MissAshley Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Will Smith says he's grateful to Nelson Mandela Thursday, December 29 2005, 20:26 GMT -- by Miriam Zendle Will Smith says he credits Nelson Mandela with his success, as he believes he has been inspired by him. Smith, who gained an Oscar nomination for his role as Muhammad Ali in 2001's Ali, had been planning to make "serious, moral" films after his success with the role, but changed his mind thanks to Mandela, according to Teen Hollywood. He explained: "I was all excited about telling him I only wanted to make movies that would change the world. He told me that for the 27 years he was in prison he got so much pleasure out of the one movie they sent every six months that made him laugh and helped him escape for a few hours from the hopelessness. That really inspired me to know that what I was doing in those other movies was not a bad thing." source:http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds27729.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny 5 Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 cool... I guess this kind of answers Sonic's "Is Will getting shortchanged by hollywood question"... makes sense to me, he can do more serious, moral roles in 10 or 20 years time... thanks for the article :2thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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