Article: Cameo roll: Cinnabon found a good match for its brand with Mike Myers' "The Love Guru.".(BRAND TACTICS)

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When comedian Mike Myers unveiled plans for his first live-action movie in five years, everyone knew there would be buzz surrounding it. But few expected that buzz to extend to a cinnamon roll.

Late last year Paramount Pictures, makers of "The Love Guru," Myers' newest cinematic feat, asked Cinnabon to construct a unit in a Toronto airport specifically for the movie's airport scene. Myers, it turns out, is a fan of the brand and had written the yummy rolls into the script.

The QSR jumped at the chance, happy to hear that it had a celebrity fan and an opportunity to spread the word about the concept to its target market. ...

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