In the 1984 film Gremlins, Galligan played Billy, who gets a peculiar new pet and soon breaks the three essential rules in caring for the critter — no sunlight, no contact with water, and no feeding after midnight. Galligan also starred in the 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly this week, Galligan said filming the new commercial was an "emotional experience." "There was a time when we were shooting the commercial, and we had a little bit of a break, and the puppeteer is next to me and he's manipulating Gizmo's arms. I leaned over to Gizmo and I was like, 'How are you doing, buddy? It's good to see you.' It was so realistic that, after hours of working with it, it has its own reality," he said. "I did get a little choked up, not so much about reuniting with the puppet, but more that it sends you rocketing back 37 years in a way that almost nothing else does."