Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl moving bushes had strict casting requirements

Everyone's talking about Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl halftime show performance - and the grass on stage.

Thousands of NFL fans watched the performance at Levi's Stadium in California on Sunday night (8 February) with millions more tuning in from home. The championship game ended with the Seattle Seahawks beating New England Patriots 29-13.

Grammy winner Bad Bunny had a lot going on, with his 13-minute set featuring a couple getting married, and guest stars including Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba, Karol G and Ricky Martin.

He performed entirely in Spanish, including hits from his Grammy-winning 2025 album Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

The stage was covered in greenery in homage to the 31-year-old's hometown of Vega Baja. One part of the production social media users are only just noticing is that the tall grass featured in his performance was actually people in costumes.

According to Wired, Levi's Stadium only allows a maximum of 25 carts onto the field to protect the real grass underfoot. That wouldn't be enough for the halftime show, so Bad Bunny's team had to get creative and have performers dress up as grass instead.

And now one of those performers has shed light on the unique requirements of the role.

Andrew Athias - who goes by The Reese's Guy online - was one of 500 people dressed up as greenery for the show.

Taking to X, the grass performer revealed he flew all the way from Philadelphia to take part and encouraged people to ask him anything about his experience.

Naturally, people were super curious, as one X user asked what the requirements were for such a position. What exactly were they looking for when casting the grass roles?

Andrew revealed you had to be between 5'7 and 6', have an 'athletic build' and more importantly 'be able to wear a 50 lb costume for 5+ hours'.

Andrew said he spent two weeks in San Francisco to rehearse, and there were eight practices in total, including three 12-hour long run-throughs.

And we know what you're thinking, were Andrew and the other grass actors paid? The short answer is yes, although Andrew said he would have done it for free.

Andrew revealed he made $18.70 per hour for the gig.

The hardest part of the whole process, Andrew said, was keeping quiet.

He told Business Insider: "They made us sign an NDA to not talk about it or post anything on social media for two weeks.

"So when I saw people posting about what his setlist was going to be, it was so hard to have so much knowledge and power and not be able to do anything with it."