Timothée Chalamet, Bad Bunny, and Trinity Rodman Team Up for a Starry Short Film Ahead of the World Cup
David Beckham and Lionel Messi also make cameos
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup roughly a month out, Adidas just dropped the pre-tournament content nobody knew they needed: a five-minute short film so loaded with celebrity cameos it feels like a fever dream that also happens to be extremely well-dressed.
Titled Backyard Legends: The Greatest Football Story Ever Told, the film opens on Timothée Chalamet mid-argument at a gas station, on the phone with Bad Bunny, insisting he knows nothing about soccer — only football. From there, he assembles a scrappy dream team: Olympic gold medalist Trinity Rodman, Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, and FC Barcelona phenom Lamine Yamal. Their mission? Beat a local squad that's gone undefeated since 1996 — a streak that survived challenges from David Beckham, Zidane, and Alessandro Del Piero. The judges watching it all unfold: Bad Bunny and Lionel Messi. No pressure, per usual.
The Real Winner Is the Wardrobe
According to Harper's Bazaar, the fashion in the clip is as deliberate as the casting. Rodman debuts a mustard-yellow jacquard Adidas jersey styled with a chunky teal flower necklace and a white Y2K tube top with the brand's signature three stripes — proving that football kit dressing and actual personal style are not mutually exclusive. Chalamet leans into his natural habitat: gray hoodie, matching sweats, a black baseball cap, and OG Sambas that remain eternally correct. But Bad Bunny — an Adidas collaborator in the truest sense — takes the visual. He's in his own navy balaclava crewneck with a detachable hood, coordinating sweatpants, a baby-blue Unfair Way hat, and a pair of unreleased blue sneakers. It's a walking look book masquerading as a plot point.
The film closes with Messi and Bad Bunny watching the match side by side, Chalamet nervously hovering. When Bunny asks if the team can win, Chalamet admits, probably not. Messi, unbothered, offers to play instead. "You were my backup plan," Chalamet fires back. It's a good closer — self-aware, funny, and exactly the kind of brand storytelling that works because it doesn't try too hard.
What Adidas is clearly signaling — through elaborate team jerseys, vintage-inspired merch, and elevated stadium staples — is that this World Cup season is as much a fashion moment as a sports one. The pitch is a runway now, and honestly, we're not complaining.
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