In August 2020, Gilli Messer reminisced about playing the role of Maria in All Time Low's music video for the single.
“In 2008, I played Maria in All Time Low’s 'Dear Maria, Count Me In' video,” she wrote in the video, adding an on-set pic of herself and the chimp who also starred in the music video. She also held up the black and white polka dot bra that she wore in the video.
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In another TikTok video, Gilli answered some fan questions about working with the band, saying that it was "very fun." She added, “We were all so young. But I think the best part for all of us was working with the chimp!”
Gilli wasn't the only person on-set during the video shoot who thought the chimp was the highlight of the project. Frontman Alex spoke with NME in April 2020 about filming "Dear Maria, Count Me In," telling the outlet, “That video was an interesting shoot because we only wanted to hang out with the chimp."
He added, "He was great the whole shoot, but there was one point where he got over what he was doing and threw a chimpanzee temper tantrum and went tearing off around the club where we were filming. This is a baby chimp, but those things are strong as hell! So we couldn’t do anything until he was done having his little diva moment, but he was cute. All was forgiven!”
