Watch Sam Elliott Recite “Old Town Road” In Doritos’ Super Bowl Commercial

Courtesy of Doritos

Watch Sam Elliott Recite “Old Town Road” In Doritos’ Super Bowl Commercial

Courtesy of Doritos

Sam Elliott is pretty much the American cowboy. With his spectacular mustache and drawling baritone — the blueprint for Bradley Cooper’s growly voice in A Star Is Born — the actor has been in countless Westerns. And now he’s in a Super Bowl commercial, and so is Lil Nas X’s country-rap smash “Old Town Road.”

The Super Bowl isn’t until 2/2. But yesterday, Doritos shared a teaser of their ad for their updated Cool Ranch flavor. And in that ad, Sam Elliott, all done up in his cowboy finest, swaggers into a saloon and begins reciting the lyrics to “Old Town Road.”

When Sam Elliott portentously intones “I got the horses in the back/ Horse tack is attached/ Hat is matte black/ Got the boots that’s black to match,” you really believe that he got the horses in the back. Watch him do just that below.

UPDATE: In another teaser video for the commercial, it looks like Lil Nas X himself is making his way to the very same saloon. See that below.

UPDATE 2: Here’s the full ad:

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