Alex Macqueen with MPs at Parliament, Credit: CAFOD
Source: CAFOD
With the global debt crisis high on the agenda at this week’s G20 summit, actor Alex Macqueen is starring in a spoof television advert released in the UK on 19 November. Created by Richard Curtis’ Project Everyone initiative in partnership with Catholic aid agency CAFOD, the satirical commercial Meet the World’s Loan Sharks exposes the global debt crisis as tantamount to pay-day loans.
Best known for his roles in The Thick of It, Hijack, Rivals and Inbetweeners, Alex attended a special screening of the 90 second spoof for MPs at the Houses of Parliament, and it is also being released across the social media channels.
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