NEW YORK (WPIX) – Baseball fans may have noticed something unusual behind the batter during games for the Yankees, Mets and Dodgers on Friday. Three people had the internet buzzing, smiling, not moving, looking straight into the camera, and occasionally standing.
It seems movie executives were looking for a unique way to spark conversation about a new horror movie. Baseball game spectators were promoting the Paramount Pictures film ‘Smile,’ which will be released in theaters on Thursday, according to TMZ.
The three games these people appeared in were the Dodgers vs. the Cardinals, the Mets vs. the A’s, and the Yankees vs. the Red Sox. During the Mets game, it was clear that stadium staff were unprepared for the promo for the film as a security guard approached the standing woman in a bright yellow shirt and told her to sit.
During the Yankees game, Aaron Judge attempted to tie Roger Maris’ home run record with 61. A man in a bright blue shirt was also smiling and occasionally standing up. One person on Twitter joked that she hadn’t moved in 40 minutes.
As the internet went wild after the woman was seen at the Mets vs. A game in Oakland, fans watching the games at home started keeping their eyes peeled for even more of these smiling statues at different games. of the MLB. It was then that a fan watching the Dodgers-Cardinals game where Robert Pujols hit his 700th home run saw another person in a brilliant yellow shirt with “Smile” written on.
Nexstar’s WPIX contacted Paramount Pictures but did not immediately respond.