Also, it would be very uncommon for an entire commercial, or other production, to do an entire dining scene in a single take. So the actors would be having to drink multiple times the amount shown on screen… likely having a much different quality of acting ability in the later takes than the initial.
Countless movies/TV shows show people drinking/getting drunk. Typically, it’s water with food coloring (or similar). When someone is shown eating, the scene cuts and they spit it out.
They can, the industry just doesn’t. There’s no law prohibiting it.
Also, it would be very uncommon for an entire commercial, or other production, to do an entire dining scene in a single take. So the actors would be having to drink multiple times the amount shown on screen… likely having a much different quality of acting ability in the later takes than the initial.
Countless movies/TV shows show people drinking/getting drunk. Typically, it’s water with food coloring (or similar). When someone is shown eating, the scene cuts and they spit it out.