that a dog — and not a computed tomography — was chosen . In the film diligence at least , cats are a little more challenging to have on set because they ’re raw to the noise around them . " I think of kat as walking and support satellites , " Dawn Barkan , who has prepare brute for movies likeMeet the ParentsandInside Llewyn Davis , toldMental Flossin 2014 .
" Their ears are pluck up every sound , and their bodies are pick up all the vibrations around them , so they ’re perpetually tune in to everything that ’s going on around them , and they ’re sensitive . So if there are gaudy noise or a lot of commotion , and the cat has n’t been desensitized to that , they ’re going not going to be comfortable , whereas dogs are a little bit more easy . "
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