Will Smith meets Nelson Mandela

(17 Sep 2004) SHOTLIST
APTN
Johannesburg, South Africa, 16th September 2004
1. Various Will Smith and Nelson Mandela
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nelson Mandela:
"We are please to announce that Mr Will Smith has agreed to serve as an ambassador for this global HIV/AIDS campaign. The Nelson Mandela Foundation and I are convinced that his message will reach those most at risk of HIV, the young."
3. Audience
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Will Smith:
"It's a huge honour, and it's very important to me. It's an issue that Mr Mandela and I have spoken about approximately four years ago and we sat down, and I don't know if you remember, I was saying to you, 'I am an actor, I make rap music, that is what I do, what can I do?' And I sat with Mr Mandela and was so inspired, immediately you want to quite your job, you want to go out on the streets and you want to fight, he said 'no, you have to understand the power of what it is you do, you have to understand the hope that is created by the work that you create.' He told me not to force it, that the call would speak to me, today the call has spoken to me and I humbly, gratefully, will aggressively respond."
5. Audience
6. Various photo op
7. Various Will Smith and Nelson Mandela
WILL SMITH MEETS MANDELA
'I,Robot' star Will Smith and Nelson Mandela met at the former president's Houghton home in Johannesburg where he was made an ambassador of the Global Aids Awareness Campaign.
Mandela stated that the Nelson Mandela Foundation was convinced that the youth would relate to the message from the superstar.
Smith was accompanied by his actor wife Jada Pinkett Smith, a star in her own right, as well as his mother and children. He is in the country to promote his latest movie 'I,Robot,' as well as to visit Aids projects in the impoverished townships of South Africa.
Smith later stated at a press conference that Mandela made him understand the power he had as an actor to influence the youth of today in understanding the dangers of HIV/AIDS.
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[@PWaves]

Came here after seeing will’s jay shetty interview 🙌🏾

[@dammyqb]

Me too

[@flaviogoncalves7260]

Me too 🙂

[@jessicaalston1989]

Same!! 🙌🏽

[@jambekcomsolutions]

Me too

[@Josecarman]

Me too 👍🏾

[@freddiekustaa2633]

Legend🙏🏽RIP Mandela.

[@MonikaMonikaaD]

Rest in power, sir . Shashtang dandwat pranaam. Shat shat naman🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🥺❤

[@nnkosibk9588]

Noticed how fast he moved when he was told 2 seat

[@robosborne5489]

Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali, Pele , Barack Obama , 4 men who changed the world

[@abdulghanramadhan5915]

Not obama

[@myriamkitio]

Legend

[@MosesRabuka]

Jay Shetty brought me here

[@benludlow3333]

So sad

[@marekDZIEMBOWSKI]

hey this footage is from antfarm / stonefish studio / digital mall... WTF?

[@myriamkitio]

Nelson Mandela was a great leader

[@user-zg8wg6nk5y]

Im sure actor played Msndela- president role

[@diegolorente8435]

Good thing that Nelson Mandela did not get slapped by Will Smith

[@Therealmoseslupai]

That's cold bro LOL dang.

[@sandracicek]

I remember Jada and her mom, the kids were all there! Nice to see my ex boss John Samuel!

[@royalblue_22]

I took an English test in 5th grade & this man died in 1983.. I remember how angry i felt that he died in the 80's waiting for what his sentence was gonna be in jail & i read the story many times on practice tests, i also remember being so tired of reading that page to make sure i didnt make a mistake on my answers. I rechecked my test so many times because i finished earlier then the time we were given to take the test. So going to middle school 7th grade, i was taking a History test this time and again his story was on the test and im reading this over and over i was like ?? Huhhhhhhh , no way .. bro he died in jail, what is this?.
Babys emotional memory is the best way to recall anything because the feelings create thoughts and actions that come after, so im just saying this is a funny situation and at this point it is what it is but.. why didn't anyone ever ask him what happened? Lol i mean you know the internet was a big thing in 2013 somebody had to have asked him, wtf? Sir lmao im just at odds

[@missteresavlog5102]

Reminds me a bomb explosion in China's Military facility in Trump era.💥🙏💥🙏

[@patricdaniels3760]

Does anyone else NOT NOTICE THEY'RE BOTH WEARING THE MARK OF THE BEAST??!!!

[@Morgue12free]

Where is this mark placed on their bodies?

[@summertimesadness6091]

That was his inmate number when he was in jail.

[@patricdaniels3760]

@@Morgue12free Good point.

[@siralfredsumpter]

I thought Mandela died in 1980s must be a clone a good clone 😂