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Martin Scorsese Directs Himself in Sci-Fi Super Bowl Ad, Gets Stuck in Traffic During an Alien Invasion


Martin Scorsese directed himself in a Squarespace Super Bowl ad in which aliens invade Earth — but everyone is too glued to their screens to notice.

The Super Bowl spot, an ad for website builder Squarespace, stars the director as he gets stuck in traffic during an alien invasion. One woman scrolls past a video captioned “Proof of Extraterrestrials” to a clip of a cat unraveling toilet paper, as she smiles while a UFO hovers overhead. In a separate behind-the-scenes video capturing the filming of the commercial, Squarespace chief creative officer David Lee explains the inspiration for the ad, saying, “One of the most mind-boggling things I’ve seen this year is that there have definitely been UAPs and UFO sightings, but for some odd reason no one seems to be really talking about it.

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