United Kingdom, Feb. 9 -- Kurt Russell agreed to star in a Super Bowl commercial in order to "catch up" with his pet dog.

The Christmas Chronicles actor teamed up with Lewis Pullman for a Michelob ULTRA ad, which debuted during Sunday's (08.02.26) Super Bowl broadcast and he joked he accepted the job to keep up with the high profile of his and Goldie Hawn's Labrador retriever Roy, who was part of a Budweiser promotion that aired during a previous NFL showpiece.

Kurt told Entertainment Weekly: "Roy, our Lab that I got gold for Goldie, he became the Budweiser dog.

"He went in on a cattle call, and they picked him - and I think there was a large audience for that!

"So I looked at this as an opportunity to maybe catch up with my dog. Who ...